South Coast Solar CEO Tapped to Lead Energy Association
"Tucker Crawford Named President of the Gulf States Renewable Energy Industries Association"
"New Orleans, LA": Tucker Crawford has stepped down as CEO of South Coast Solar in order to take a full-time position as President of one of the largest regional solar industry associations in the country.
While he has served as President of Gulf South Renewable Energy Industries Association (GSREIA) in a part-time capacity for the last two years, he will now devote 100% of his time to the association working to expand the use of solar power in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Robert L. Suggs, Jr., is now the CEO of South Coast Solar, LLC, with Scott Oman serving as COO. Crawford will remain an owner and director of the company.
Make It Right Solar's Director of Operations Pierre Moses credited South Coast's leadership-Crawford, Suggs and Oman-in creating a thriving solar economy in Louisiana. "Robert has the experience and entrepreneurial drive to sustain the company's growth and create new opportunities moving forward," he said.
A long-time advocate of renewable energy, Crawford worked directly with the Louisiana Department of Revenue to craft rules regarding solar tax legislation. He intends to adopt the same forward thinking that has made Louisiana a successful solar power model in Mississippi and Alabama.
"Louisiana has already demonstrated how successful the solar energy industry can be by creating thousands of direct and indirect jobs and saving homeowners millions of dollars in utility bills," Crawford said.
ABOUT SOUTH COAST SOLAR: Headquartered in the New Orleans metropolitan area, South Coast Solar, LLC, is one of the region's first and largest solar energy contractors conducting operations in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Tennessee and overseas.
ABOUT Tucker Crawford: Tucker is a licensed Louisiana contractor and solar installer, and brings to South Coast Solar years of project management experience with clients that include the Louisiana Superdome, Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Tulane University and Zephyrs Stadium. Tucker has years of legislative and government contract procurement experience, having served as a consultant for Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) with the Livingston Group, headed by the Honorable Robert “Bob” Livingston, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He has also consulted on classified research projects for the Department of Defense.
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Jim Jelter over the Wall Street Journal wrote his obligatory electric vehicle-bashing piece right on schedule.
After it was announced that GM has temporarily suspended production of the Volt for a month in order to address both an oversupply issue and to prepare for production of the 2014 Impala, Jelter wrote that he didn't buy it. What's to buy?
We went through this song and dance back in March. GM temporarily halted production of the Volt due to an oversupply, and the anti-EV brigade ran to tell everyone that electric cars, including the Volt, were dead. Meanwhile, since that date, nearly 11,000 Volts have been sold.
This may not seem like much. And it's not. In fact, it's well below targets. But let's revisit some other numbers from previous disruptive vehicle technologies.
When Toyota first launched the Prius Hybrid in 1997, the Japanese automaker sold only 3,000 units. GM sold 7,671 units in its debut year. So in its first year, GM sold 4,671 more units of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.
And look at the all-electric Nissan LEAF. In its first year, Nissan sold more than 20,000 units. And let me remind you that the LEAF carries with it the issue of range anxiety - something Prius owners never had to deal with. So essentially, we're talking about a vehicle that requires the driver to make some pretty major changes in operating and fueling behavior.
Anytime you ask the consumer to do something differently than he's done for years, it's a monumental task. Yet more than 500% more units of the Nissan LEAF were sold in year one compared to the Toyota Prius in its debut.
Today, Toyota has sold more than 3 million units of that particular vehicle.
Jelter says consumers aren't embracing electric cars. But the data suggests otherwise.
I'm not sure if ol' Jimbo thought electric cars would bust out of the gate, selling millions in a matter of years. But I would suggest he, and other EV haters take a look at previous technologies that took decades to develop - but are now standard for most Americans. Cell phones, high-speed Internet. Hell, even what is now the outdated conventional internal combustion vehicle.
It was in 1903 when the president of the Michigan Savings Bank told Henry Ford's lawyer that the horse was here to stay, and the automobile was only a novelty - a fad. We know how that one worked out.
Of course, the Volt story was really just used as a segue for an attack on the latest fuel economy standards that'll take our CAFE up to 54.5 miles per gallon. Claiming that it will tack on another 3,000 to production costs, the new standard is being vilified. Never mind the fact that by 2025, when the standard will be reached, 87 Octane will likely cost you anywhere between 7.00 and 9.00 a gallon.
Now I fully admit, I rarely agree with much government intervention in these situations. Quite frankly, perhaps the market can get us to the 54.4 mpg fuel economy standard by 2025 on its own. But being that this really is a matter of national security, I don't see much of a downside to this new CAFE standard. I'd certainly rather take these types of steps to displace foreign oil, then keep our military in the Middle East to protect and secure oil supplies.
Of course, none of this really matters. At this point, partisan slavery always wins out over rational policy. And while I wish guys like Jelter would stop contributing to the illusion that electric cars are failures, I at least give him credit for acknowledging that, as a nation, we are struggling to get long-term planning in place - "because" of politics. Following on his brief coverage of Romney's joke of an energy plan, Jelter writes..
"So what is it going to be? More regulation or less?"This is exactly the kind of political sparring that drives corporations crazy. What one party puts in place, the other seeks to remove. As long as their so-called principles leave no room for compromise, regulatory matters are doomed to lurch back and forth with every election. This stifles long-term planning and kills investment."
I couldn't agree more.
Sadly, there seems to be no middle ground. And while the Wall Street Journal will continue to publish it's anti-EV rhetoric - which, quite frankly, is incredibly unpatriotic seeing as EVs require not a single drop of Saudi oil to operate, left-leaning rags will continue to sing the praises of over-regulation, which absolutely inhibits our ability to kick OPEC to the curb.
Neither are doing us any favors.
That, my friends, should make this a national security issue, not a partisan one.
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Solar Wonderland is an educational and entertainment center for solar energy, teaching four major aspects of Physics: Electricity, Magnetism, Motion, and Light. Solar Wonderland is also a commercial showcase of technologies, such as solar photo-voltaic, solar thermal power, electric vehicles, LED lighting, applications of natural gas, solar water purification, solar air conditioning, solar heating, etc.
Monarch site plan
We are planning to raise charitable, educational, and investment funds for building the Solar Wonderland. Charitable and educational donations can be made through the MPower Foundation in the near future, for the purpose of reducing admission fees and providing free donor access. Later, we shall also raise private equity and perhaps crowd funding to complete the investment process. Solar Wonderland may require between 10 to 20 million dollars for completion.
We have started the design process for the Solar Wonderland which occupies about 4 acres of land, situated either at the Odyssey of the Desert on the Pima Indian Reservation or at the SkySong Innovation Center where Monarch Power is located. We have a draft design of an 80 feet tall solar step pyramid with solar panels on three sides and an atrium leading to a theater in the center. We also have designed a solar garden with a reflection pond, surrounded by a solar bazaar with showcase of commercial renewable energy products. On top of the solar bazaar are tens of the Monarch Lotus providing not only electricity but also clean water and cool air conditioning.
Solar Pyramid Elevation
Solar Wonderland is a showcase also of sustainable architecture which is self sufficient in energy, climate control, and water. Water is collected on the pyramid and in the solar garden and recycled in the reflecting pond. For human consumption, water is distilled by the Lotus Aqua. Solar Wonderland is cooled by an extensive evaporation cooling system aided by the Lotus Ice providing chilled water. The below grade Solar Garden, surrounded by 20 feet tall walls of the Solar Bazaar, retains both water and chilled air, which is pulled into the Solar Pyramid by convection. The Solar Pyramid with its light weight BIPV solar panels is warmed by the sun in winter, while during summer, the heated air flows on the inside towards the apex, drafting in cool air from the Solar Garden. Solar light guides illumine the inside during the day time, while at night, we use LED lighting powered by the utility.
The main purpose of the Solar Wonderland is of course educating and entertaining people of all ages. We shall educate through hands on demonstration about light, electricity, magnetism, and motion. Entertaining magnetic levitation rides, superconducting magic demonstrations, dazzling light shows, disorienting mirror maze, electrifying experiences, quiet electric motoring, supersonic turbines and rumbling steam or Sterling engines: they all bring awe and wonder how basic sciences built by Newton, Maxwell, and Einstein as well as innovations invented by Edison and Tesla had shaped our modern life. Better yet, we are witnessing the transformation of twentieth century power, automobile, and appliance industries into the twenty-first century renewable and sustainable use of solar, wind, and clean natural gas.
Solar Pyramid Cross-section
We promise not to dumb down science and technologies but to inspire wonder and curiosity through enlightening explanation and experimentation. We want the Solar Wonderland to teach our youngsters Newton's Laws of motion, gravity, and optics; Maxwell's Laws of electromagnetism and thermodynamics; and Einstein's Laws of relativity, gravity, and quantum mechanics. We also look at the inventive genius of Edison and Tesla, as well as the innovations made at Monarch Power Corp. Visitors can also tour the production facilities of the Monarch Lotus and the Monarch Solar Electric Vehicle. We shall also host science and invention competition for students, hoping that through the Solar Wonderland a few visitors may aspire to follow the footstep of these scientific and inventive geniuses.
Source: [MPower website]
A research team at the University of Wisconsin Madison have developed a process to hydrolyse cellulose into sugars for further processing of waste cellulose into fuels, chemicals, plastics, etc. Butanol is the prime alcohol fuel -- much better than ethanol -- and butanol can be fermented from cellulosic component sugars with the proper microbes. "
In an open-access paper published in the 9 March issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, they report that the process leads to a nearly 90% yield of glucose from cellulose and 70-80% yield of sugars from untreated corn stover.
Dr. Ronald Raines, a UW-Madison professor of biochemistry and chemistry, and graduate student Joseph Binder say that the new process generates easily recovered sugars that are "superb feedstocks" for microbial growth and biocatalytic ethanol production"
Another UW-Madison breakthrough that converts cellulose to jet fuel and other hydrocarbons
Second generation biofuels to grow 50% per year for next 5 years. After that, the sky is the limit.
Cellulosic ethanol arriving on the world stage
Ethanol beginning to reduce demand for crude oil -- "peak demand" on the way
Gribble worm to help boost cellulosic biofuels industry?
Cellulosic fuels, chemicals, plastics, animal feed, etc. is just the beginning of humans finding profitable uses for waste, garbage, and other throwaway leftovers of a mid-level civilisation. Higher level civilisations will reduce waste, and make profitable use of the waste they do create.
The only way to avoid the great human dif that leftist greens are engineering for us, is to kick up our technology so that the parasitic greens have no excuse to ride us into the ground -- as they are doing under the Obama - Pelosi reich.
Morocco has announced plans to invest nearby 11 billion in solar and wind energy projects, intended at turn out the country appearing in an exporter of alternative energy by 2020.
In a fees to "Al-Hayat", Moroccan sources avowed that "electricity-generating solar and wind energy projects, implemented by Morocco in a choice of regions in the east and south of the country, plus investments worth as regards 90 billion dirhams [11 billion], force declare Rabat to plain-spoken from an importer appearing in an exporter of alternative energy by 2020, through configuration five solar energy stations."Oil and oil-derivatives importation charge Rabat 13 billion in 2013. Get-up-and-go subsidies at this point charge huskily 35 billion dirhams in the watering hole publicize, compared to 54 billion in 2012. This doubtfully affects the revolution m?lange, the undivided fiscal m?lange and the cost-cutting measure removal, coarse at 6% of the practical homeland product.Sources reported that nine gigawatts of new energy would be shaped, a 20% intensify via hustle production, therefore supplying huskily 42% of thermal electricity."We force foothold an electricity and energy take it easy that can be sold to other next-door countries, particularly in Europe and Africa. This is at this point bright star in the energy chart together with Algeria and Spain," the sources additional.Get-up-and-go exports force join to improving the revolution m?lange and on the increase Rabat's unbending penny resources, therefore boosting scheme. Sources total that precise research in the province of upshot energies constitutes one of the options appearing in the project, simply later modern industries in the province of automotives, airplanes and smartphones, in which Morocco is a district pioneer.Saudi Power Get-up-and-go International business Assemble is configuration the beat solar energy station in Morocco at a charge of via 900 million. The station force succeed in effect in 2015. Former proposals are underway to originate a spare station plus an undivided production of 500 million megawatts in the city environs. Upon project completion, Morocco force succeed the Arab and Average Eastern country that uses clean energies the best at the inauguration of the appearance decade.The Moroccan sources considered Rabat agreeable of ensuring the cheer on to originate all wind and solar energy units seeing as they are stem of a fundamental high-priority account. Algeria is pressuring specified parties that are major the Moroccan project coarsely the cheer on of specified energy stations in the desert. Sources related the search to "district follower conflicts."Prophet of Bizarre Affairs and Find the middle ground Salaheldin Mizwar assumed that Rabat "has expected the vital fiscal, follower and ceremonial data for such fundamental projects. Acquaint with are no cheer on nuisance seeing as specified states and international and district fiscal groups are major the solar energy project in Morocco."American "Forbes "magazine wrote, "Good companies piece in the province of energy in North Africa foothold prohibited amuse in the solar energy project in Morocco. They are overjoyed to snowball their performance and potency iron move about specified of their liveliness from Algeria, Libya and Egypt to Morocco. The companies acerbic out that the Algerian-Moroccan bicker did not draw in the decisions of international companies."The topic of cheer on force not shock Morocco from its determined project that is backed by European countries, the Rupture and the Joined States, in stop press to China doll and Japan, which buoy up solar energy," Forbes" additional.Ancient US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participated, unhappy plus Emperor Mohammed VI, in the convey magnificence of the solar energy project in November 2009 in Ouarzazate in the south. The Joined States improved its data for these projects popular the high ranking, which brought company US Be in charge Barack Obama and the king of Morocco at the end of 2013 in the Pale Area.Rabat is looking shameless to suitable a source of clean energy and collecting premium bank account earnings, coarse to depth together with 7 billion and 10 billion, by 2021. It is afterward hoping to intensify its oil and gas revenues - a probability that is entrenched by lofty caution, in spite of energetic discoveries of fossil energy foothold been unveiled. British and Australian companies foothold dug wells in a choice of Moroccan regions, thereby confirming these discoveries.On the other dedicate, presidency sources right to "Al-Hayat" that the presidency force bootleg subsidies and force with time liberalize the hydrocarbons section in 2014. It has rather than lifted fuel and gasoline subsidies and intends to do the exceedingly for all hydrocarbons that are subsidized by the damages support. As well, the presidency is seeking to passage a quantity of these expenses to rancid groups whose instruction is a subject of bicker linking different follower parties in the presidency. Morocco, Solar Power, wind energy
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MOBILE PHONE CHARGER THAT RUNS ON WATER INVENTED FOR 'PEOPLE WHO SPEND TIME AWAY FROM THE ELECTRICITY GRID'
A Swedish company has invented a charger for mobile phones, cameras and GPS devices that can power-up your electronic gadgets with little more than water.
The PowerTrekk has been designed for people who 'who spend time away from the electricity grid' and do not have access to conventional power in remote locations.
The charger needs just a tablespoon of water to produce around 10 hours of phone battery life.
It works via a chemical reaction. The water reacts with PowerTrekk's special ingredient, sodium silicide, to produce hydrogen gas.
Sodium silicide is a new chemical powder that has been developed by 'green' energy company SiGNa Chemistry, based in New York. PowerTrekk is the first commercial product that has used sodium silicide.
The invention works with any device that has a USB port and with almost any type of water, including salt water. It can even run on puddle water providing it isn't thickened with mud or any other sediment.
The product was first glimpsed last year at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but a modified version of the technology has been on show at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
It is scheduled to hit the European market in May or June with a recommended price of 199 euros (lb165), with replacement sodium cells costing around two euros (lb1.60).
'PowerTrekk has a competitive edge over traditional portable chargers,' said Bj"orn Westerholm of myFC, the company behind PowerTrekk.
'Fuel cell power is generated immediately and charging is not impacted by weather or the position of the sun, as for solar panels.
'Compared to battery powered travel chargers, PowerTrekk offers reliable charging as the fuel packs do not deplete as batteries do.'
The process easy for users. The sodium is stored in a small round container called a PowerPukk, similar in shape to a hockey puck or shoe-polish tin.
The PowerPukk slots into one half of an outer container. In the other half is a tiny water tank, into which you pour the water.
Once the lid is sealed on the outer container the chemical reaction begins automatically and the PowerTrekk is ready to use.
The chemistry process is said to be safe and eco-friendly, and the only by-product is a little water vapor.
The portable battery pack can either be used as a charger or as a ready source of power; you can plug a torch or lamp into it.
The fuel cells come in a choice of either 1Kw or 3Kw, according to Physorg.com.
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The SHERBINO WIND FARM is located in Pecos County in west Texas. The first 150 megawatts (MW) of the project, which has a potential capacity of 750 MW, is in operation. Phase I utilizes 50 Vestas V-90 wind turbine generators, each with a rated capacity of 3 MW. BP will operate phase I of the project.
The electricity generated from the Sherbino Wind Farm will be delivered into the Reliability Council of Texas transmission system and sold on the wholesale power market.
According to Robert Lukefahr, the president of BP Wind Energy North America, "The successful commercial operation of phase I of the Sherbino wind farm with our partner NRG Energy is another example of BP's commitment to grow its wind portfolio in the U.S The Sherbino wind farm will produce clean, renewable electricity for the next twenty years."
You would be completing your bit in protecting the world, whenever you rely on solar energy so as to power any electrical device in your home or workplace. Do you know that you may collect the electricity from the sun so as to power your complete house? If you haven't earlier done so, this is quite something you should get it done. There are many conveniences to using solar power to energize your home. For sure, wherever there are benefits, there really are down sides. Be prepared to be familiar with solar energy benefits and drawbacks.
Do you wish me to look at the advantages or the drawbacks initially? Well, let's start with the negative aspects. You are fortunate, as we could really see 2 disadvantages of choosing solar energy. The first disadvantage would be the basic expense. Even so, when you set it up, you may don't get that high power bill to pay to the power producer. You should be aware that the product offers a life span of 40 years, which could as well be a downside. The next downside is you do not have any power on a dark or rainy day.
Finally, let's move forward and mention the conveniences of solar power systems. It is free of cost! Nonetheless, you must spend on the upfront price of the equipment and to have it fixed by a professional (whenever you find it difficult to get it done yourself), nevertheless later, it is totally free. You might in fact say farewell to the electricity firm. In addition, if you make more energy than you need, the electricity company will be be serious about buying that surplus power from you. Thus you will in fact generate income by using a solar power rebate equipment.
There's no pollution. Whenever you have electricity from the utility service, there's a huge amount of pollution. When you choose the sun to energize your home, there is not going to be any green house gases. In other words you are accomplishing your bit in protecting the world. Most models don't require any fixes during their life time. It means that if you pay for it, for nearly 40 years, you'll not need to pay money for your power bills. A large number of systems, based on the one you choose, could hold a guarantee that would last for twenty to thirty yrs or more. It's generally best to prefer a model that incorporates a longer guarantee hooked to it.
Aussie federal and state governments also encourage this technology by providing special rebates and tax credit. Be aware that each state has exclusive rules, therefore you should do some research to find out whether you could be approved in the state you dwell in. Although, you may grab a significant discount or a tax breaks. Much like everything, solar panel has its disadvantages and advantages. The merits, though, related to solar energy typically outnumber the negatives. The actual effect could be on your bank account. Hence order a solar panel equipment immediately!
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