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FEATURES EDITORIAL COMMENTS - What is in this issue and what does it mean. Bob Hetherington ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PARKING IN A SOLAR GROVE - The Kyocera Solar Grove™ consists of 25 Solar Trees™ with 1,400 Kyocera KC187GS solar photovoltaic (PV) modules interspersed with 200 translucent KC88CGS modules offering improved daylighting and aesthetic appeal from both above and below the structures. Bob Hetherington MOBILE SOLAR POWER - Take electricity from the sun, run it through a charge controller and into a large battery bank. Have an inverter pull that power out of the batteries (when needed) and make it available as pure sinewave current. The trick: do all this inside of an enclosed trailer. Dylan Wood SOLUTIONS FOR BUILDING INTEGRATED PHOTOVOLTAICS - Why not combine a flexible thin film photovoltaic module with a high performance coating, in effect creating a monolithic membrane system consisting of the coating and the photovoltaic both waterproofing the roof and generating renewable energy. Michael Gumm FUEL CELLS BREATHE EASY IN GREAT OUTDOORS - Using fuel cells in recreational applications means no more smoky emissions and loud operating noises from standard generators, as well as longer lasting power and easier refueling than today’s batteries. That should make everyone breathe a little easier. Jennifer Gangi OIL AND COAL IN THE 21ST CENTURY - The new century oil and coal companies will “Grow” their carbon fuels in bioreactors using safe and cost-effective biotechnology. Toby Kinkaid TELL THEM WHAT YOU GOT - STRAIGHT - Categorizing products as environmentally-friendly by sticking a symbol-type label on its packaging, insults consumers’ intelligence. Steve Clemens FIRE THE OIL INDUSTRY AS THE MONOPOLY VENDOR - Replace oil? How can something so monumental be accomplished? Preempt waste, start small, provide better service at lower cost and think better. Bill James GREEN BELGIAN CHOCOLATE? YUM - What strikes me most as a leap forward in terms of innovative, even disruptive, business concepts, is the installing of a waste-to-energy plant at the site of a power-customer itself. Steve Clemens |
MORE FEATURES INTERVIEW - STATUS OF THE ENERGY BILL - SCOTT SKLAR - Small business qualify for the 30% solar and fuel cell investment tax credit, and receive 5-year accelerated depreciation, incentives for 50% lighting reductions, use of combined heat and power are now part of the House and Senate bills. Scott Sklar A FEDERAL ENERGY POLICY: CAN IT HAPPEN HERE? - It would take nothing short of a sea change to overcome Congressional inertia and recover the ground lost in the last 25 years or so. But though the prospects for a truly coherent national energy policy are improving. Michael Vickerman THE MECHANICAL MATHEMATICIAN - So now you have a very simple device to guide people in making good parabolic basins for making solar ovens! I believe this type of simple device will help a lot of people to improve their lives. Brian White THE ENVIRONMENT GREEN TRAVEL - The awareness of travel consumers is rising that our environment is worth considering. If the travel industry does not answer the call, voices will arise to discourage people to go to such idyllic places as the Caribbean. James Post
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