Biofuels have been around as long as cars have.

A biofuel is a fuel that contains energy from geologically recent carbon fixation. These fuels are produced from living organisms.

Generating Electricity from Wing Waves.

Wind turbines, like windmills, are mounted on a tower to capture the most energy. At 100 feet (30 meters) or more aboveground, they can take advantage of the faster and less turbulent wind.

Producing electricity from solar energy.

Solar energy is a free, inexhaustible resource, yet harnessing it is a relatively new idea. The ability to use solar power for heat was the first discovery.

Turbines catch the wind's energy with their propeller-like blades.

A blade acts much like an airplane wing. When the wind blows, a pocket of low-pressure air forms on the downwind side of the blade.

Solar energy may have had great potential

Solar technology advanced to roughly its present design in 1908 when William J. Bailey of the Carnegie Steel Company invented a collector with an insulated box and copper coils.

We have been harnessing the wind's energy for hundreds of years.

For utility-scale sources of wind energy, a large number of wind turbines are usually built close together to form awind plant.

Biofuels are produced from living organisms.

In order to be considered a biofuel the fuel must contain over 80 percent renewable materials.

Geothermal energy is the heat from the Earth.

Resources of geothermal energy range from the shallow ground to hot water and hot rock found a few miles beneath the Earth's surface, and down even deeper to the extremely high temperatures of molten rock called magma.

Geothermal heat pumps can tap into this resource to heat and cool buildings.

A geothermal heat pump system consists of a heat pump, an air delivery system (ductwork), and a heat exchanger-a system of pipes buried in the shallow ground near the building.

In the future, civilization will be forced to research and develop alternative energy sources.

Possession of surplus energy is, of course, a requisite for any kind of civilization, for if man possesses merely the energy of his own muscles, he must expend all his strength - mental and physical - to obtain the bare necessities of life.

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Monday, 2 January 2012

Key West Wind Generator System Installation

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Key West Wind Generator System Installation
 Key West high school established a RENEWABLE ENERGY program for its students, teaching about SOLAR PV and WIND RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS. In order to help advance the program, the school was able to secure private funding to obtain a SkyStream 3.7 wind turbine.

The developer and manufacturer of the SKYSTREAM WIND TURBINE, SOUTHWEST WINDPOWER of Flagstaff Arizona, supplied the equipment through their low-cost educational purchase program.

ALTERNATE ENERGY COMPANY donated their distributor services by helping to arrange for the purchase of equipment plus helped in the installation and start up of the WIND GENERATOR SYSTEM.

The WIND GENERATOR SYSTEM consists of a 2.4 kW self-contained, down wind, SKYSTREAM 3.7 grid tie wind generator.

The generator along with all of the electronics including the UL listed inverter are self-contained in the head of unit.

The 208 VAC output ties directly into the three-phase panel via a circuit breaker and the generator supplied is a Marine grade version, allowing it to easily withstand the harsh weather conditions of the Florida Keys.

The operational life expectancy is 20 years and it is backed up by a 5 year factory warranty.

The monopole tower is shipped in sections and assembled on site. This in combination with the hinged footplate and gin pole assembly minimizes equipment needed to accomplish the installation.

Since this is a GRID TIE DESIGN WIND GENERATOR SYSTEM, there are no batteries in the system and it will produce power only when the GRID (utility power) is available and the wind is blowing. A BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEM can be added to it if so desired.

Included with the Generator is a monitoring software package called for SKYVIEW. It links directly to the head of the HORIZONTAL WIND GENERATOR through a radio signal and provides instantaneous and historical information of energy production and operating condition of the generator. In addition it allows for easy troubleshooting and analysis should maintenance issues become apparent.

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