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Solar power at Pasadena EARTH and ARTS festival

by Markus Loeffler • April 30, 2014 • 1 Comment

PASADENA EARTH AND ARTS FESTIVAL

Visit the One Fridge Off The Grid booth, see the project first hand, and talk to the inventor. All parts needed to build the off-grid solar generator will be on display. Celebrate nature, art, music, and community at Pasadena’s 12th annual Earth…

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Around the world in a solar airplane

by Markus Loeffler • April 15, 2014 • 1 Comment

solar plane

The new solar airplane Solar Impulse 2 of the Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg is ready. After about three years of construction it was presented in the Swiss town Payerne. After a testing phase it will start its several…

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GreenDataNet: Used EV batteries store energy for datacenter

by Markus Loeffler • March 19, 2014 • 0 Comments

Project GreenDataNet: Datacenters are to use renewable power sources even and serve as a buffer for the electricity grid

A European union promoted research project wants to make renewable energy sources better usable for data centers and beyond: GreenDataNet looks for affordable solutions to store electricity with higher efficiency. The project is working to reduce the environmental impact of the data explosion. The GreenDataNet consortium is…

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10 billion pounds of CO2 can be saved every year in the US alone

by Markus Loeffler • March 18, 2014 • 0 Comments

solar PV off grid carbon footprint

Proposal to reduce the carbon (CO2) footprint by focusing on a few common household appliances (click to view full size) An estimated 100 million refrigerators, internet modems, and laptops are running mostly on fossil fuel for 24 hours every day…

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Decentralization: This German village has been off-grid for years

by Sonja • March 4, 2014 • 0 Comments

Biogasanlage_Feldheim_0052

No more doubts! It CAN be done! Decentralization of energy is valid and will work when we just change our attitudes, put our heads together and move forward. Need proof? Read on… “Regardless of debate about the success of Germany’s…

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Knowledge, Project news

Guerrilla PV: Off the grid trend in Germany

by Markus Loeffler • March 3, 2014 • 0 Comments

„Solar-Guerilliero“ Harald Wersich

My favorite tech magazine is Heise.de, but sorry – no english here. The title of a recent article reads: “Balkonkraftwerke” – which means “a power plant on a balcony“. Amazing how easily you can glue German words together. The subtitle…

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Not modernizing the electricity grid would jeopardize economic growth

by Markus Loeffler • February 25, 2014 • 0 Comments

Sustainability Economics solar pv off grid

Distributed is the key phrase for the future generation of the electricity grid. Unfortunately the electricity providers are facing the biggest problem since their formation and they are trapped between becoming obsolete on the one hand and slowing renewable energy growth…

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Knowledge

A pomegranate-inspired design for lithium batteries

by Markus Loeffler • February 24, 2014 • 0 Comments

pomegranate-inspired nanoscale design for large-volume-change lithium battery anodes

Batteries with high capacity and a long live are the necessary fundaments  for the future of distributed power grids. Storing renewable energy  is an essential part because the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing 24 hours…

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Project news

Project Milestone: PCB layout and routing complete

by Markus Loeffler • February 16, 2014 • 0 Comments

solar ups off grid controller

Today another big milestone of the project has been reached: I received the final PCB layout and routing for my solar UPS controller! Below is a 3D rendering of the front side of the PCB which shows most of the digital…

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Environment, Knowledge

Hydro Storage: How to store renewable energy in a rock

by Markus Loeffler • February 5, 2014 • 0 Comments

energy storage Hydraulic Hydro

We need lots of crazy ideas to solve our global energy problem. Lowering CO2 emissions is mandatory to reach a sustainable level in energy production where even our grandchildren find a habitable planet to live on. A good example for…

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