OK, let's imagine that you have followed this blog on its short life and you are craving to set off your own Distributed Generation source, business or whatever. This are the steps to follow if you live in the Community of Madrid (and Leganés?) and you need some financing, or visit them here:
27 mar 2012
Now is your turn
20 mar 2012
Canarias Avanza en el Auto-abastecimiento
El proyecto de La Graciosa en Canarias llena de orgullo a este blog. El nuevo proyecto pretende autoabastecer la isla al 100%. Para que este sueño sea posible la comunidad canaria cuenta con la ayuda de Endesa y mediante los avances tecnológicos de la generación distribuida, almacenamiento energético y gestión tanto activa como pasiva de la demanda, pretenden "independizar" electricamente la octava isla canaria.
Articulo fuente Leia Mais…
8 mar 2012
Small hydros: The younger brothers
Our issue today is what it is known in Spanish as centrales minihidráulicas. In other words, we are talking about the young brother of hydro-power stations.
Now, is it really worth installing a small hydro instead of a hydro-power station? Indeed. Large stations may cause irreversible effects to nature due to the vast dams, whilst small hydros are environmentally friendly, as it is explained in the specific case of Boulder, Colorado (click here).
Just compare and contrast the two images and think of the vast difference in nature in the long run. Although it is true that none of them use fuel or any non-environmental energy source; it is just the impact they cause to the surroundings.
This is not a fierce defense of small hydros against big hydro-power stations. The aim is to provide you with useful information about this different option of distributed energy, which is not new (it was first dated of year 4000 b.C).
Going down under, we can find exceptional examples of Micro Hydro and even Pico Hydro!
The first one refers to those stations with a capacity to produce up to 100 kW, and the latter is just up to 5 kW (the maximum to power two fluorescent lights and a TV in 50 homes).
4 mar 2012
¿Un invento que sustituirá a los convencionales generadores de energía eólica?
Un modelo a escala de la WInd Haervester |
Heath Evdemon demostrando el movimiento alternativo de la Wind Harvester |
25 feb 2012
¿pensando en auto-abastecerte de energía?
Seguro que viendo en la televisión esas centrales solares enormes, has pensado, " a mi se me ocurren muchos lugares donde colocar una placa y llevarme la electricidad gratis" . Hoy en día para muchos países de diversos continentes ya es una realidad colocar una instalación solar en el tejado se su casa para poder generar su propia energía.
En este artículo se recoge la visión actual sobre la energía distribuida en España, he de recalcar la frase que más me ha llamado la atención:
" El consumidor obtiene un ahorro económico y energético de por vida con una inversión inicial".
Os aconsejo que mientras lo vais leyendo penseis ¿por que en mi casa no?
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14 feb 2012
Your daily energy source for breakfast
Stop throwing coffee dregs (sediments) off the pipe.
12 feb 2012
¿Por qué no usar la Generación Distribuida?
- Cambiar el actual modelo energético: los responsables institucionales tienen que ver las ventajas económicas y medioambientales de estos sistemas para facilitar el desarrollo de infraestructuras capaces de insertar la generación distribuida dentro de la red eléctrica.
- Impulsar la utilización de las tecnologías: son más caras, pero con una ayuda a los investigadores permitiría reducir los costes.
- Crear sistemas de préstamos: a pesar de las subvenciones que se ofrecen en muchos países, las energías renovables siguen siendo minoritarias. Sin embargo, algunas experiencias que han optado por el sistema de préstamos han tenido un mayor éxito.
6 feb 2012
Consume tu propia energía
Plataforma para el Impulso de la generación Distribuida y el Autoconsumo Energético.
3 feb 2012
Smart ideas people that are not us have
Stop to think for once how many movements we do on a daily basis that go nowhere.
Source: "Sea Kites" Could Harness Tidal Energy For Future Power Plants
I have came across a good idea. While I was writing, I was constantly spinning over the office chair I'm sat in, you know, those that have wheels and armrests. I just thought of putting a dynamo in the juncture between the two halves that spin so that I could produce energy, even more than the 4600kWh of the not-so-good idea of the revolving door.
2 feb 2012
Las casas del futuro
Energías renovables
1 feb 2012
Un Blog a la ultima
Acabamos de instalar un nuevo sistema en el Blog, que os permitirá comunicaros con nosotros mediante mensajes de audio.
Desde el Blog Distributed Generation esperamos que os guste esta iniciativa. Leia Mais…
31 ene 2012
Bad mixture: windmills and tornadoes
You know that when a camera focuses on a single windmill... something must happen!
What you have just witnessed is not the norm. Windmills work best at air currents between 40 and 80km/h. However, due to new regulations state-of-the-art wind turbines must be designed in order to outdo in adverse situations (probably like the one above). They are designed so that they stop at a so-called "survival speed" of 208-320km/h.
What happened to the windmill of the video was that it had a break failure while trying to accomplish the security system.
Recommendation of the chef: Press "4" while reproducing the video.
Sources: Youtube - Danish Windturbine colapses in storm (by teamwrp)
Mother Nature Network: Clean energy source shows its dark side in U.S. tornadoes
30 ene 2012
Distributed Energy around the world
We have just learnt about an amazing article about the new energetic plan set up in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. As a matter of fact, there is a global energetic concern and it seems that the most appealing solution consists of Renewable energy distributed in small areas.
Link of the article above: "Hay energía en el campo"
Source: El litoral.com-newspaper. Leia Mais…
25 ene 2012
Introduction
Welcome to Fontana Di Thermo blog, the blog moved by hydraulic energy.
Keep updated with the newest news and comments about Distributed Generation, energy, hydraulic, eolic and solar mini-centrals.
Feel free to make comments about our contents and entries.
Thank you for following us in this adventure! Leia Mais…