Archive for the 'Renewable Energy Resource: solar' Category
Naturally Powered by Roz Savage
July 26th, 2007 in Home, Renewable energy resource: wind and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 0 Comments
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After rowing across the Atlantic in 2006, Roz Savage is leaving San Francisco (her Website has updated departure dates) to conquer her next ocean: the Pacific.
Roz’s rowing vessel is fully self-sustained. During this two-plus months adventure, a total of 6 sonar panels and a wind turbine will provide power for her desalination system, her communications system, computer system and various miscellaneous systems including her iPod and on board soundsystem. We have added a few more gadgets: data loggers that will show us how much energy Roz’s system is generating each day. The Roz Savage page on Smart Energy publishes this data and predicts future generation based on the weather forecast.
I talked to Roz prior to her departure about her ambitions and day-to-day life on the vessel.
Stanford’s Green Dorm
July 26th, 2007 in Home, Making more efficient use of energy, Controlling carbon emissions, Energy technology: fuel cells, What's going on in California?, What should we do?, Renewable energy resource: geothermal and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 1 Comment
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A few facts: in the U.S., residential and commercial space accounts for 40 percent of our primary energy consumption and 38 percent of CO2 emissions are from operating buildings. Why, then, is so little attention paid to building energy efficient offices and residences? Prof. Gil Masters from Stanford University wants to change that. His dream to build a student dorm that is green and clean is being realized: the Green Dorm project at Stanford is under way.
My students talked to him about this project, which includes the use of geothermal heat pumps, solar heating and fuel cells. Now, if Gil got his way, the dorm would have one or more pluggable hybrids also…
Silicon Valley: the epicenter of solar power and clean technologies?
July 17th, 2007 in Home, Decision makers and funders, Controlling carbon emissions, What's going on in California?, What should we do? and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 0 Comments
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On June 1, Silicon Valley profiled itself as the future epicenter of solar power, energy efficiency and clean technologies at the Energy Summit 2007. Jacob and Desirae, two of my students at Stanford, attended to see with Silicon Valley’s leaders were up to. They report on the conference in this video, so in case you missed it, this is a chance to catch up and listen to what’s cooking and what’s not in the Bay Area.
Meet an energetic energy investor! (part 1)
June 13th, 2007 in Home, Decision makers and funders, What's going on in California? and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 0 Comments
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Erik Straser leads the cleantech investment of Mohr Davidow Ventures. It’s his job to seek out promising start-ups in solar energy, biofuels, energy storage, industrial biotech and clean coal. My students asked this energetic PhD about his research into companies, his investment strategies, his current projects, and his general views on the cleantech industry and existing energy policies.
The interview is in two parts. Here, we discuss general research and investment strategies.
Naturally Powered by Roz Savage
July 26th, 2007 in Home, Renewable energy resource: wind and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 0 Comments
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After rowing across the Atlantic in 2006, Roz Savage is leaving San Francisco (her Website has updated departure dates) to conquer her next ocean: the Pacific.
Roz’s rowing vessel is fully self-sustained. During this two-plus months adventure, a total of 6 sonar panels and a wind turbine will provide power for her desalination system, her communications system, computer system and various miscellaneous systems including her iPod and on board soundsystem. We have added a few more gadgets: data loggers that will show us how much energy Roz’s system is generating each day. The Roz Savage page on Smart Energy publishes this data and predicts future generation based on the weather forecast.
I talked to Roz prior to her departure about her ambitions and day-to-day life on the vessel.
Stanford’s Green Dorm
July 26th, 2007 in Home, Making more efficient use of energy, Controlling carbon emissions, Energy technology: fuel cells, What's going on in California?, What should we do?, Renewable energy resource: geothermal and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 1 Comment
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A few facts: in the U.S., residential and commercial space accounts for 40 percent of our primary energy consumption and 38 percent of CO2 emissions are from operating buildings. Why, then, is so little attention paid to building energy efficient offices and residences? Prof. Gil Masters from Stanford University wants to change that. His dream to build a student dorm that is green and clean is being realized: the Green Dorm project at Stanford is under way.
My students talked to him about this project, which includes the use of geothermal heat pumps, solar heating and fuel cells. Now, if Gil got his way, the dorm would have one or more pluggable hybrids also…
Silicon Valley: the epicenter of solar power and clean technologies?
July 17th, 2007 in Home, Decision makers and funders, Controlling carbon emissions, What's going on in California?, What should we do? and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 0 Comments
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On June 1, Silicon Valley profiled itself as the future epicenter of solar power, energy efficiency and clean technologies at the Energy Summit 2007. Jacob and Desirae, two of my students at Stanford, attended to see with Silicon Valley’s leaders were up to. They report on the conference in this video, so in case you missed it, this is a chance to catch up and listen to what’s cooking and what’s not in the Bay Area.
Meet an energetic energy investor! (part 1)
June 13th, 2007 in Home, Decision makers and funders, What's going on in California? and Renewable Energy Resource: solar. 0 Comments
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Erik Straser leads the cleantech investment of Mohr Davidow Ventures. It’s his job to seek out promising start-ups in solar energy, biofuels, energy storage, industrial biotech and clean coal. My students asked this energetic PhD about his research into companies, his investment strategies, his current projects, and his general views on the cleantech industry and existing energy policies.
The interview is in two parts. Here, we discuss general research and investment strategies.