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News
for April 9, 2002
Palo
Alto Utility Helps Local Schools Generate Their Own Electricity
SOLARBEES:
Solar-powered circulation devices for freshwater and wastewater
treatment ponds
Silicon
Valley Congregation Goes Solar
Local
Governments Chart A Solar Energy Future
Reformation
of California energy market urged before 'perfect storm'
New
[Solar-powered] satellite yields even sharper pictures of
Earth
For
risky battlefields, a multimedia correspondent on wheels
Solar
Screen Rebate Available in California
Bush
tapped solar energy funds to print energy plan
Solar
power and satellite Internet access introduced to remote settlement
in Brazilian rainforest
IN BRIEF
Event - Focus
on San Diego's Energy Future April 13
- Date: Saturday, April 13; Place: Recital Hall, Balboa Park;
Time: 9 am - 12 noon. The San Diego League of Women Voters
is hosting this FREE forum to help inform citizens, policy
makers, and community leaders about the issues involved in
planning San Diego's Energy Future and to stimulate public
dialogue and discussion. read more here
Solar Energy
Seminar - Berkeley Building Education Center April 14 -
10am to 5pm - Learn how to size, specify and design your own
solar electrical generator, or photovoltaic (PV) system. Instructor
Gary Gerber, P.E., President of Sun Light and Power in Berkeley,
will explain how you can produce your own electricity and
"sell" the excess back to PG&E, running your
meter backwards! You will learn about all of the components
of a typical system, how to decide whether you want batteries,
how large your system should be, how much it should cost,
and more. This seminar includes a field trip to a functioning
system in Berkeley and comprehensive reading materials. At
the end of the day we will design a system for one of the
class attendees, so bring your average monthly electricity
usage (i.e. kWh usage on PG&E bills from the past 12 months),
if possible, and a sketch of the property roof, noting south.
Class is held at the Building
Education Center, 812 Page St., Berkeley, Ca 94710. $75.00.
Steve Heckeroth:
Solar Solutions - Eve Lecture in San Francisco - April 18th
- Steve Heckeroth, Director of Building Integrated Photovoltaics
(BIPV) for Bekaert ECD Solar Systems (UNI-SOLAR) will draw
on his 30 years of experience in the renewable energy field
to discuss issues relating to sustainability and solar design,
including wind machines, solar water and space heating, electric
vehicles, and BIPV. His presentation will include projects
ranging from active and passive solar homes to electric Porsche
Spyders. Thursday, April 18 (6:00 pm to 8:00 pm) Pacific Energy
Center 851 Howard St. San Francisco - FREE register
here
Noise from Small
Wind Turbines: An Unaddressed Issue - online article by
Paul Gipe, explores this sensitive issue...here
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