Innovative solutions to serve Electric Mobility in the Smart CityAdvansolar
This is the translation of the presentation of our solutions in the context of the Smart City, which was shown by our Marketing and Sales Director Christophe Lephilibert, at the LIM-EVER Monaco 2014 conference. It demonstrates how our innovative solutions are serving the emergence of electric mobility in the Smart City.
The document proposes two types of solar-powered generators: intelligent stationary generators for cities and rural areas, and solar energy wearables incorporated into clothing and accessories. The stationary generators use organic photovoltaic panels and have integrated drones, security cameras, and 4G connectivity. They provide energy, information, and act as an open platform for businesses. Solar energy wearables are proposed to power the growing number of intelligent objects, with organic photovoltaic panels making them light to carry energy on the body. Specific products proposed include solar tree generators for cities, solar bag wearables made of kombucha, and a solar foot massager integrated into shoes.
The document discusses the growth of distributed generation from renewable energy sources and the potential disruption it poses to utilities. It provides examples of utilities in Germany adapting their business models to embrace distributed generation. It also references reports and analysis suggesting that improvements in battery technology and distributed solar plus storage could reduce customers' reliance on the electric grid.
Ultimate guide for Solar Street Lights Lightinus Inc
Our goal for creating this e-book was to provide you with one comprehensive document that will answer all your questions about solar street lights from A to Z. The through value of this e-book is not only that we have covered all the topics in one place together, but we have also created it in a form that is easy to follow and will answer all your questions.
Our e-book will provide you with answers on following topics:
Industry overview- Solar Street lights
Solar Street Light components
Solar Street Light Applications
Solar Street Light performance
Solar Street Light vs. Traditional Street Light
How smart they can be?
Whats next?
After reading this document you will no longer need to look for additional materials and information. We have given our best to put all the information in one place and make it simple to follow.
The document discusses key events from 2019 related to cities, infrastructure, and sustainability. It highlights projects from Leonard including their intrapreneur program, start-up programs, and an AI jobs program. It also summarizes initiatives like the New Deal project to reduce traffic on express lanes and increase public transport. The document looks ahead to predicted transformations in areas like work, cities, and how environmental issues will be more integrated into all planning.
SolarCity is an American solar energy company that is the largest residential solar installation provider in the US. It was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in California, employing over 9,000 people. SolarCity offers solar panel installation to residential, commercial, and government customers, with the goal of helping reduce energy costs and carbon footprints. It plans to expand internationally, including into South Africa, in order to continue growing its market share and increasing the value of the company.
The document discusses 7 myths about solar energy and provides facts to counter each myth. The myths are that solar energy is only for niches, only viable in sunbelt countries, will never be competitive, is a pain for urban planning, is intermittent, is not sustainable, and it is better to wait to adopt it. The facts provided show solar energy has huge potential, can be used in many countries, is already competitive in some places and will reach grid parity in more places, can enhance buildings, can be reliable when combined with storage and smart grids, has short energy payback times, and needs to be adopted more quickly given the urgency of climate change.
Innovative solutions to serve Electric Mobility in the Smart CityAdvansolar
This is the translation of the presentation of our solutions in the context of the Smart City, which was shown by our Marketing and Sales Director Christophe Lephilibert, at the LIM-EVER Monaco 2014 conference. It demonstrates how our innovative solutions are serving the emergence of electric mobility in the Smart City.
The document proposes two types of solar-powered generators: intelligent stationary generators for cities and rural areas, and solar energy wearables incorporated into clothing and accessories. The stationary generators use organic photovoltaic panels and have integrated drones, security cameras, and 4G connectivity. They provide energy, information, and act as an open platform for businesses. Solar energy wearables are proposed to power the growing number of intelligent objects, with organic photovoltaic panels making them light to carry energy on the body. Specific products proposed include solar tree generators for cities, solar bag wearables made of kombucha, and a solar foot massager integrated into shoes.
The document discusses the growth of distributed generation from renewable energy sources and the potential disruption it poses to utilities. It provides examples of utilities in Germany adapting their business models to embrace distributed generation. It also references reports and analysis suggesting that improvements in battery technology and distributed solar plus storage could reduce customers' reliance on the electric grid.
Ultimate guide for Solar Street Lights Lightinus Inc
Our goal for creating this e-book was to provide you with one comprehensive document that will answer all your questions about solar street lights from A to Z. The through value of this e-book is not only that we have covered all the topics in one place together, but we have also created it in a form that is easy to follow and will answer all your questions.
Our e-book will provide you with answers on following topics:
Industry overview- Solar Street lights
Solar Street Light components
Solar Street Light Applications
Solar Street Light performance
Solar Street Light vs. Traditional Street Light
How smart they can be?
Whats next?
After reading this document you will no longer need to look for additional materials and information. We have given our best to put all the information in one place and make it simple to follow.
The document discusses key events from 2019 related to cities, infrastructure, and sustainability. It highlights projects from Leonard including their intrapreneur program, start-up programs, and an AI jobs program. It also summarizes initiatives like the New Deal project to reduce traffic on express lanes and increase public transport. The document looks ahead to predicted transformations in areas like work, cities, and how environmental issues will be more integrated into all planning.
SolarCity is an American solar energy company that is the largest residential solar installation provider in the US. It was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in California, employing over 9,000 people. SolarCity offers solar panel installation to residential, commercial, and government customers, with the goal of helping reduce energy costs and carbon footprints. It plans to expand internationally, including into South Africa, in order to continue growing its market share and increasing the value of the company.
The document discusses 7 myths about solar energy and provides facts to counter each myth. The myths are that solar energy is only for niches, only viable in sunbelt countries, will never be competitive, is a pain for urban planning, is intermittent, is not sustainable, and it is better to wait to adopt it. The facts provided show solar energy has huge potential, can be used in many countries, is already competitive in some places and will reach grid parity in more places, can enhance buildings, can be reliable when combined with storage and smart grids, has short energy payback times, and needs to be adopted more quickly given the urgency of climate change.
This document discusses empowering smart energy citizens through localized energy supply systems. It outlines a Green Deal between Dutch cities, grid operators, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs to promote innovations in smart energy cities. The deal focuses on five lines of action: 1) smart design and selection of projects using data; 2) matchmaking innovation locations and searches; 3) awareness raising and empowerment of citizens; 4) knowledge sharing; and 5) communication and planning for 2017-2019. Phase 3A of the deal involves 12 kickstart projects in Dutch cities to test localized energy solutions and empower citizens through activities like energy collectives and data sharing. The overall goal is a transition to a more localized and citizen-driven energy supply system by 20
1. The document discusses the future of the solar power industry.
2. It predicts that thin film solar panels printed through roll-to-roll processing will become more common, allowing for flexible, lightweight, and lower-cost panels.
3. A hybrid energy model is proposed, where solar energy is used during the day and other energy sources like wind or the electric grid are used at night.
Presented by Stephan Dolezalek of VantagePoint Venture Partners, April 8, 2010 at the Spring 2010 Energy Management and Innovation Center, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin
The document is a political quiz that tests the reader on which party aligns with different climate change policies and solutions. It asks 10 multiple choice questions about positions like reducing emissions, transitioning to renewable energy, phasing out coal, establishing public transportation, and protecting forests. The quiz reveals that all of the answers correspond to the climate change platform of the Socialist Alliance party.
This document provides a knowledge map of key areas related to green ICT in the UK and Scotland. It outlines definitions of green ICT, relevant policies, academics and departments, existing projects, support organizations, businesses, and themes. Green ICT involves using ICT to reduce carbon emissions from the industry itself and from consumer/organization use, as well as using ICT to enable dematerialization and artificial intelligence around land use, waste/water, renewable energy, and more. The document provides examples in each of these mapped areas.
Smart city Shahrour AUST Beirut april 2015 shIsam Shahrour
Conference of Isam Shahrour at the American University of Science Technology (AUST), Beirut, April 2015 on the topic: "Smart City for developing countries: Utopia or a real opportunity?"
Preparing for the (clean) tech tsunami of the 21st CenturyRay Wills
Presentation to Innovate Australia Energy Innovation Network Wednesday, 14 September 2016 from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM (AWST)
Entreprise Room - Innovation Centre WA
More info from http://raywills.net/rtwtechadopt.html
The Future Energy Jobs Act is fueling rapid growth of the solar industry in Illinois. We are adding 3,000 megawatts of solar power between 2018 and 2030. Cities can benefit by making their communities more solar friendly with solar friendly zoning, encouraging community solar and rooftop solar and helping their residents and business owners capture generous incentives (200 million dollars per year).
This document discusses recommendations for Salt Lake City to regulate and incentivize solar energy development through zoning ordinances and financial incentives. It covers zoning regulations for accessory solar installations and solar farms, as well as incentive programs for residents and businesses, including rebates, financing options, and economic considerations. The recommendations aim to streamline the permitting process and make solar installations more affordable and widespread.
The project "One Solar Panel Per Child" aims to provide portable solar panels to 33% of the world's population over 10 years at a cost of 100 billion euros. The solar panels would provide renewable energy access and enable the use of portable computers and the internet in developing areas currently without electricity. The project aims to combat climate change by reducing fossil fuel use and empower populations through access to technology and education.
Presentación enmarcada en el IX Simposio Funseam 2021.
05/02/2021
MESA II- APORTANDO SOLUCIONES DE MOVILIDAD SOSTENIBLE
-Descarbonización y mejora del tráfico en los centros urbanos. D. João Formiga, responsible for Évora demonstration activities of POCITYF
New base energy news issue 880 dated 26 june 2016Khaled Al Awadi
A solar-powered airplane called Solar Impulse 2 completed a 70-hour flight from New York to Seville, Spain, powered only by sunlight, marking a historic achievement as the first solar-powered flight across the Atlantic Ocean. The plane is on a planned round-the-world flight that began in 2015. A Dubai-based company plans to invest $500 million to develop and operate renewable energy projects across Africa to provide sustainable, affordable power and become a pan-African power provider. India's LNG imports jumped 44% in May compared to the previous year due to lower global LNG prices and a revised long-term supply contract with Qatar.
Solar energy can help Washington achieve its goals of reducing energy use in buildings and achieving zero fossil-fuel emissions by 2031. Solar is one of the most advantageous renewable technologies currently available to power zero energy buildings. While solar has barriers like cost, incentives can help promote greater adoption. Washington provides incentives like performance-based credits for solar power production that have helped grow the solar industry in the state. Further support is needed to meet the state's long-term renewable energy and emissions reduction targets.
Cate Collins (Lend Lease) presented on the trend to move beyond delivering green buildings to developing sustainable precincts, and the vital role innovation, design technology and partnerships will play in achieving ‘Green Precincts’.
Renewable energy revolutionizes the energy industryDoris Capurro
“The Stone Age didn’t end for lack of stone, and the oil age will end long before the world runs out of oil”, said Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani. Are we experiencing the end of the oil addiction?
Solar PV is rapidly taking off in the MENA region; Jordan and UAE´s schemes have successfully announced their preferred bidders to develop PV plants. Now it is Egypt’s turn to present a solid proposal for developing 2,300MW of solar PV in the country.
This is about how a perfect work or job experience look like, and how that usually spans four (4) stages of joyful times. I model that as “three rides and a fall” which basically is about taking three different rides (the first three stages you would go through), and close with a fall ride as a final stage. Those three rides are: a learning ride, a performing ride, and a coaching ride. The fall is just a fall, but I would picture it as a closing ride!
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
This document discusses empowering smart energy citizens through localized energy supply systems. It outlines a Green Deal between Dutch cities, grid operators, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs to promote innovations in smart energy cities. The deal focuses on five lines of action: 1) smart design and selection of projects using data; 2) matchmaking innovation locations and searches; 3) awareness raising and empowerment of citizens; 4) knowledge sharing; and 5) communication and planning for 2017-2019. Phase 3A of the deal involves 12 kickstart projects in Dutch cities to test localized energy solutions and empower citizens through activities like energy collectives and data sharing. The overall goal is a transition to a more localized and citizen-driven energy supply system by 20
1. The document discusses the future of the solar power industry.
2. It predicts that thin film solar panels printed through roll-to-roll processing will become more common, allowing for flexible, lightweight, and lower-cost panels.
3. A hybrid energy model is proposed, where solar energy is used during the day and other energy sources like wind or the electric grid are used at night.
Presented by Stephan Dolezalek of VantagePoint Venture Partners, April 8, 2010 at the Spring 2010 Energy Management and Innovation Center, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin
The document is a political quiz that tests the reader on which party aligns with different climate change policies and solutions. It asks 10 multiple choice questions about positions like reducing emissions, transitioning to renewable energy, phasing out coal, establishing public transportation, and protecting forests. The quiz reveals that all of the answers correspond to the climate change platform of the Socialist Alliance party.
This document provides a knowledge map of key areas related to green ICT in the UK and Scotland. It outlines definitions of green ICT, relevant policies, academics and departments, existing projects, support organizations, businesses, and themes. Green ICT involves using ICT to reduce carbon emissions from the industry itself and from consumer/organization use, as well as using ICT to enable dematerialization and artificial intelligence around land use, waste/water, renewable energy, and more. The document provides examples in each of these mapped areas.
Smart city Shahrour AUST Beirut april 2015 shIsam Shahrour
Conference of Isam Shahrour at the American University of Science Technology (AUST), Beirut, April 2015 on the topic: "Smart City for developing countries: Utopia or a real opportunity?"
Preparing for the (clean) tech tsunami of the 21st CenturyRay Wills
Presentation to Innovate Australia Energy Innovation Network Wednesday, 14 September 2016 from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM (AWST)
Entreprise Room - Innovation Centre WA
More info from http://raywills.net/rtwtechadopt.html
The Future Energy Jobs Act is fueling rapid growth of the solar industry in Illinois. We are adding 3,000 megawatts of solar power between 2018 and 2030. Cities can benefit by making their communities more solar friendly with solar friendly zoning, encouraging community solar and rooftop solar and helping their residents and business owners capture generous incentives (200 million dollars per year).
This document discusses recommendations for Salt Lake City to regulate and incentivize solar energy development through zoning ordinances and financial incentives. It covers zoning regulations for accessory solar installations and solar farms, as well as incentive programs for residents and businesses, including rebates, financing options, and economic considerations. The recommendations aim to streamline the permitting process and make solar installations more affordable and widespread.
The project "One Solar Panel Per Child" aims to provide portable solar panels to 33% of the world's population over 10 years at a cost of 100 billion euros. The solar panels would provide renewable energy access and enable the use of portable computers and the internet in developing areas currently without electricity. The project aims to combat climate change by reducing fossil fuel use and empower populations through access to technology and education.
Presentación enmarcada en el IX Simposio Funseam 2021.
05/02/2021
MESA II- APORTANDO SOLUCIONES DE MOVILIDAD SOSTENIBLE
-Descarbonización y mejora del tráfico en los centros urbanos. D. João Formiga, responsible for Évora demonstration activities of POCITYF
New base energy news issue 880 dated 26 june 2016Khaled Al Awadi
A solar-powered airplane called Solar Impulse 2 completed a 70-hour flight from New York to Seville, Spain, powered only by sunlight, marking a historic achievement as the first solar-powered flight across the Atlantic Ocean. The plane is on a planned round-the-world flight that began in 2015. A Dubai-based company plans to invest $500 million to develop and operate renewable energy projects across Africa to provide sustainable, affordable power and become a pan-African power provider. India's LNG imports jumped 44% in May compared to the previous year due to lower global LNG prices and a revised long-term supply contract with Qatar.
Solar energy can help Washington achieve its goals of reducing energy use in buildings and achieving zero fossil-fuel emissions by 2031. Solar is one of the most advantageous renewable technologies currently available to power zero energy buildings. While solar has barriers like cost, incentives can help promote greater adoption. Washington provides incentives like performance-based credits for solar power production that have helped grow the solar industry in the state. Further support is needed to meet the state's long-term renewable energy and emissions reduction targets.
Cate Collins (Lend Lease) presented on the trend to move beyond delivering green buildings to developing sustainable precincts, and the vital role innovation, design technology and partnerships will play in achieving ‘Green Precincts’.
Renewable energy revolutionizes the energy industryDoris Capurro
“The Stone Age didn’t end for lack of stone, and the oil age will end long before the world runs out of oil”, said Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani. Are we experiencing the end of the oil addiction?
Solar PV is rapidly taking off in the MENA region; Jordan and UAE´s schemes have successfully announced their preferred bidders to develop PV plants. Now it is Egypt’s turn to present a solid proposal for developing 2,300MW of solar PV in the country.
This is about how a perfect work or job experience look like, and how that usually spans four (4) stages of joyful times. I model that as “three rides and a fall” which basically is about taking three different rides (the first three stages you would go through), and close with a fall ride as a final stage. Those three rides are: a learning ride, a performing ride, and a coaching ride. The fall is just a fall, but I would picture it as a closing ride!
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
This document discusses social-emotional development in children. It explains that social-emotional development involves a child's experience and expression of emotions, and their ability to develop positive relationships. Key aspects of healthy social-emotional development include positive relationships with caregivers from an early age and the ability to identify, understand, and manage one's own emotions and the emotions of others. The development of social-emotional skills is important as it lays the foundation for children's future academic and social success.
This document discusses the key components of successful change management leadership. It outlines that change management is a critical part of any leadership strategy to help organizations meet goals and objectives. There are four main components to an effective change management strategy: 1) Creating a shared need and driving force for the change, 2) Empowering teams to take action and implement changes, 3) Building consensus through agreement on key decisions, and 4) Developing strategies to manage stakeholders who may be affected by changes. The document emphasizes that a change management plan should incorporate these four components through an iterative process to help lead organizations through changes.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
The document is a population pyramid showing the age and gender distribution of the population of the UK in 2001. It shows that the elderly dependent population was larger than the young dependent population, indicating a need for increased elderly services. The economically active population was large, supporting the dependents. However, as the large baby boom generation ages, the elderly dependent population will increase, placing more pressure on pensions and healthcare.
La fuente de poder se localiza en la parte posterior del gabinete de la PC de escritorio y cuenta con un ventilador para evitar sobrecalentamiento. Proporciona corriente eléctrica mediante la generación de una diferencia de potencial entre sus bornes, basándose en una fuente ideal contemplada por la teoría de circuitos.
This document provides an overview of Google App Engine, including what cloud computing is, the different types of cloud computing models, how App Engine provides a scalable infrastructure, the programming languages and frameworks supported, how data is stored and accessed via the datastore, services available on App Engine like caching, task queues, and mail, and tips for testing and deploying App Engine applications.
Please note that this presentation is not to be used for any training, consulting or commercial purposes as its content is copyrighted or belonged to the Vietnam HR Summit Speakers/ relative organizations.
This document provides an overview of key concepts in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). It discusses the history and definition of NLP, focusing on how it uses language patterns and metaphors to communicate with the subconscious mind. Several core NLP concepts and techniques are then outlined, including the NLP communication model, different NLP frames, states, the meta model, perceptual positions, Disney's creative strategy, the TOTE model, and feedforward. The document aims to introduce readers to NLP and some of its fundamental principles and applications.
This presentation summarizes a student bio-data management system created in Java. The system allows administrators, teachers, and students to access and manage student information and academic results through an automated interface rather than using paper records. Key features of the system include allowing admins to add, edit, and delete user accounts and student records, teachers to view student data and enter academic results, and students to view their own information and results. The presentation outlines the user types, software and hardware requirements, database design, and development tools used to create the management system.
The document summarizes demographic data and policies regarding population control in China. It notes that in 2006, China's population was 1.3 billion with a growth rate of 0.6%. It describes China's one-child policy introduced in 1979 to limit population growth, and exceptions to the policy. The policy has contributed to a skewed sex ratio and human trafficking issues. While helping control population, the long-term policy could increase elderly dependency on one working generation.
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IRJET- Solar Roadways: A Significant Infrastructural ReformIRJET Journal
The document discusses solar roadways, which are solar panels designed to replace conventional asphalt roads. Solar roadways would generate renewable energy through solar power, helping to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. They are more durable than traditional roads and could pay for themselves over time by producing excess electricity for the grid. Implementing solar roadways on a major Indian highway could power the daily needs of an entire state and reduce air pollution by eliminating the need for certain power plants. However, the initial higher costs of solar roadways is a major disadvantage that could prevent adoption in less developed areas.
This document summarizes a seminar presentation on solar roadways as a future transportation system. It discusses how solar roadways could generate electricity through solar panels embedded in road surfaces. It outlines the various layers of a solar roadway, including a glass top layer, an electronics layer with solar cells and LEDs, and a base plate layer. The presentation notes the potential advantages of solar roadways in providing road illumination, power generation, and an intelligent transportation system, but also highlights challenges around maintenance costs and seasonal efficiency. It examines case studies of solar roadway prototypes and suggests implementing the technology in India's 100 planned smart cities could help address power issues.
The document discusses opportunities for the US to become a leader in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through business opportunities in low-carbon energy and virtualization. It argues that the US can capitalize on its leadership in industries like Hollywood, Silicon Valley, and universities to advance virtualization technologies that reduce material consumption and GHG emissions. The document also outlines strategies like providing carbon rewards rather than penalties, making ICT services more energy efficient, utilizing renewable energy for data centers, and training IT staff in carbon accounting.
The document discusses how information and communication technologies (ICT) can help address climate change through various strategies such as relocating data centers to remote renewable energy sites connected by optical networks, virtualizing services to reduce physical infrastructure needs, and incentivizing reductions in carbon emissions through "carbon rewards" rather than penalties. It outlines pilots and examples of implementing these strategies and argues that a zero carbon approach is essential for sustainable growth of ICT.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
This document summarizes a seminar presentation on solar roadways as a future transportation system. It introduces solar roadways as a way to develop road surfaces with embedded solar panels to generate electricity. It then discusses how solar roadways work, including their multi-layer structure with a glass top layer, electronics layer below to absorb solar energy, and a base plate layer to distribute power. The document outlines advantages like reduced fossil fuel use, lane illumination, and potential to charge electric vehicles, as well as challenges around maintenance and high initial costs. It provides an example of a prototype solar parking lot constructed in the United States.
This report from the SolarPower Europe Digitalisation & Solar Task Force is the first of its kind to look specifically at the intersection of solar PV and digitalisation and assess how new digital technology can be applied to solar. It seeks to answer how the PV market can make the most of the opportunities of digitalisation, and how digitalisation can be a driver for more solar deployment. This report looks at new and improved business models, the digitalisation of the entire PV value chain from manufacturing to operations and maintenance, and the use of smart technology to better integrate the technology into the grid. The report also contains case studies from various companies that are implementing cutting edge digital solar projects.
This document discusses the impacts of climate change and ICT's role in addressing it through innovation. It notes that ICT emissions are growing rapidly and data centers consume large amounts of electricity. However, ICT is well-suited to using renewable energy by locating facilities near sources and building robust services that follow renewable availability. This could help meet climate targets while saving costs through carbon rewards rather than taxes. The document advocates addressing climate change now through ICT innovation to build a zero-carbon infrastructure.
Wssw2016 windturbines and telecom frits oggFrits Ogg
Small wind turbines for telecom base stations
As the incessant demand for wireless communication grows, off-grid telecommunication base station sites continue to be introduced around the globe. In rural or remote areas, where power from the grid is unavailable or unreliable, these cell sites require generator sets to provide power security as prime power or backup standby power.
Cited in various papers, the global annual electricity consumption for the telecommunication sector has increased from 219 TWh in 2007 to 354 TWh in 2012, which corresponds to an annual growth rate of 10%. This projection of global electricity consumption is expected to escalate at an annual additional rate of 10% between 2013 and 2018. Accordingly, this makes the telecom operator networks the most electrical energy-intensive consumer within the telecommunication networks that is responsible for the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions it emits into the environment.
The presentation is a state of the art overview on aspects of coupling small windturbines to telecom basestations. Worldwide thousands of base stations provide relaying mobile phone signals. Every off-grid base station has a diesel generator up to 4 kW to provide electricity for the electronic equipment involved.
The presentation gives attention to the requirements on using windenergy as an energy source for powering mobile phone base stations. Requirements as: Sufficient wind speed, Dimensioning the system, cost effectiveness, installing on existing tower structure, maintenance, and remote monitoring and controlling.
An overview of manufacturers and best practices will be given. Also opportunities for mobile network operators to provide electricity beyond the base station and into local communities, “Community Power”.
Attention is also given to radio interaction between Small Wind Turbines and Base Station Antennas.
Solar News from around the world for week 2 of June 2021Rohit Arora
Weekly Solar News updates from around the world.
with world's biggest solar expo event in Shanghai this week,
we have a lot happening in the solar industry.
80+ Solar News from India, China, Australia, USA, Europe, Africa, and much more.
The document discusses how information and communication technologies (ICT) can help Canada and Alberta become world leaders in transitioning to a zero carbon economy. It argues that ICT has the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions through applications like telework, smart grids, and data centers powered by renewable energy. The document proposes using ICT-enabled solutions and "carbon rewards" instead of carbon taxes to incentivize emission reductions while keeping wealth in the local economy. It also outlines challenges around ensuring reliable digital services from intermittent renewable sources and providing broadband internet access as a carbon reward.
This document discusses the urgency of addressing climate change through reducing carbon emissions from information and communication technologies (ICT). It notes that ICT carbon emissions are growing rapidly and will represent a large portion of global electricity use by 2030 unless action is taken. The document advocates building ICT infrastructure that can operate solely using renewable energy sources, such as optimizing network topology based on renewable energy availability and building data centers powered by renewable energy. Through these strategies, ICT can help achieve necessary reductions in carbon emissions while continuing to enable important services.
Solar Roadways - The future transport system ( Seminar report by Swapnil Patw...Swapneil Patwari
A solar roadway is a road surface that generates electricity by solar power photovoltaic cells. One current proposal is for 12 ft x 12 ft (3.658 m x 3.658 m) panels including solar panels and LED sign-age, that can be driven on. The concept involves replacing highways, roads, parking lots, driveways, and sidewalks with such a system. A layer of embedded LEDs will be used to create traffic warnings or crosswalks, and excess electricity could be used to charge electric vehicles or routed into the power grid. The electrical components will be embedded between layers of extremely durable, textured glass. A solar roadway is a series of structurally engineered solar panels that are driven upon. The idea is to replace current petroleum-based asphalt roads, parking lots, and driveways with solar road panels that collect energy to be used by homes and businesses, and ultimately to be able to store excess energy in or alongside the solar roadways. Thus renewable energy replaces the need for the current fossil fuels used for the generation of electricity, which cuts greenhouse gases and helps in sustainable development.
Parking lots, driveways, and eventually highways are all targets for the panels. If the entire United States Interstate Highway system were surfaced with Solar Roadways panels, it would produce more than three times the amount of electricity currently used nationwide. Existing prototype panels consist of three layers. 1. Road surface layer, 2. Electronics layer, 3. Base plate layer. Road Survey of India: India had a road network of over 42,45,805 kilometers in 2011.
In which national highways and state highways cover 0.05% of total road network.
These highways can produce 450TWh of electricity according to references when they are surfaced by solar panels.
But India needs 991TWh of electricity.
This implies that if 0.1% of total road network of India is surfaced with Solar Roadway panels, it would illuminate our nation. CONCLUSION: For roughly the same cost of the current systems (asphalt roads and fossil fuel burning electricity generation plants), the Solar Roadways can be implemented.
No more Global Warming.
Safer driving conditions.
Far less pollution.
A new secure highway infrastructure that pays for itself.
A decentralized, self-healing, secure power grid.
No more dependency on foreign oil.
This document discusses opportunities in green IT and reducing carbon emissions from information and communication technologies. It notes that ICT carbon emissions are growing rapidly and will account for 20% of global electricity use by 2020 if unchecked. Transitioning to renewable energy sources like wind and solar is critical to build reliable zero-carbon networks and services. New network architectures that move data and computing to locations with available renewable power can help ensure services continue during intermittent renewable generation. Significant business opportunities exist in areas like green data centers, smart grids, and carbon accounting.
Climate change will have a big impact on how we carry out big science. Remote instrumentation to access instruments located at renewable energy sites will be critical
This document provides an overview of a task force report on digitalisation and solar in emerging markets. It explores how digital technologies can enable access to energy in off-grid contexts through solar-based mini-grids, demand forecasting, operation and maintenance technologies, and pay-as-you-go solar models. It also examines applications of digitalisation for grid-connected solar, including smart data analytics, digital asset management, grid intelligent solar solutions, and blockchain-based platforms. The report aims to demonstrate how digital solar technologies can help accelerate electrification and the global energy transition in emerging markets.
The document discusses the threats of climate change and how information and communication technologies (ICT) both contribute to greenhouse gas emissions but also have the potential to significantly reduce emissions through their enabling effects. It notes that ICT emissions are growing rapidly and data centers consume large amounts of energy. However, the document argues that locating data centers at remote renewable energy sites connected by optical networks could allow for "zero carbon" computing that is independent from the electrical grid. This strategy would help meet emissions reduction targets while ensuring reliable ICT services even during power outages.
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1. Revue de presse IoT / Data du 24/12/2016
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Table des matières
1. Electrification hors-réseau en Afrique : IFC propose une base de données en ligne
pour les porteurs de projets
2. The World's First Solar Road Is Open in France
3. La France inaugure la première route solaire au monde
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Electrification hors-réseau en Afrique :
IFC propose une base de données en
ligne pour les porteurs de projets
Rédigé par Amandine Perrault | Le 24 décembre 2016 à 15:10
Soutenir l'électrification hors-réseau
Cette plate-forme en ligne baptisée « Off-Grid Market Opportunity Tool » propose la
consultation d'une vaste base de données afin de soutenir les entreprises,
gouvernements, organismes de développement, universitaires ainsi que la société civile à
mieux définir le potentiel d'un projet d'électrification hors-réseau.
Cet outil peut être consulté via le site https://energydata.info. Il se fonde sur le croisement
de données géospatiales ouvertes et sur un aperçu général des marchés de
l'électrification hors réseau à partir d'un certain nombre de paramètres pertinents.
2. The World's First Solar Road Is Open in
France
Source URL: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a24468/first-solar-
road/
Christophe Petit Tesson/EPA
The first solar road has opened in Normandy, France. The kilometer-long stretch of road is
expected to generate enough electricity to power a nearby village of over 3000 people.
Solar roads are a controversial and mostly untested new technology. A solar bike path
wasbuilt two years ago in the Netherlandsand only managed to generate enough
electricity to power a single home. It was estimated that the cost of that bike path could
pay for over 100 times as much electricity from other sources.
The solar road in France has even more of an uphill battle. In Normandy, where the road
was built, there are typically less than two months of strong sunshine a year.
However, if this test produces as much power as it's expected to, and the company
building the roads, Wattway, can bring down the costs of future panels, it's possible solar
roads could become a good investment.
La France inaugure la première route
solaire au monde
Source URL: http://www.challenges.fr/entreprise/environnement/la-premiere-route-
solaire-au-monde-inauguree-en-normandie_444150
La première route solaire au monde a été inaugurée jeudi 22 décembre par la ministre
Ségolène Royal dans un village normand, une technologie en phase test, expérimentée en
France par la filiale de Bouygues, Colas, à laquelle travaillent également Néerlandais,
Américains et Allemands. A partir de jeudi, les 2.000 automobilistes qui empruntent en
moyenne chaque jour la RD5 pour sortir de Tourouvre rouleront pendant 1 km sur des
panneaux solaires collés sur la chaussée.
Ces 2.800 m2 de dalles aux allures de carrelage plastifié doivent permettre de produire
l'équivalent de l'éclairage public d'une ville de 5.000 habitants, selon la direction de
Wattway, le projet co-inventé par Colas et le CEA Tech. Elles sont fabriquées par la Scop
SNA à Tourouvre. L'ensemble des travaux est couvert par une subvention d'Etat de 5
millions d'euros hors taxe, précise le conseil départemental.
"Ce nouvel usage de l'énergie solaire permet de profiter des grandes surfaces
d'infrastructures routières, déjà utilisées aussi bien par les transports, voitures, vélos,
piétons, pour produire de l'électricité sans mobiliser de foncier supplémentaire", se félicite
le ministère dans un communiqué. Confiante dans cette technologie, Ségolène Royal a
annoncé un "plan de déploiement national des routes solaires". Ce plan se traduira par le
3. lancement d'un "appel d'offres innovation pour encourager le développement de
technologies solaires innovantes".
Depuis quelques mois, le concept est déjà expérimenté sur quatre sites pilotes (deux en
Vendée, un à Septèmes-les-Vallons, près de Marseille, un dans les Yvelines) sur des
parkings, ou devant des bâtiments publics. Les surfaces sont beaucoup plus petites, de
50 à 100 m2 de dalles solaires.
A la Roche-sur-Yon, par exemple, depuis juin, "pratiquement tous les week-ends des
voitures électriques viennent recharger leur batterie à la borne du complexe sportif et
culturel Vendéspace, alimentée par 50 m2 de dalles solaires. Les cellules photovoltaïques
n'ont pas bougé. Ca fonctionne parfaitement bien", assure à l'AFP le député LR de la
Vendée Alain Leboeuf qui préside le Syndicat départemental d'énergie (Sydev), partenaire
de cette expérimentation. Ailleurs, les dalles pourraient alimenter les aires d'autoroutes ou
les maisons isolées, précise Wattway.
"Première mondiale"
La route solaire ornaise est une "première mondiale", explique Jean-Charles Broizat,
directeur de Wattway, ce que confirment les concurrents. Au nord d'Amsterdam, une
piste cyclable solaire de 70 m est en service depuis deux ans, sur une voie où passent
quelques 2.000 vélos par jour. Si le revêtement a mal résisté au premier hiver, le problème
a été résolu depuis: la piste "SolaRoad" vient d'être prolongée de 20 mètres, assure TNO,
société à l'origine du projet. "Nous avons des projets de routes solaires publiques pour
2018", précise Sten de Wit, de TNO.
L'Allemagne est aussi sur les rangs. "Nous projetons une route test de 150 m près de
Cologne à l'été 2017, puis une route publique fin 2017", explique Donald Müller-Judex,
ingénieur à l'origine du projet Solmove, basé en Bavière.
Aux Etats-Unis, le Missouri "travaille" à l'installation d'environ 19 m2 sur un trottoir à
proximité de la Route 66, indique à l'AFP Tom Blair, ingénieur au ministère des Transports
de cet Etat (MoDOT) sans donner de date.
Avantages et inconvénients
A chaque fois, le concept est de coller sur la route des panneaux solaires protégés par
une résine pour produire de l'électricité. Avantage: la production d'électricité ne gêne
personne sur ces surfaces qui ne sont en moyenne occupées par les voitures que 20%
du temps, selon Colas. Avec un million de km de routes, la France pourrait ainsi en
théorie accéder à l'indépendance énergétique en pavant le quart de ses routes, met en
avant la société.
Inconvénient: les panneaux à plat produisent moins d'électricité que les panneaux
inclinés. Pour "300 kWh installés", les dalles Wattway produisent "5 à 10 kW de moins"
que les toitures, selon M. Broizat. Les sceptiques attendent aussi de voir si les panneaux
résisteront effectivement, avec le temps, en dehors des laboratoires, au passage des
poids-lourds et aux intempéries.
Surtout, le modèle économique reste à trouver: "Aujourd'hui Wattway est à 17 euros le
watt-crête (unité de mesure de l'énergie solaire) raccordé", selon M. Broizat, contre 1,3
4. euro pour le solaire en grande toiture, selon le syndicat des énergies renouvelables (SER).
Mais Wattway compte d'ici à 2020, "rejoindre" le prix de production dusolaire classique.
Un objectif "ambitieux" mais "réaliste", selon Colas. Car le coût de production de
l'énergie solaire classique a diminué de 60% entre 2009 et 2015, selon le SER.
(Avec AFP)
Prioritizing Upgrades for Smart Energy
Solutions
Source URL: http://www.iotevolutionworld.com/iiot/articles/428189-prioritizing-
upgrades-smart-energy-solutions.htm
By Special Guest Consuelo Azuaje December 20, 2016
There are over 3000 utilities companies supplying $400 billion dollars’ worth of electric
power in the US. The US power grid is so massive that it was coined “the largest machine
in the world” a few years ago by Bloomberg journalists Mark Chediak and Ken Wells.
Therefore, to say that updating legacy power grid infrastructure and adapting it to
increasingly demanding efficiency regulations and energy needs (such as bi-directional
power flow) would be challenging is an understatement. The Internet of Things (IoT) could
be used as a tool by power companies to gather and analyze the massive amounts of
data needed to yield smart energy results. Thus the IoT could be used to streamline
operations, eliminate inefficiencies, and ultimately modernize the power grid.
Smart energy applications go far beyond simple electrification and, ranging from top to
bottom, often have little in common beyond their shared use of a power source (e.g.,
HVAC monitoring of individual buildings, smart metering, fault detection, etc.). There are
scenarios that highlight the need for the IoT in the energy sector. Imagine the fallout of a
natural disaster wiping out large sections of powerlines and causing blackouts in a
number of different areas. Remember what Hurricane Sandy did in 2012? Or what
Hurricane Katrina did in 2005? In those cases, the IoT would be used for triage to quickly
sort out which areas—such as those with hospitals or senior care facilities—should have
their energy needs addressed first. The IoT would be used to bring back power as swiftly,
effectively, and efficiently as possible.
Applications aside, a smart power grid would—by nature—operate more efficiently than
traditional grids do. For a hundred years, power companies relied solely on human
workers to read meters, look for/inspect broken equipment, and monitor voltage. In a
smart grid, those tasks would be automated. Smart grids would perform constant self-
assessment to detect/respond to network disturbances and to restore grid operations
when needed. This saves power companies time and money; in a 2010 report, the Electric
Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimated annual losses due to power disturbances are
on the order of $100 billion. Smart grid maintenance, thus, would be much more targeted,
efficient, and effective (i.e. less broken equipment) than traditional grid maintenance.
Despite the capabilities and benefits it offers, however, figuring out where to start is a
5. daunting task owing to the complexity and cost of implementation. A smart grid would
automate and improve electricity generation, distribution, and use, but its construction
would demand the combined use of networking equipment, sensors, and
communications networks. The costs of implementing a smart grid in the U.S. are
staggering. The EPRI estimates it would cost $338-476 billion. The returns, however,
would be even greater—$1.3-2 trillion, according to EPRI estimates. 70% of that cost
would go solely to upgrading the infrastructure (i.e., meters, lines poles, substations, etc.).
If IoT is going to be used to improve operations, upgrades will have to start from the
bottom up. First, infrastructure must be modernized to improve operations. The power
grid infrastructure that we inherited from the past wasn’t designed for the types of
operations and demands that we have today, but we can’t start from scratch and build an
entirely new power grid. The only available option is to improve the existing technology.
After that, we can focus on enhancing efficiency and saving on cost by integrating digital
technology, distributed energy, and advances in renewable energy.
Having done these things, smart energy could begin to be used to offer value-added
services to consumers. Gridco is among those who have begun to fill the smart energy
gap. Gridco uses a Multitech gateway and embedded cellular modem to offer a utility-
scale solution that would provide more reliable, power and be able to operate with
distributed power sources, variable customer demands, increasing instances of cyber-
attacks, and increasingly demanding efficiency standards.
ElectriCities is another example of a power company stepping forward as a champion for
modern, smart energy. ElectriCities uses Digi LTE routers to obtain frequent, real-time
data—such as meter readings—on substations and generators in the field with a variety
of communications devices. Digi’s LTE routers, have saved ElectriCities over $300
thousand on telemetry charges by providing them an alternative to legacy copper
connections and fiber optics via software-defined multicarrier support enable Electricities
to switch between all North American carriers (e.g. AT&T, Verizon, etc.,) and provide
flexible, reliable service to its clients.
Utility-scale solutions are a first step towards unlocking IoT’s potential in smart energy.
From blackouts due to natural disaster to energy conservation (and cost savings) via
smart thermostats in buildings, smart energy has a lot of potential. Once a brave few start
on the path (and some already have) to smart energy the rest will inevitably follow to a
brighter, smarter future.
Edited by Ken Briodagh
Aria Created Connected Vehicles
Solution
Source URL: http://www.iotevolutionworld.com/smart-transport/articles/428236-aria-
created-connected-vehicles-solution.htm
Edited by Alicia Young
6. Aria Systems, a subscription and usage-based revenue services provider, has announced
Aria for Connected Vehicles, a cloud-based offering for IoT-enabled connected cars,
heavy equipment, on-demand transportation as a service, telematics, and post-sale or
lease add-on services.
Manufacturers are shifting business models from a transactional sales focus to owning
long-term recurring customer relationships. To facilitate longer, more predictable revenue
streams, they are looking to become closer to their end customer, gain better feedback,
and align their offerings with customer choices, Aria said. Industry disruption is opening
up new opportunities for recurring revenue streams from services inside and outside the
vehicle.
Aria for Connected Vehicles is designed to be used by OEMs, third-party device
manufacturers, and service providers looking to rapidly create, introduce, test, and scale
IoT and digital products and services. It manages the monetization of innovative
subscription and usage-based IoT services without compromising enterprise-grade
scalability, performance, and security. With this platform, connected vehicle offerings can
be constructed into combinations of one-to-one and one-to-many permutations of users,
data services, and devices.
Possible through this solution is usage monitoring, monetization, and billing of on-board
diagnostics (ODB) data streams at both the IoT platform and application levels. It
integrates with smartphone apps, entitlement and provisioning systems, payment
processors, and existing accounting/GL systems to provide a single view of accounts,
activity, invoices, and accounting.
The connected vehicle moves cars, equipment, and machinery from a simple world of
isolated tasks to being interactive providers of information for end consumers of value-
added digital services that improve productivity, enable innovative practices, and increase
safety. The OEM capitalizes on these closer relationships through increased revenue from
digital services and stronger brand loyalty, leading to reuse and repurchase.
Aria for Connected Vehicles enables: on-demand access to cars, equipment, and
machinery by the hour; subscription to a pool of cars so users can swap out car types as
needed; road use and mileage tracking; giving customers access to expertise online
including rating, diagnostics, management tools, and marketing tools; recurring revenue;
data monetization via downstream analytics of driver patterns.
“IoT-enabled features have become strategic growth drivers for automobiles, farm
machinery, heavy equipment and even automobile insurance companies,” said Tom
Dibble, President & CEO, Aria Systems. “Aria for Connected Vehicles helps OEMs, third-
party providers and others monetize the tremendous opportunities arriving from the
wealth of valuable data streaming from vehicles.”
Could Cryogenic Energy Storage Solve
Renewable Energy’s Biggest Problem?
7. Source URL: http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/could-cryogenic-energy-storage-
solve-renewable-energys-biggest-problem/
One of the biggest challenges facing renewable energy as it becomes cheaper and more
ubiquitous is energy storage. A British energy storage company wants to scale up usage
of cryogenic energy storage using liquid air.
Cyrogenic energy storage (CES) utilizes low-temperature (cyrogenic) liquids as energy
storage, typically liquid air or liquid nitrogen. Scientists believe that cryogenic energy
storage and supply might help improve the usability of renewable energies.
Highview Power Storage, a company that designs and develops large-scale energy
storage for power systems, plans to construct the largest cryogenic energy storage plant
in the world. The plant will be built at a location close to Manchester, England, and will
use LAES or liquid air energy storage.
How Cryogenic Energy Storage Works
Cryogenic energy systems are broken down into three components: a charging
system, an energy store, and a discharging (or energy recovery) system.
Highview's plant will be fed electricity from land lines where the liquefaction plant will use
the electrical energy to draw in air from the surrounding environment. Once the air is
drawn in, liquid air (or, in some systems, liquid nitrogen) is generated through extremely
low-temperature refrigeration. The heat lost in this process is captured and stored until
the discharging stage. Meanwhile, the liquid air is pumped to insulated storage tanks
where it is kept at low pressure. The liquid air can be stored in these tanks for long-term
storage in large amounts as it takes up 1/700th the amount of space as ambient-
temperature air.
To discharge the stored energy, the liquid air is taken from the insulated storage tanks and
transported to a much higher-pressure area. Through the increase of pressure in the
liquid, energy is created.
Once pressurized, heat (or a higher temperature waste) is applied to the liquid air through
heat exchangers. The resulting high-pressure gas is then fed through a turbine to provide
electrical energy to the required source.
Below is an illustration of this process:
8. Image courtesy of Highview Power Storage
The Role of CES in Renewable Energy
The incredible thing about this process is its efficiency.
Solar and wind renewable energy sources cannot produce when there is no sunshine or
airflow, respectively. Similarly, CES isn't restrained geographically like hydropower is in
order to move water uphill. Cryogenic energy storage helps renewable energy sources to
sidestep the problem of environmental factors by allowing intermittent (and sometimes
unreliable) energy to be stored.
Gareth Brett, CEO of Highview Power Storage told BBC Science: "Anywhere that needs
large-scale long-duration storage—that might be to help integrate an offshore wind farm
—a system like ours can help achieve that."
Thus far, other forms of renewable storage, such as used for solar, can get costly as the
size of the plant increases due to batteries. With LAES, this is not the case, giving it an
advantage among renewable energy storage systems. CES also doesn't require any
harmful or toxic metals that are so often associated with large-scale battery systems.
Below is a rendering of the proposed gigaplant that is projected to produce
200MW/1.2GWh:
9. Rendering of the proposed gigaplant. Image courtesy of Highview Power Storage
Another advantage to this LAES system is that it is able to use its own excess waste heat
(and cold, as well) as from other systems. The proposed power plant will be located next
to the Pilsworth landfill gas generation site. The Pilsworth plant puts out methane gas as it
decomposes trash, which is used to generate electrical energy. The LAES plant will
collect this waste heat from the methane and boost the efficiency of the cryogenic
process.
As renewable energy becomes cheaper, it will need better infrastructure to store and
discharge the power it harvests. LAES could be pivotal in helping renewable energy
sources truly claim their place in the energy industry.
IoT Connected Lighting in Commercial
Buildings
Source URL: http://www.iotevolutionworld.com/smart-home/articles/428194-iot-
connected-lighting-commercial-buildings.htm
By Special GuestAlex Pop, Alex Pop is a writer on behalf of The Window Experts
December 20, 2016
Smart lighting allows individuals to control lights in imaginative ways, and use them as
valuable information points for collecting and sharing information about one’s facilities.
With smart lighting poised to revolutionize both the lighting and networking industries,
some business owners are finding it a boon, while others are still finding it complicated
and are, understandably, resistant to change.
10. Let There be Light
One need only look at Cisco’s innovation center to find that the future of commercial
smart lighting is already here. The Berlin-based, 100 person office has no light switches;
instead, over 5,000 sensors control lighting and climate - feeding this data into Cisco’s
central IT systems - where the company can do some pretty cool things with it.
Smart Lighting: A Boon
With all the lights in the building connected to motion sensors, the company is harvesting
data about its 13,000 square foot facility through lights connected to motion sensors. The
ceiling panels respond to network commands for on/off, brightness, color, and color
temperature. Cisco claims these modern improvements have helped curtail costs as they
only turn on when they need to be in use. They also help to highlight the high-traffic areas
of the building, offering data on building occupancy, while creating a more ergonomic
work environment for its workers, putting to use low-traffic zones, while minimizing
congestion in other areas.
Cisco is leading by example; LEDs Magazine finds that the hardware and telecom
company has already implemented IoT connected lighting in its San Jose headquarters
and regional center in Toronto. Its UK headquarters in London will soon follow, while the
Berlin office will double the amount of sensors from 5,000 to 10,000 (Source).
Smart Lighting: A Bane
Meanwhile, individuals and business owners may be asking themselves what all the
hoopla is about. For residents and small businesses who may not have the electrical
wiring and networking know-how to replace one’s existing light bulbs - and run the
complex APIs necessary to link smart lights to other “smart systems” of the house - the
feat can seem daunting and disadvantageous.
A funny tweet managed to capture the frustration of going from light switches to WiFi
controlled light switches (Source). Cisco is a global company with individuals talented
enough to implement these Power over Ethernet solutions; the rest of us still need to play
catch up.
It’s safe to say that unless you, the business owner or manager, have a large, 10,000
square foot facility, then you don’t need to shell out the upfront costs that will replace your
dumb lights with smart ones. Similarly, you may not be ready to implement these changes
if you do nothing with the data these motion sensor activated lights collect.
Final Thoughts
Smart lighting is currently a multi-billion dollar market, with applications in residential,
office, shop, hospitality, industrial, outdoor, and architectural (Source). One Harvard chief,
heavily into research and development claims that the entire lighting industry supply chain
needs to get on board with the IoT and advanced lighting controls or be left behind
(Source). One thing is for sure, however: more money will be placed into lighting controls
and connected bulbs as part of a smart-home or smart-business.
3D Printed Trees Harvest Energy From
Sun, Wind, & Temperature
11. Source URL: https://cleantechnica.com/2016/12/17/3d-printed-trees-harvest-energy-
sun-wind-temperature/
December 17th, 2016 by Steve Hanley
Originally published on SolarLove
Can a 3D printed solar tree capture energy from the sun? Yes, say researchers at the VTT
Technical Research Centre of Finland. Not only do these little powerhouses make
electricity from the sun, they also harvest energy from the wind and changes in
temperature. VTT is the largest multi-technological applied research organization in
northern Europe. It is part of the Finnish Ministry of Employment and Economy.
The tiny leaves are made of 3D printed organic solar cells. They react to sunlight to make
enough electricity to power a cell phone or other small device. The flexible cells also
make electricity when they vibrate, which happens when the wind blows or changes in
temperature occur. The cells not only make electricity but can store it as well.
The “trunk” of the tree is manufactured from the byproducts created when real trees are
harvested and made into lumber, so the trees even smell like real wood. The tiny trees can
be used outdoors or indoors. The more “leaves” the solar tree has, the more power it
generates.
Each “leaf” is just 0.2 millimeters thick and consists of electrodes and polymer layers. The
engineers at VTT actually made them look like real leaves — well, sort of, if you squint a
little and let your imagination roam free. VTT claims 200 of its leaves are good for 3.2
amperes of electricity. It they are placed on an outdoor location, one square meter of
leaves can generate 10.4 watts in direct sunshine. Each “leaf” has its own micro-
converter built in.
The 3D printed leaves have a useful life of 2 to 3 years. VTT says they can be fully
recyclable so new ones can be produced with old materials. Thanks to their roll-to-roll
manufacturing method, they can produce up to 100 meters of leaf rolls per minute.
12. Innovative thinking about solar power is taking place all around the world. In
India, researchers have unveiled asolar power treethey claim can produce 5 kilowatts of
electricity while using only 4 square feet of land. For areas where open land is at a
premium, the solar trees could produce significant energy in far less space than a
conventional solar panel installation would require. Creative people are finding new ways
to harvest the free power of sunlight every day.