Recently came upon this news of a couple who bought land in Spain and constructed a house that is completely off grid. The house is heated entirely by human waste and horse manure. Since a small family does not produce substantial amount of waste to create bio gas needed to heat the entire house year round, they have 4 horses that eat grass and make the bio gas needed for heating, hot water and cooking. The electricity is provided by solar roof panels and a mini wind turbine.
This is what the world needs more of today but of course, the conditions have to be ideal, like having enough sunshine, the community has to be co operative and in the end, it has to be cost effective too. More on this can be read here
The company that the house owners collaborated with is http://www.planetenergynow.com/
At this time, they have 3 models. Semi-Urban Neighbourhood, Rural Communities/off grid and Industrial or Technology Parks.
In Semi-Urban neighbourhoods, it is very easy to produce a large amount of energy from the housing complex that people live in. The apartment units already have recycle and garbage disposal in place so to add energy production from human waste is a viable addition. And the benefits from this is shared by the households themselves so it is a direction they would be eager to go in.
How Planet EnergyNow operates is they evaluate the electricity and heat demands of each household and evaluate the organic waste produced by the households too. They assess the rooftop for solar and wind energy production and if the pros beat the cons, then it makes sense to adopt this and you can make your own energy production!
For Rural Communities, the energy production is tailor made to the availability of resources, either for individual households or for communities to share in the production and supply of energy. They can also assist dairy farmers, agricultural storage units, hydroponic systems, green houses and other rural industries from producing energy from the waste they already have.
In Industrial or Technology Parks, the consumption of energy is much higher. But, so is the cost of waste disposal and/or treatment. What Planet Energy does is, they take into account every bit of waste in these industrial parks, be it the organic waste or from restaurants nearby and then they scout around, outside of the parks to see if there are agricultural operations in that area. Then, they match up the energy production from waste to the consumption, supplemented by solar panels or wind turbines if necessary. These are then connected by a hybrid inverter whose smart technology controls the power generation and distribution of the system.
This is what the world needs more of today but of course, the conditions have to be ideal, like having enough sunshine, the community has to be co operative and in the end, it has to be cost effective too. More on this can be read here
The company that the house owners collaborated with is http://www.planetenergynow.com/
At this time, they have 3 models. Semi-Urban Neighbourhood, Rural Communities/off grid and Industrial or Technology Parks.
In Semi-Urban neighbourhoods, it is very easy to produce a large amount of energy from the housing complex that people live in. The apartment units already have recycle and garbage disposal in place so to add energy production from human waste is a viable addition. And the benefits from this is shared by the households themselves so it is a direction they would be eager to go in.
How Planet EnergyNow operates is they evaluate the electricity and heat demands of each household and evaluate the organic waste produced by the households too. They assess the rooftop for solar and wind energy production and if the pros beat the cons, then it makes sense to adopt this and you can make your own energy production!
For Rural Communities, the energy production is tailor made to the availability of resources, either for individual households or for communities to share in the production and supply of energy. They can also assist dairy farmers, agricultural storage units, hydroponic systems, green houses and other rural industries from producing energy from the waste they already have.
In Industrial or Technology Parks, the consumption of energy is much higher. But, so is the cost of waste disposal and/or treatment. What Planet Energy does is, they take into account every bit of waste in these industrial parks, be it the organic waste or from restaurants nearby and then they scout around, outside of the parks to see if there are agricultural operations in that area. Then, they match up the energy production from waste to the consumption, supplemented by solar panels or wind turbines if necessary. These are then connected by a hybrid inverter whose smart technology controls the power generation and distribution of the system.
Nice information!! Thanks for the informative post and keep sharing. Get the services of the New Aluminium Shopfronts London from the ADV Shutters LTD. Best service providers of shutters and shopfronts in London.
ReplyDelete