Home » Posts tagged 'solar photovoltaic energy'

Tag Archives: solar photovoltaic energy

Olduvai
Click on image to purchase

Content

Olduvai III: Catacylsm
Click on image to purchase

Post categories

Post Archives by Category

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXVIII–We’re Saved! Solar Photovoltaic Panel Recycling.

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXVIII We’re Saved! Solar Photovoltaic Panel Recycling. One of the more common rebuttals to my attempts to highlight the limitations of solar photovoltaic energy as a “drop-in” substitute for hydrocarbons is that these wondrous technologies are completely recyclable. In the minds of true believers, this means the finiteness of mineral inputs […]

Continue Reading →

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXVII– We’re Saved! Massive Buildout of Solar Photovoltaic Energy!

Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh CCXXXVII– We’re Saved! Massive Buildout of Solar Photovoltaic Energy! I was starkly reminded of the cult-like belief in the salvation offered via solar photovoltaic energy last week when a Greenpeace International post in my Facebook feed appeared suggesting it. I agreed with the comment of another who was skeptical. That agreement […]

Continue Reading →

Anatomy of a photovoltaic battery system – Part 1

 Gound mounted array of polycrystalline panels, Paynes Creek National park, Toledo Institute for Development and Environment Anatomy of a photovoltaic battery system – Part 1 Maya Mountain Research Farm was founded in 1988 in a remote area that had no electricity. In 1994 we built our first small stand alone 12 volt system which ran […]

Continue Reading →

Off-Grid solar 101

Off-Grid solar 101 Going Off-Grid for electricity can be one of the biggest challenges you can face and also one of the most expensive.  After doing a Geoff Lawton Permaculture design course in 2013 I learnt the secret to taking my family’s home off-grid in the city which I had been wanting to do for […]

Continue Reading →

Solar PV potential in Scotland

Solar PV potential in Scotland More than 35,000 homes and 600 businesses in Scotland have installed solar PV panels, but only because of lavish government subsidies. Now that these subsidies are being discontinued the question becomes whether solar PV in Scotland can stand on its own two feet. The data from operating PV arrays presented […]

Continue Reading →

Olduvai IV: Courage
Click on image to read excerpts

Olduvai II: Exodus
Click on image to purchase

Click on image to purchase @ FriesenPress