ALTERNATE SOURCE OF ENERGY
IMPORTANT LINKS
http://www.macalester.edu/environmentalstudies/Audits/audit2001_energy.htm
Excessive energy use is a fundamental concern for most environmentalists.  Each new year in the United States, citizens learn first hand that energy, in all of its many forms, is not in an indefinite supply.  With rising heating bills, electrical black outs, and soaring gasoline prices, the defined restrictions on energy sources becomes increasingly clearer.  The production and use of energy also account for nearly 80 per cent of all air pollution (Alliance to Save Energy).  At Macalester energy consumption in every capacity reigns as one of the most ignored and least prioritized issues.  However, students, faculty, and staff require the maximum efficiency of the production and distribution of energy. 
http://www.techno-preneur.net/timeis/technology/nov-dec/achievers.html
Compiled by: N Chander Mohan,Director, DST.   
Rakesh Bakshi was born in London, U.K. on 4th June, 1958 in an enterprising family. Rakesh Bakshi is a first class Graduate in Mechanical Engineering with Post-Graduate qualifications in Computer Science and Foreign Trade.  Rakesh Bakshi, a pioneer in the field of Non-conventional Energy Sources, was on the 26th of January, 1991, in recognition of his significant contribution in the area of Alternate Sources of Energy, conferred with the "PADMA SHRI" -  one of India's high civilian award.  Rakesh at a very young age committed all his energy and resources towards devel-oping the all important field of alternate sources of energy - an area of vital importance. Rakesh has blazed a trail of successfully promo-ting and implementing advanced Climate - Friendly Technologies, past the demonstration phase, in the area of Renewable Energy Sources and more particularly by converting Renewable Sources of Energy into Heat and Power.  

http://www.eere.energy.gov/erec/factsheets/geo_heatpumps.html

If you're planning to build a new house, office building, or school, or replace your heating and cooling system, you may want to consider a geothermal heat pump (GHP) system. GHP systems are also known as GeoExchangeSM, ground-source, or water-source heat pumps (as opposed to air-source heat pumps). Regardless of what you call them, energy-efficient geothermal heat pumps are available today for both residential and commercial building applications.

While residential GHP systems are usually more expensive initially to install than other heating and cooling systems, their greater efficiency means the investment can be recouped in two to ten years. After that, energy and maintenance costs are much less than conventional heating and air-conditioning systems.

http://eetd.lbl.gov/nareep/ISEN/ISEN_Winter00/Interview.html

Steve, could you give us a brief history of the DOE Indian Energy Program?
The genesis was the Energy Policy Act of 1992, which included Title 26: Indian Energy Resources. This legislation supported vertical integration of energy resource development and the adoption of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects on tribal lands. Title 26 was intended to be a collaborative effort between the Departments of Interior and Energy......

What about smaller projects, where the tribe is supplying power for its own needs rather than wheeling into the utility grid?
A number of tribes are pursuing this path. For some it is a step along the way toward a wind farm; for others it is an end in itself. The Manzanita Tribe in southern California is developing a PV/Wind hybrid system that will provide power to tribal offices and a community activity center, while the Rosebud Tribe is working on a 750 kilowatt project to provide some of the power to their casino.

http://www.weeklyuniverse.com/2003/physics.htm

Free Energy!!!

     "I discovered that a UFO, when airborne, is able to negate its normal gravitational and inertial mass because it contains a device I call an 'anti-mass field generator.'  Its purpose is to emit a form of NON-electromagnetic radiation which I call 'anti-mass field radiation.'  This new form of radiation has a 'polarity' opposite to that of normal 'mass field radiation' emitted by the subatomic particles that compose the atoms of ordinary matter.

     "When these two forms of nonelectromagnetic radiation -- one from the UFO's propulsion equipment, the other from the subatomic particles that compose the craft and its crew -- are superimposed as they radiate away from their sources, they neutralize each other.  The result is that the UFO and its crew become massless and, thus, have no weight or inertia!

http://www.repp.org/discussiongroups/resources/cef/

Clean Energy Finance Newsletter

News About Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Investment in Emerging Markets
http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/difference.htm

How can I make a difference?

The energy decisions we make every day can encourage the development of new power sources, save natural resources, and help ensure that the quality of our environment is preserved. In various parts of the country, consumers now have the opportunity to choose the source of the power that is delivered to their home or businessincluding energy derived from renewable sources.

http://www.winrock.org/GENERAL/Publications/energyinterview.htm

BUSINESS STANDARD

P Venkata Ramana, 40, is managing director, clean energy group, Winrock International, USA. He oversees Winrock Internationals global renewable energy operations spanning 65 countries. Despite an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad, Ramana changed tack, going on to complete his PhD from the University of Twente, the Netherlands, focussing his doctoral work on Indias renewable energy policy.

In Delhi after having attended the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, he spoke to Anil G Jacob about the summit, renewable energy and other issues pertaining to Indian government and industry. Excerpts

Which sectors of Indian industry have successfully implemented RETs? Which sectors can do so on a commercially viable basis?

Industries with captive power requirements can use RETs such as cement companies and textile mills. Or take sugar factories: they produce a lot of bagasse, which can be used with co-generation systems to cater to their own requirements and then export the rest to the grid. A sugar factory that crushes, say, 2,500 tonnes per day can set up a co-generation plant for 10 MW and use only 2 MW and export the rest. This could easily become a huge income generating stream.

http://www.renewingindia.org/

Renewingindia.org
India's only portal on Energy and Environment

The portal renewingindia.org is maintained by Winrock International India. Winrock International India (WII) is a non-governmental organisation registered under the Indian Societies Act and is based in New Delhi. It is an affiliate of Winrock International (WI), a global non-profit organization with headquarters in Arkansas, USA, and presence in over 40 countries around the world.

WII's mission is to "develop and implement solutions that balance the need for food, income and environmental quality", in every country and for all people, which means we work directly with the people to build a better world. For example, helping to increase agricultural productivity and rural employment while protecting the environment. Or, let's say working on a substitute for petrol and diesel so that we have a clean transport fuel and a pollution-free environment. WII, therefore builds multi-disciplinary programs that are sustainable, which means the project leads to long-term benefits for the end-user.

Although part of a global family, WII is very much an Indian organization and works with a diverse number of partners, even in the remotest areas of the country to find solutions to problems in the subcontinent that need urgent and expert attention. Winrock rapidly mobilizes people, skills, and resources required to meet specific client and regional needs, and to place resources where they are of greatest benefit.

http://www.iea.org/public/articles/nucarten.pdf

 "Can energy

 market reform and environmental concerns complement each other?
http://www.indiatogether.org/environment/articles/nukealt.htm

Taking the wind out of Nuclear. A Factfile on alternatives from S P Udaykumar.

There is no doubt that India, a developing country with a huge population, has growing needs of energy. At present the country is said to be facing a shortfall of about 40,000 MW. The conventional thermal energy generation that involves the burning of a particular quantity of coal releases twice as much carbondioxide into the atmosphere. This will have a disastrous effect on our environment when trees that could absorb this carbondioxide are being cut down in large numbers. Economic reforms that include privatization of power plants and attracting foreign capital do not seem to be helping either.

http://www.absak.com/india/

Alternative Energy in India

The benefits of using renewable energy sources anywhere are considerable. From an environmental standpoint, solar, wind and water power are all non-emission, environmentally friendly, and potentially non-centralized power sources. We feel these characteristics are especially beneficial in regions where a centralized energy infrastructure is not as far advanced as within the contiguous 48 United States.

 

http://www.enerconindia.net

ENERCON GmbH has its global slogan "ENERGY FOR THE WORLD". It launched its operations in India in the year 1994 with the formation of its subsidiary ENERCON (INDIA) LIMITED. As market leader in Germany, ENERCON worldwide has 4.4GW of installed capacity of Wind Energy Converters in operation.

 

http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/nrm/overview/nrm010.htm

Wind energy is one of the important free renewable clean and non-polluting sources, which vigorously pursued in many countries. Of the several alternative energy sources wind is perhaps the most suitable and cost effective.

Compared with solar energy sources wind is more sensitive to variations with topography and weather patterns. These properties make wind resources assessment - the characterization of wind as an energy resource - a very important part of wind energy applications (Pacific North West Laboratory, 1979). Thus unlike other renewable resources, the wind resource varies with time of day and season of year and even some extent from year to year. Wind energy has inherent variances and hence it has been expressed by distribution methods like Weibull, Bivariate Normal and Gamma distributions (Christofferson and Gillette (1987), Ranganathan et al., 1991). With this in view, the present study has been initiated to attempt to estimate the available wind power potential using Gamma distribution in different parts of Tamil Nadu and mapped using GIS.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelrenewable.html

Renewables Information Team     Leader: Fred Mayes

The Renewables Information Team is responsible for the following renewable energy fuels: biomass, municipal solid waste, wood /wood waste, landfill gas, geothermal energy, geothermal heat pumps, hydroelectric, solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, and wind.  The Renewable Information team provides information on  U.S. renewable energy consumption, capacity, and electric generation. The Renewables Information Team is also responsible for alternative transportation fuel information data and systems.

 

http://www.developmentfirst.org/india/trans1.htm

The India country study of the development and climate project is coordinated by the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), established in 1961, is among the foremost institutions for management education and research in the world. Renowned for its academic programmes, it also provides consulting and research services to government, corporations, agencies and NGOs. The Public System Group within IIMA conducts research on environment, health, education, energy, urban services and infrastructure. IIMA has done pioneering work on energy and environment modeling, including climate policy studies

 
http://www.jc-solarhomes.com/solar_energy.htm

Life originated because of solar energy. The civilized development of society has always relied on solar energy for food. Non renewable energy concentrates such as fossil fuels are being used up at an alarming rate. Energy conservation is one method of slowing the dwindling consumption of our fossil fuels. Careful management of  non renewable energy reserves, severe penalties for oil spills, tight controls on toxic emissions, and increased spending for alternative energy research will also aid energy conservation.

Alternative energies such as wind, geothermal, water and especially solar energy show promise for our increasing future energy needs. Nuclear power is still too dangerous. 

A person once asked me what I believed to be a safe distance from a nuclear power plant. I told him 93,000,000 miles would be about right. Our sun , a hydrogen fusion power plant , is perhaps the best nuclear power plant we could hope to benefit from. It has a life expectancy of billions of years as opposed to the 20 year breakdown of a conventional U235 or Plutonium based plant. Steel steam pipes which crack upon exposure to radiation will never be a problem on the sun.

http://www.jc-solarhomes.com/solar_energy.htm

Urgent environmental concerns, electricity deregulation, global warming, technology improvements and increased efficiencies, have expanded the market for alternative energy. Consumers now have numerable choices of solar energy and wind generator systems. Reliable components and equipment are becoming widely available. Fuel cell technologies are progressing well and industry consortiums are developing fuel cell systems for cars, trucks and buses.