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The 4 E's of SolarEmpowermentJoin Us, Participate in the Solar Thermal Division MeetingAt SOLAR 2007, Cleveland, Ohio EnergyCochise College Solar Thermal HVAC SystemThe solar powered HVAC system at Cochise College is the first in Arizona to use a parabolic trough ssolar collector field to harness the energy of the sun to provide space heating and cooling shown below. The closed loop system was complete in October 2006 and operates in parallel with the campus main central heating and cooling plant.
EnvironmentDOE is considering solar hot water heaters for ENERGY-STAR ratings. Appliances which are 15-20% more efficient that conventional appliances can receive the ENERGY-STAR ratings, telling consumers that they use less energy. Applying ENERGY-STAR to solar hot water heaters could boost sales to energy conscious consumers.
Employment – Solar
SEIA estimated 8,000 solar hot water systems were sold in the USA in 2006, which represents 500 jobs. In 1980 there were 80,000 systems sold representing 5,000 jobs. The solar hot water industries 10 major companies could create over 500,000 blue collar jobs in building and installing solar hot water systems.
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 May/June 2007 FeaturesBreaking the Oil AddictionAddressing the Oil Crisis in the U.S.By Paul Notari READ THE FULL TEXT >>> Counterpoint: The Peak Oil Tango By Steve Andrews and Randy Udall READ MORE >>> Renewable Hydrogen: A Long-Term Sustainable Solution By Julia Thomas, Howard Brown and Paula Pitchford READ MORE >>> Synthetic Fuels: Toward More Sustainable Options? By Peter J.A. Tijm READ MORE >>> Cellulosic Ethanol: Answer to the Biofuels Challenges? By Frank Kreith, P.E. READ MORE >>> Plug-In Hybrids: Pollution-Free Transport on the Horizon By Roger Duncan READ MORE >>> Solar Water-Heating Resurgence Ahead? By Les Nelson READ MORE >>> Case History: Independent Living in Louisiana By Sandy and Denice Petit READ MORE >>> Busting Myths, Leading Transition By Hermann Scheer, Ph.D. READ MORE >> |
Letter from Division LeadersDear ASES Solar Thermal Division Member, These continue to be very exciting times for Solar Energy enthusiasts and Solar Thermal advocates especially. The public has awakened to the reality of Global Climate Change produced by mankind’s activities and is finally beginning to recognize that something needs to be done about it. Furthermore it is now increasingly clear to everyone that fossils fuels will not last forever and that solar and other renewable technologies must provide an ever increasing contribution to society’s energy needs. This year’s Annual National Solar Conference, “SOLAR 2007:Sustainable Energy Puts America to Work .” will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, from Saturday July 7 through Thursday July 12 and will provide a forum for exploring and expanding the roles that Solar and Solar Thermal Energy sources will provide in the future. We would like to urge you to attend this important gathering if it is at all possible. In addition to many technical sessions devoted to topics of interest to our Division members, there are a great many forums that you should find of great interest. A list of sessions of particular interest to Solar Thermal Division Members follows this letter. In addition to the technical presentations, we want especially to invite you to attend the annual Business Meeting of our Division that will be held during the Conference. This year the Solar Thermal Division Business Meeting will be held on Monday (July 9) from 4 to 5 pm. Sometimes in the past, these meetings have been sparsely attended, since they were scheduled at times that conflicted with the meetings of other Divisions and/or with other meetings or special sessions that were also of interest to our Division members. In recent years, the program committee has gone to great effort to eliminate these conflicts and to schedule the division meetings at several different times so that there should be no problem deciding which meeting to attend. Since there are many of you who are members of more than one division, you may be interested in the schedule for all division meetings, which is appended at the end of the message. This year’s business meeting will be particularly important. We are still in the process of "re-energizing" the Solar Thermal Division and there are a lot of issues needing attention. The time has come to take advantage of the recent changes in the energy market that have reawakened public support for renewable energy in general and for solar thermal applications in particular. Solar Hot Water and Process Heat can compete in today's market, but we are not high profile enough yet and most people do not know that we exist as an option. A preliminary topic agenda is appended below. If there are any other items any member would like to see included in the agenda, please let one or both of us know by e-mail [Barry@butlersunsolutions.com, j-ogallagher@sbcglobal.net] before the end of next month (June 30). To facilitate planning for the meeting it would also help if you could email us your nominations for reviewers, officers etc. We look forward to seeing you in a couple of months in Cleveland! Regards, Barry Butler, Chair, barry@butlersunsolutions.com SOLAR THERMAL DIVISION ANNUAL MEETINGSOLAR 2007 is being held at the Cleveland Convention Center - specific rooms available on-site in Final Program Monday, July 9, 2007
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IT Solucar, Inc. is installing a similar 54,500 sq ft solar system, sited at Frito Lay’s plant in Modesto, CA. It will be the largest solar thermal plant in the US. It will generate high-pressure steam that is used to heat vegetable oil in the frying of potato and corn chips. The system will reduce natural gas consumption by about 180,000 therms per year.
