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July 2011
Energy

Solar Energy on Dragons Den

The  BBC’s top-rated TV show Dragons’ Den gave a cautious thumbs-up to Solar in the first show of its new series.  But the valuation they placed on the solar panel company in question was disappointing.
Chris Hopkins, owner of Ploughcroft Solar gave his sales speech to convince the panel as to the benefits ofsolar energy, and the financial rewards that can be reaped from the Government’s feed-in-tariff (Fit) scheme.Seeking £100,000 for a 10% equity share in his company, the entrepreneur received offers from all but one of the Dragons. But the eventual deal was so low as to be almost derisory. (See the pitch here)

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July 31, 2011 1 Comment
Water

Global Storming

2010 was the wettest year since records began. And it was not just the amount of rain and snow, but the intensity which increased

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July 30, 2011 2 Comments

Can do

Can-It-Forward Day, Aug 13, when home canners can connect through a national circuit of parties and social-media activities

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July 29, 2011 2 Comments
Energy

Satcon Inverters accused of fraud

The bottom is dropping out of the market for large-scale inverters as government subsidies for renewable energy are lowered worldwide.

America’s largest inverter company, Satcon is running into financial problems, and is being sued by shareholders alleging fraudulent mis-statements. Its shares are at a 3-year low.

Known to some angry shareholders as FatCon, Satcon’s problems are evidence that, despite their warm words, Venture Capitalists and Utility companies are not embracing renewable energy unless they are paid to do so through government subsidies.

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July 25, 2011 No Comments

Unlimited smartphone plans

From this month new Verizon Wireless customers kissed goodbye to unlimited data plans. But what effect does this have on existing customers? Can off-grid people live without unlimited data?
Verizon planned to eliminate the unlimited data plan for months. But how much data do most people really need?

Neilsen recently published data that shows that the average Android user in the first quarter of 2011 used 582MB of data per month. The average iPhone user was close behind, using 492MB of data per month. This is about a quarter of the 2GB of data allotment per month that is offered under current usage-based plans. However off-grid users tend to have heavier traffic.

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July 20, 2011 No Comments
Community

Solar powered clothes dryer

It’s funny how your perspectives change as you grow. When I was a kid, I used to be embarrassed because my mom hung our laundry out on the line to dry. I hated the smell of line dried clothes, sheets and towels, to me that meant we were poor, we couldn’t afford a dryer. All of my classmates had soft, fabric softener fresh smelling clothes, our clothes, towels and sheets were stiffer and to me were just second rate.

 

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July 15, 2011 34 Comments
Community

Crowd-sourcing documentary

Find out about our film at Indiegogo — https://www.indiegogo.com/off-grid — please give generously

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July 11, 2011 No Comments

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