Earth Peace Systems Proposal for Training & Production of Concentrated Solar Collectors

          EPS has designed and proposes to create a variety of concentrated solar collectors.  Concentrated solar is used to heat water or glycol in the same manner solar thermal collectors provides hot water.  In a solar concentrator, water can be super heated very quickly and efficiently to create steam.  Steam is then translated into work (horse power), through a number of different types of conversion applications.  Any additional steam left after the conversion process is collected and condensed into distilled hot water.

Input = Sunlight / Solar Thermal Energy

Output = Electricity/Thermal Heat/Energy

          EPS has two types of solar concentrators designed and ready for production.  Unlike most photovoltaic and solar thermal systems, these designs can be readily assembled onsite or easily mass produced within existing commercial metal fabrication shops.  The researchers at EPS anticipate that these designs could reduce the price of solar electricity by half to two-thirds.  Further development of these prototype designs will require an initial input of $5000 per design. 

          Given the lack of certified solar installers in the Midwest, EPS proposes a training facility be coordinated with the production of our concentrated solar collectors.  The first step in creating this training facility is to educate and certify the trainers.  It is anticipated that the cost of certifying each trainer through the NACBEP is approximately $50,000.  (This figure includes compensation for the trainer’s required 50 KW of solar installations, testing fees, travel fees, and continuing educational courses.)  EPS concurs that a team of certified trainers is a necessary investment to further the development of renewable energy systems in any region.        

          These designs have a return on investment to the customer of about 3-6 years.  A manufacturing facility would take at least 10 employees working full time assembling systems and 4-8 working full-time installing systems.  Start-up = about 1 million dollars, annual overhead is about the same.  If the company makes and installs at least one system per work day then the annual profit should equal around $250,000.       

All information contained in this proposal has been created by Kaedden Michael Landy and is property of Earth Peace Systems.  Copyrights Earth Peace Systems February 2009.  Published on

Earth Peace Systems

2/17/2009

Anyone interested in investing in EPS projects or if you would just like to learn more please visit our website or contact Kaedden@EarthPeaceSystems.org

 tags: concentrated solar collectors, solar power, solar panel, solar energy

Tags: Solar Renewable-energy Concentrated-solar Solar-investing Solar-project

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Earth Peace Systems on Biomass Energy

I have been researching renewable energy sources and fuels for about a decade and I must say that wood gasification may be the easiest source of solar energy I have ever seen.  Like most forms of hydrogen energy this source of fuel is not new.  In 1940-45 every major automotive manufacturer was producing wood gasifiers for vehicles and tractors because the war effort was using all the available oil supplies.  A simple attachment and slight modification and a person could be running down the road on wood instead of petroleum.

Essentially what happens as you heat wood is it gasifies into H2 and CO, which is essentially methane gas.  Methane can be made into methanol when cooled which turns it into a liquid fuel for storing.  Also known as natural gas and slightly modified to become propane, this versatile form of fuel has been used by humans as a renewable energy source for thousands of years.  Could you imagine running your car, heating your home, running a generator, and cooking all your meals on less than 15 lbs of biomass per day?  Your biomass source does not have to be from wood.  Some people use yard waste such as fallen leaves and grass clippings.  In some parts of the world dried manure is used to derive the natural gas energy source.  What you must understand is that all biomass is stored solar energy!  We are simply using the natural gas from biomass that will otherwise create additional methane in our atmosphere which accelerates global warming 20 times faster than CO2.

For a manual on how to build your own wood gasifier I recommend searching for them on YouTube first to see it for yourself, then Google search "FEMA wood gasifier manual pdf", Its good stuff I promise.  Peace

tags: Biomass, gasification, wood gasifier, renewable energy

Tags: Biomass Renewable Gasification Wood-gasifier Wood-fuel

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