Tag: energy

Solar Power

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Traders and individuals secure energy revolution, grid expansion against rising electricity prices with an own PV system from FRANKFURT, July 2013 and long term rising prices for oil and gas will increase further the power in Germany. Even according to conservative estimates, the price of electricity could be in 2030 at over 40 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh). Against this background, it is economically sensible to take the own power into their own hands and to receive as little power as possible from the public network for businesses and private individuals. In particular, its own solar plant brings sustainable security of supply over decades industrial and private consumers. Through our own power production they can ensure today that their electricity costs will be in 2020 or 2030 are still in current prices per kWh”, says Axel Berger, field Director photovoltaics at the Saint-Gobain building distribution Germany GmbH (SGBDD). With this economic investment for the future “to the plant owner in the long term regardless of electricity price rises.” Electricity costs currently produces a PV plant in the industrial area the stream at a usual depreciation period of 20 years for the average about 12 cents per kWh.. The current prices of energy suppliers by 20 cents are today (net). Thus a reduction of eight cents per kWh is due to the investment in a solar system.

The higher the base load share, so the high energy demand on the day or the week, more of the own solar electricity can a company even use. “The current surplus on strong sunny days is fed still in power and in accordance with the renewable energy Act” (EEG) settled. “As a general rule, that power consumption, load profile so the temporal distribution and the size of the photovoltaic system must be well co-ordinated”, Berger stressed. Increase efficiency in the meantime power storage even once dramatically increase the efficiency of a solar plant.

Green Heart

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The sympathy levels for green content rise. More and more Germans discover its green heart. Will they change their daily habits? More and more people in Germany discover its green heart”. The values of sympathy for the Greens are rising rapidly. See Baden-Wurttemberg. That is why it is not long before a dilemma is visible. The long overdue paradigm shift to renewable energy has come in the heart is the individual but be able to the necessary changes in behaviour? A handful of German wants to seem that to himself.

37500 m, a stunning experiment must pass the test of practice. No connection to the public power grid. No connection to water and sewage. No air conditioning in temperatures of 40 degrees in summer and close to freezing in the winter. No roads. No phone lines. No cable connection. Ecotopia on Ithaca is the proof: this is.

Quality of life increasing even. And it is real, measurable, and takes place here and now. There is no shortage of role models for the venture. The initiator of Ecotopia on Ithaca, Rolf Brunner, alternative life GmbH was a pioneer of the alternative movement they made after the upheavals of 1968 in the 70s Ernst with new models of life even before thirty years as the founding Managing Director of Sarakiniko. The vast majority of the projects have failed. The main reason: this movement knew what she n i c h t wanted. That is not enough. If you learn something from it this can then: wherever you go, you take yourself. And the challenge is in the realistic assessment of the feasibility and primarily in the insight that man is a creature of habit and routine changes need to be done actively. The technical possibilities for island solutions”so self-sufficiency profit are tremendously grown over the last thirty years. No connection to the public power grid? No problem. The Sun and the wind are an economically viable solution. Water management without public utilities? Harvest the rain. Intelligent spreichern and consume / recycle. Separate Festival and liquid. Drip irrigation. Selection of plants. There are sophisticated individual solutions for each point. You must integrate only. “But in principle no toilet paper in the toilet” has some difficulties to change his habit. Only in a small group, the resulting dynamic effects can be effectively processed. Ecotopia on Ithaca is therefore consistent in the size of the group. There will not be more than nine shares. So, this is not a model for mankind. The owners have no sense of mission. There are no do-gooders. You want to start with and the preservation of the landscape ensure the purchase z.B.durch. Starry nights without light pollution are winning. Stunning silence. Healthy life. Community. Receiving a landscape as it is time there since Odysseus and feel this preservation to secure. Rolf Brunner

Environmentally Friendly Packaging

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It is found in Germany today so that all packaging (no matter whether from paper, paperboard or foil) separately collected in households and enterprises. But not every packaging is eco-friendly. An eco-friendly packaging ultimately not only distinguishes that it is made of recycled material, but is later and again recyclable. This aspect of the b2b-packaging.com site informed also extensively.

This is an information platform, in which turns all packaging material. Even designer draw today eco-friendly packaging materials, to establish their designer packaging. This is a very interesting aspect, as if already the environmental friendliness of packaging designers worry, so this company can animate, even eco-friendly materials to use when it comes to the packaging your but in some of the very fragile products goes as far as this is required at all. Not all packaging are really eco-friendly. This know how to report the website. This platform provides very detailed information on all types of packaging, through not very eco-friendly: A plastic bag for example needs up to 30 years until she’s scruffy in nature. This is also a sign of quality, but ultimately harms such packaging of the environment significantly. However, the eco-friendly packaging made of paper and cardboard not even looking at it, that they were actually made from recycled paper. Also filling materials such as packaging chips, air poster slides and air cushion belong to environmentally friendly packaging materials.

Oil Spills On Water Surfaces Eliminate

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The different oil-binding tissue type SPC are suitable for the application in all waters, quickly to eliminate small and large oil spills of the leakage on small lakes up to large oil spills into the sea macro has IDENT a variety of different oil binding fleece to absorb oils, mineral oils or oils and narrow locks, suction veil etc.. For industrial and marine use, macro has oil binding cloths in the program (SPC100, SPC200, SPC300) IDENT. You trap the oil and mineral oil based fluids. The cloths have an improved interface and less fluff and are very durable. The cloths are very easy to use, whether on land or water. The binding oil cloths in three versions are available: heavy duty for high adsorption capacity, medium and light design for applications with lower requirements. There the towels in dimensions 30 x 30 cm, 41 x 51 cm or 84 x 100 cm.

to record and limits of oil spills on water the SPC oil adsorption barriers, SPC810, SPC816, SPC510 are suitable. You are water repellent and at the same time absorb oil and mineral oil based fluids. The locks have a unlimited buoyancy, even after they have taken up much oil. Metal clips and rings permit easy connection he locks. The oil booms are coated with a rugged outer hose. The locks are available in a length of 3 or 5 meters and a diameter of 13 or 20 cm. The oil binding SPC standard roller SPC150 and SPC152 are available for industrial or marine application. You trap the oil and mineral oil based fluids.

This product consists of a strong, very durable material, as well as an exceptional surface finish for higher abrasion resistance. The roles are ideal for covering large areas for a quick away of spilled, leaking or dripping Liquids on water. The roles in a width of 48 or 96 cm and a total length of 44 metres are available.

Energy Management

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Establishment of legal framework for the energy efficiency of EnMS is an old theme in German industries. At the latest since the oil crises in the 1970s, the issue into the consciousness of those responsible moved years. There are many initiatives and research projects on a wide range of efficiency issues. But in the core of the German industrial processes and controlling business it has not really managed the energy efficiency all these years. There were many alibi – and flagship projects”. There was money well water through a heat pump for the heating of the administrative building used for example, for a lot and used as a shining example for energy efficiency and the environmental awareness of the company. Next to multiples of this amount of energy for the processes used were, without this ever were seriously been tested on optimization in the context of his age not interested.

Energy efficiency was understood primarily in the past as a technical problem. The venue of the energy efficiency that was technologically-oriented infrastructure in companies. There was a massive communication problem between the (commercial) management and the owners (technically oriented). Know how to optimize the processes existed on the technical level often, was however unable to retrieve or not adequately prepared and presented. That should change now.

With the introduction of the management standards DIN EN 16001:2009 and DIN EN ISO 50001:2011 as a basis for tax concessions in connection with the renewable energy sources Act (EEG), as well as the energy and the electricity Tax Act (EnergieStG, StromStG) was opened a new chapter of energy efficiency in German companies. You will find solutions and exchange of experience on the 15 IP dialog Forum energy management at the 25.09.2013 in Leipzig. The event offers you the opportunity of experience and exchange of ideas, of learning to case studies and discussions with representatives from industry, business and research. We are pleased about your interest in the topic Energy management. Georg von Nessler

Award For Eco-friendly Fleet Management

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Volkswagen award financial services and NABU again for eco-friendly fleet management Braunschweig/Berlin / Frankfurt, September 12, 2013. With the Joint Award of the environment the green fleet 2013 “at the international motor show in Frankfurt, Volkswagen financial services and NABU (nature conservation Federal Germany e.V.) continue their successful cooperation for the promotion of environmentally friendly fleet management. Also on the subject of moorland protection, both partners go a step further and mark the starting point for the first joint project in Bavaria. “A success story goes to the next round: already for the fourth time Volkswagen financial services and the conservation Federal Germany e.V. (NABU) have the environmental award the green fleet” awarded. Three companies were awarded for environmentally responsible fleet management within the framework of the IAA in Frankfurt. Gerhard Kunne, spokesman of the Management Board of Volkswagen Leasing GmbH, and Dietmar of oily, head of transport policy when NABU, handed over the “prestigious award for the most of environmentally friendly vehicles of the Volkswagen Group” at the BCC business communication company GmbH.

The leasing vehicle fleet of the IT service provider consists wholly of efficient group models. “In the category of greatest proportion of alternative propulsion technologies of the Volkswagen Group” agri.capital GmbH was victorious with a share of 67 per cent of natural gas vehicles. The lowest average CO2 emissions”the Warrior Systems GmbH & co. achieved a stunning KG with just 102 g / km. A total 89 wholesale took part this year in the competition. The results show that environmentally friendly fleet management must be lip service, but can be compatible in practice with the different demands of the company”, Kalamkar is stressed. Volkswagen financial services and NABU committed since 2009 for the promotion of environmentally friendly fleet management successful cooperation within the framework of joint cooperation and engage at the same time intense on the subject of moorland protection.

Biological Pest Control Out Of Control

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American researchers search for clues to the mysterious disappearance of American silk moth with an experimental field study on unintended consequences of biological insect control succeeded American researchers, are the cause for the extinction of numerous species of butterflies on the track. Startled by the mysterious decline of the American silk moth (Cecropia moth), North America, with a wingspan of up to 15 cm largest moth type George Boettner, wildlife biologist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and his colleagues took a parasitic European species of fly (Compsilura concinnata) in the sights. She had been suspended in an extensive program started in 1906 by scientists and the U.S. Government, in addition to 80 other parasitic and predatory insects to combat the gypsy moth infestation rampant in the United States. Inadvertently the 4-to 5-inch gypsy moth moths (Lymantria dispar) were reached between 1868 and 1869 to North America.

With one Propagation speed of 10 to 15 km per year spread they complete forests in Massachusetts until the middle of the 20th century over the entire United States, entlaubten in a short time and became one of the most important pests in forestry and fruit growing. With the predatory Compsilura fly, one wanted to establish an effective opponent of the dangerous forest pests. The advanced parasite sink using a Legebohrapparates their eggs in the larvae of many species of butterflies and about 180 other species of insects are attacking. Until 1986, they were exposed in 30 U.S. States. But parallel to spread the previously frequent SilkWorm, as well as many other species of butterflies disappeared. To get a possible link to the track, the workgroup by George Boettner 300 silkworm caterpillars bred and each suspended five per tree in different sections of the Cadwell Memorial Forest in Massachusetts.

After a week, they gathered them and let continue to grow them in the laboratory. Rather than to turn into magnificent moths died in 81 percent of the caterpillars eaten by countless Compsilura fly maggots. The repetition of the experiment with a different type of moth resulted in loss rates between 52% and 100%. These experiments are the proof that the pest control used insects can threaten native species”, says Donald Strong, an ecologist from the University of California in Davis. In the United States began a discussion about tightening the safety operations of non-native parasitic insects to fight insect pests. Too late for the silkworm and others pursued by the investigations on tachinidae from butterflies. You find yourself in the face of additional hazards of pesticides and Habitat loss in increasing numbers on the red list. Ulrich Karlowski