Household off-grid system

We provide stand-alone solar home systems. The system generates electricity in direct current with solar panels (A). This energy is stored in a battery bank (C) or converted into alternating current by an inverter (D). The AC conversion allows feeding standard appliances such as a television or CFL bulbs (G). The battery bank is protected by a charge controller (B). This controller avoid the deep discharge of the batteries.

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1633 Broadway, 30th Floor
New York, NY 10019
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Hybrid solar system for mini-grid

UAGES design and install solar and diesel hybrid systems in remote sites. Energy is mainly produced by solar panels, but a generator (5) is used as a back-up in case of bad weather, or over-consumption. Solar panels (1) generate electricity converted by solar inverters (2) and injected into the AC mini-grid. The inverter-chargers (3) are the center of the system. They control the produced and consumed energy. In case of excess of energy, they charge the battery bank (4). In case of lack of energy, they take power from the batteries to power the load. The inverter-chargers constantly ensure the energy balance of the mini-grid.

UAGES provide hybrid solar system from 2kW to 300 kW, suited to almost all type of energy needs. The systems can be single-phase or three-phase.

II/ Grid connected solar energy

Solar power can be injected into the utility grid. Solar power can be sell in totality to the grid operator or can be consumed directly (this is called self-consumption).

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UAGES LLC

1633 Broadway, 30th Floor
New York, NY 10019
USA

Toll Free (800) 398-8201

Email: info@u-ages.com 

NPPD to become first U.S. utility to produce electricity from clean-burning hydrogen

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Henry J. Cordes 

HALLAM, Neb. — In an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Nebraska Public Power District will become the first utility in the nation to produce electricity from clean-burning hydrogen. 

The green energy initiative announced Friday represents a unique collaboration between the state's largest utility and a California-based manufacturer that will be bringing 100 new jobs to the state. 

Monolith Materials makes carbon black, a product used in numerous consumer products, including tires, ink and cell phones. Hydrogen is a by-product of the carbon black manufacturing process. 

Monolith will build its plant adjacent to NPPD's coal-fired Sheldon Station generating plant near Hallam, Nebraska, just south of Lincoln. 

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Gov. Pete Ricketts at the partnership announcement between NPPD and Monolith Materials at NPPD's Sheldon Power Station in Hallam, Nebraska, on April 17, 2015.

Read more: http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/nppd-to-become-first-u-s-utility-to-produce-electricity/article_b4d4039e-e51d-11e4-bec9-0b6fd4e04c0e.html 

Anaerobic digestion on farms could turn agriculture green

Research carried out by the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme has shown that small scale digesters on farms could be profitable for farmers, good for the environment and help the UK meet targets on green energy and greenhouse gas emissions.

A typical dairy farm could supply most of the electricity it needs to milk the cows, by converting their manure into energy. And it would help the Government to hit green energy targets and cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to researchers from the UK research councils' Rural Economy and Land Use Programme.

The interdisciplinary project, based at the universities of Southampton and Reading, has researched the potential for small-scale farm-based anaerobic digestion plants. It found that relatively small digesters could be economically viable when fed with mixtures of animal slurries and imported wastes or energy crops, and had the potential to boost the profits of both arable and dairy farms.

Does converting cow manure to electricity pay off? Successful renewable energy project in Vermont

Studies have estimated that converting manure from the 95 million animal units in the United States would produce renewable energy equal to 8 billion gallons of gasoline, or 1% of the total energy consumption in the nation.

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Studies have estimated that converting manure from the 95 million animal units in the United States would produce renewable energy equal to 8 billion gallons of gasoline, or 1% of the total energy consumption in the nation. Because more and more farmers and communities are interested in generating renewable energy from farm waste, there is a growing need for information on the economic feasibility and sustainability of such programs.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111013111130.htm