New heat panel pool solar buy in Cleveland, Lincoln, Sioux Falls

Kenya: Nation's Flower Farms to Pool Projects to Form Grand Carbon Credit Scheme

01.01.70

Kenya Flower Council chief executive officer Jane Ngige says the industry is looking at counting all trees planted by each farm to form a "flower industry forest" and front the numbers as a single carbon sink.

"We are in the process of auditing existing clean energy schemes with a view to replicating these on all farms to collectively earn credits that would be ploughed into more activities, so that in the final analysis, the entire industry can lay claim to being a major player in climate change intervention measures," she said.

Flower exports account for more than half of Kenya's horticulture exports -- the biggest source of foreign exchange last year for the country, ahead of tea and tourism. Last year, Kenya made $40 million from flower exports, a 15 per cent drop from the previous year.

Stephene Mutimba, the managing director of Camco, an energy consultancy firm that has been contracted by the flower industry to study the existing and untapped potential of producing and using clean energy, recommends pooling of resources and supporting the smaller farms to install solar panels depending on the size of farms and other possible initiatives. "The idea is to establish a revolving fund where farms can borrow money to set up clean energy initiatives," he said.

Source: AllAfrica.com

heat panel pool solar - News

GEN Suite Hotel in Chile Generates Its Own Energy

Construction Digital - Feb 15, 2011

The26-story luxury hotel features solar panels installed outside of all 120 apartments located at the front of the hotel. The energy is generated efficiently and the panels provide 100 percent of the water and room heating needs in the summer.

Free Solar Swim celebrates solar-thermal panels at the Regional Fitness Center

UMM News, Sports & Events - Feb 02, 2011

The 32-panel solar-thermal array installed this summer at the Regional Fitness Center (RFC), a facility shared among the University of Minnesota, Morris (UMM), Stevens County residents, and the Morris school district, has already proven to be a

Start small with solar

Charlotte Observer - Feb 04, 2011

Pool heaters. These can extend the pool season into spring and fall. Air conditioners. Photovoltaic solar air conditioners use panels to produce a small part of the energy they use. Small-scale snap-on solar panels. Grid-tied energy you can install

Worcestershire firm to install UK's largest solar power plant

The Birmingham Post - Jan 28, 2011

Besides the Ipswich project, Going Solar has recently completed a range of projects around the UK including a solar thermal panel installation for heating an indoor swimming pool at Abberley Hall School, near Worcester.

How to Make Energy Efficiency Affordable

Reuters - Jan 21, 2011

Also called third-party contracts, such deals typically have three main parties: the customer who receives the solar panel, the energy company that installs and maintains it, and the investor that finances the deal. The ESA is similar except it runs