[GBlist] RE: PV Research

[timex@dsl.ca]

The book Gaviotas, A Village to Reinvent the World has some great  research and development in the PV (and many other) areas.

They describe a PV setup that they made which gives them all the  hot water they need for the village, and the set-up is even effective  in cloudy weather.

They have developed a windmill that gives them power with 4 mph  winds, pumps that fill their cisterns while children ride the teeter- totters and a lot else.

If you haven't read it, the book is really exciting and would love to  see some discussion here of the designs they have made (and have  refused to patent).  There are some drawings in the book too.

marilyn
Cybercrone
Keep on keepin' on.
http://homepages.dsl.ca/~timex

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