[ale] [Fwd: Re: Google Solar Panel Project]

[tom]

I _knew_ that there was an industry which generated a large portion of 
their electrical needs, and for the life of me, I couldn't remember who 
they were. Thanks for reminding me.


On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Randal Jarrett wrote:

>
> When I was working with process control systems I
> designed power systems that used the scrap that used
> to be discarded to generate power for pulp wood (paper)
> plants that generated a large percentage of the power
> used in the plants.
>
> On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 08:45 -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
>> Thompson Freeman wrote:
>>> On 06/18/2007 06:51:30 PM, Jim Popovitch wrote:
>>> Pertty neat. I didn't notice anything on the page about load
>>> leveling (or something like that, basically storing the energy
>>> until it is actually needed. Otherwise the grid must just
>>> radiate the excess heat.)
>>
>> Many years ago when I was working for AT&T we had a client in California
>> that produced their own electricity by burning nut shells.
>>
>