Comments on: Microgrids more efficient than large national electric superhighway?

By: Michel Bauwens

Michel Bauwens — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:42:39 +0000

In reply to Supot.

Dear Supot,

I will contact you about this by email,

I’m at michelsub2004 via gmail,

Michel

By: Supot

Supot — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:49:58 +0000

Hi Michel,

We met at the Buddhist Economics Conference last year. I am working with GNH Movement project. Haven’t contributed in your site, but would like some help.

I, on my personal capacity, am thinking about doing a small reseach on the possiblity of building a PV microgrid for electricity independent urban community, say in Bangkok. It is going to be only feasibility study regarding economic, energy, and evironmental sustainability aspects of the project.. I would have to use many analytical tools with whcihc I am not familiar, for example emergy analysis for energy aspect, one of those sustainability assessment tools for environmental aspect, and may be a social assessment tool as well. I would also like to explore the policy options to promote and support this type of project, eg subsidies, loans, or any other types of support.

I would like your comments on how I go about doing it, or if it’s not worth doing at all. Please email me.

Cheers,

By: name required

name required — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:19:01 +0000

Palm Desert is a rich city, it’s always the rich that can afford solar, not the poor. Doesn’t matter how much governments subsidize solar on rooftops, there are many, if not most, who simply want to plug in to the grid as it’s more efficient. They don’t want to have to remove solar panels when the roof needs repair, and they don’t want battery rooms, they want reliable grid power.