Comments on: Vaporizing biomass with sunlight — cool, eh? http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2010/03/11/vaporizing-biomass-with-sunlight-cool-eh/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sundrop Fuels in MIT Technology Review « Sundrop Fuels blog http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2010/03/11/vaporizing-biomass-with-sunlight-cool-eh/comment-page-1/#comment-9875 Sundrop Fuels in MIT Technology Review « Sundrop Fuels blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:15:50 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=2195#comment-9875 [...] Tyler Hamilton Clean Break Blog  |  Vaporizing biomass with sunlight — cool, eh? [...] [...] Tyler Hamilton Clean Break Blog  |  Vaporizing biomass with sunlight — cool, eh? [...]

]]> By: OVIDIU http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2010/03/11/vaporizing-biomass-with-sunlight-cool-eh/comment-page-1/#comment-9852 OVIDIU Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:11:06 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=2195#comment-9852 Something is not right with the numbers of projects and the generation capacities announced by OPA. Did anyone at OPA really checked whether all the roofs shown there are suitable for such proposed applications? Or this is another hic-cup of the system? "Apply first and we'll see what will happen" kind of thing. Unless two thirds of the PV generation capacity shown there is made up by PV membrane technology I have big doubts that all those numbers are technically honest. Not all the roofs out there can handle solar collectors. Actually very few of them can do it that without serious structural enhancement. What about roof penetrations and related liabilities ? RE: Northland Power Income Fund being associated with nat. gas and CHP: Good for them. We live in a world where Enbridge like entities must step onto Hydro One and Toronto Hydro turf and viceversa. Every decent LDC should have at least one engineering group ready to deal with CHP Generation, Bio-mass generation, Thermal solar systems (solar cooling) and so on. Otherwise they'll turn into a 24/7 bulbs replacement service group. Something is not right with the numbers of projects and the generation capacities announced by OPA. Did anyone at OPA really checked whether all the roofs shown there are suitable for such proposed applications? Or this is another hic-cup of the system? “Apply first and we’ll see what will happen” kind of thing. Unless two thirds of the PV generation capacity shown there is made up by PV membrane technology I have big doubts that all those numbers are technically honest. Not all the roofs out there can handle solar collectors. Actually very few of them can do it that without serious structural enhancement. What about roof penetrations and related liabilities ?

RE: Northland Power Income Fund being associated with nat. gas and CHP: Good for them. We live in a world where Enbridge like entities must step onto Hydro One and Toronto Hydro turf and viceversa. Every decent LDC should have at least one engineering group ready to deal with CHP Generation, Bio-mass generation, Thermal solar systems (solar cooling) and so on. Otherwise they’ll turn into a 24/7 bulbs replacement service group.

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