Please mark your calendars and plan to attend our first meeting this year at Kahuku High School, Dr. Kendra Martin’s classroom W104.

Please send me your agenda items, invite new members, etc.

Here’s some ideas that Jeff shared from one of our meetings:

• Provide enough credits for an associate degree (along with other AP classes already offered at KHIS) when they graduate from high school. The extra credit for the KEEP (K-12 Energy Education Program) curriculum would be offered after school and during summer vacation. This would save each student 2 year of college time and expenses). http://www.uwsp.edu/CNR/wcee/keep/AboutKEEP/about.htm. We could also tie into Hawaii STEM program after school and during the summer.

• We could get started by offering 1 or 2 KEEP classes until KREIC is fully funded to do the entire 2 year associate degree program.

• Promote and support student’s junior and senior projects (paid internships) during Hawaii State science fair. Opportunity for projects to be recognized by the public.

• Promote and support student’s junior and senior projects during Hawaii State Renewable Energy Science Competition hosted by KHIS. Another opportunity for projects to be recognized by the public.

Windward Community College has an Environmental Science course each summer for students ages 16 – 17 and for teachers too! The students earn 4 college credits and get paid $600. Amber O’Reilly was one of our teachers who attended this past summer.

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RENEWABLE ENERGY ESSAY CONTEST

Are you aware of all the potential the Kahuku area has for developing renewable energy resources? Well, Kahuku has been blessed with many natural resources that can be developed into usable renewable sources of energy. You are the future developers of these resources. To help kick off a The essay should be 300 words long focusing on potential renewable energy usage in this community or in the home. Students completing the essay will receive a Renewable energy T shirt produced by Kahuku.org. Submit your essay to your science teacher by the end of October.

Also, for any students interested in conducting a renewable energy science fair project there is money available to support your materials. A mentor may also be available from BYUH or UH to help with experimental designs. See Mrs. Martyn, in room W104 for more information. – K. Martyn

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$1,300 – For 200 KHS renewable energy T-shirts to be produced by Kahuku.org to build interest in KHIS’ Science and Renewable Energy Initiatives. These will be offered to students who have completed a 300 word essay about using renewable energy in their immediate community or home. $5 x 200 shirts = $1,000 + $300 design and logo (includes renewable energy certificate design).

$1,200 – To upgrade the design and host the current renewable-resource.com website to allow students, teachers, industry partners, career pathway counselors and community members to get access and share the latest Renewable Energy news, meetings and events. All of the approved student renewable energy essays mentioned above will be uploaded on the website as well as photos and videos of renewable energy projects. We will also upload research papers written by University of Hawaii graduate students and by local Renewable Energy companies.

$2,000 – Kahuku Science Academy (3 Phd’s in Science) will help KHS students with renewable energy science fair projects. We will also ask other renewable energy company officials to for their time and effort to assist KHS and KREIC with various science projects.

$1,500 – To purchase renewable energy technology measuring devices, kits, projects and educational tools for hands-on training. Contacts for renewable energy education equipment: Richard Figliuzzi, Wren Wescoatt, Dr. Dale A. Hammond and Eldon Campbell. These resources would be tied into the new HiEST lab and laptops at KHIS. Pay for lunches at for renewable energy meetings at KHS.

$520 – To purchase Renewable Energy curriculum materials such as K.E.E.P. for a Renewable Energy class and/or for the Kahuku High School Science Club. Use moodle.org online courseware to host curriculum.KEEP, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Learning Resources Center, 403 LRC, UWSP, Stevens Point, WI 54481 715.346.4770 energy@uwsp.edu http://www.uwsp.edu/CNR/wcee/keep

$480 – Offer prizes for top renewable energy science fair projects at the KHS Science Fair for grades 7-12. Six 1st prizes – $50, Six 2nd prizes – $20, Six 3rd prizes $10. Print certificates for each winner and participant. Invite Renewable Energy officials such as First Wind, HRI and the Kokua? foundation, KHIS counselors and career pathway officials and other sponsors to participate in KHS’s Career Fair. Johnna Ah Puck

$7,500 – Total

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Hawaiian Electric Company offers incentives for their residential customers through their Energy$olutions program. Rebates are available for a variety of appliances, room air conditioners and the servicing of central air conditioners. Incentives range from $40 to $75. Appliances must be installed in Oahu and participants must apply for rebate within six months of purchasing the appliance. The incentive is limited to one of each appliance with the exception of ceiling fans and air conditioners, of which participants can claim rebates for up to five purchases. To find out more, contact: HawaiiEnergy.com

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Eco Factor: Wind farms generate 53% of total electricity demand.

Spanish wind farms with a theoretical maximum capacity of almost 18GW generated 11.5GW, providing about 53% of Spain’s total electricity needs. The output was a new record in a country that has the world’s third largest array of wind turbines.

The new record, which beat a 44% level set earlier, came courtesy of strong winds that battered the Iberian Peninsula. The total output of the wind farms was equivalent to that of 11 nuclear power plants. The massive output also meant that the Spanish grid had more electricity than what it requires, and all that excess energy was used by hydroelectric plants to pump water back into their dams for future electricity generation.

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Using solar lights to achieve this is a very real consideration. Conventional lighting can achieve the same effect, but the installation will be time consuming and costly. Solar lights have hardly any installation at all. There are many lights available that simply go in the ground via a stake on which the light sits at the top. Push the stake in the ground and you’re done. All you have to do then is wait for the night and the lights will magically turn on. How easy is that?

The lights need not only be decorative, for many people utilize them for security purposes. You can hang flood lights by your doors, windows, or even illuminate an entire pathway. This acts as a huge deterrent to burglars. As a precaution, you may like to consider purchasing a solar light with a battery that acts as a backup in the event that they have collected enough sunlight throughout the day and don’t produce the requisite amount of light for the entire evening. This is most important in the case of motion-activated lights for here they must work without fail.

Solar lights work by collecting energy from the sun, this stimulates a small cell battery that receives a charge and as night approaches they emit light. Not only are they good for decoration but they’re excellent for security purposes too. Flood lights can be hung near to any potential danger spot and they can be housed on doors, sheds, windows, or should you want your entire drive illuminated it’s all possible. If you are going to use solar lights for security purposes then you may like to consider those that come with a backup battery for extra safety.

I have already mentioned flood lights, but there are also fountain lights, pond lights, wall lights, deck lights, and even solar illuminated house numbers. There are even insects and birds that sit atop sticks and glow magically in the dark. Of course, landscaping lighting is only a part of the solar revolution, and almost everyone is aware of the large solar panels that are often housed on a roof, but they can also be installed in a garage or any out building with the panel sitting at the top. The type of approach would necessitate you switching the lights on after an adequate charge has built up, whereas the many of the typical landscaping options have a photo-sensor that detects the darkness and automatically switches the unit on. Solar lights are superb way to light your garden or act as a very efficient security system for all the family.

James writes for numerous sites that are connected in one way or another to Solar Power Lights and also Solar Garden Lights

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Wouldn’t you take the opportunity to reduce your energy bill by 50% or even more? Saving at least 50% on your electric bill is possible through the following of energy saving guides which show you ways on how to save money on your electric bill.

There are many tips and instructions you’ll find in an energy saving guide such as:

Detailed explanations that could be understood by the average Joe for building a home made solar panel. Learn all you need to know about how to make solar energy.

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Get the satisfaction of knowing you are helping the environment while you collect energy and store them in batteries until you need to use that stored solar or wind energy. And all of this costs just pennies on the dollar! The Step By Step instructional manual and videos are easy to understand so that even a newcomer will be able to understand.

Make power for your home with solar and wind energy to eliminate your electric bill. Get a complete energy saving guide, such as the Earth4Energy guide, to learn how to make solar power!

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Solar energy use takes many forms nowadays. Solar panels are getting cheaper. Solar energy allows you to cut down on many expenses that are associated with heating and lighting at home. Why go for energy bills that you can do without. Solar energy is produced at the core of the sun by nuclear fusion. This energy is then radiated to the convection zone, where mixing transfers the energy to the photosphere.

Many people are talking about thin film solar cells, also called solar film. Solar energy technologies still remain a costly alternative to the use of readily available fossil fuel technologies. As the price of solar panels decreases, we are likely to see an increase in the use of solar cells to generate electricity.

Most of this information comes straight from the solar energy pros. Careful reading to the end virtually guarantees that you’ll know what they know.

Solar energy production should be constructed at the local scale, such as residential roof tops, commercial and industrial rooftops, and already distrubed areas. The City of Davis in California has a solar energy complex in the City’s former wastewater treatment plant.

Electrolysis with platinum is old hat. New substance catalyses reaction at positive electrode releasing oxygen with a lower energy cost. Electricity is produced with the help of a solar power system. Not every person ca operate the solar power system only those individuals who have a know how of the solar power system and know how they work can operate the solar power systems.

Solar energy heats water for home heating and domestic water. In summer, the system drives moisture from a desiccant, removing excessive humidity, cooling the home. Solar energy is reflected by’4,320 mirrors aligned in rows to 768 solar collectors with a total length of around 75 km. Construction of the plant began in February 2008 and involved shifting more than a million cubic meters of earth. Solar energy has no real disadvantages connected with it, except in some cases, it can be pretty pricey to get the gear that you need.

Those who only know one or two facts about the workings of solar energy can be confused by misleading information. The best way to help those who are misled is to gently correct them with the truths you’re learning here about the advantages and disadvantages of solar energy.

Hazel Aviles is the author of this article. EnergySavingSite.info asks how does solar energy work and offers information on solar energy advantages disadvantages. You may reprint this article with all links.

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Energy sources like the wind, sun and the geothermal are inexhaustible no matter how much we may use them, however we need to know and understand how to harness them and turn them into the kind of power that we need. This has become particularly more important because the fossil fuels are getting depleted fast and we need to turn to alternative energy sources to meet all our requirements.

This process of generating domestic energy may be quite easy if the steps to be taken are the ones used for turning fossil fuels into oil. By developing these steps further, the fossil fuels can be turned into different types of energy like gas, diesel, and petroleum. But the process it will take to develop these may cost our government a huge amount of money.

Even though the idea of utilizing the alternative forms of energy may not be very familiar initially, we need to take this route in order to enhance our ecological environment, save our forests, reduce global warming and even ensure the maintenance of our modern standards of living.

Solar power is a renewable form of energy. Harnessing this form of energy involves buying apparatus which initially is more costly than harnessing the energy provided by the conventional fuels. However, we need to take this difference into our stride because this will happen when we make a change from conventional to non-conventional sources of energy. It’s not practical to think that we can just switch to the renewable sources and just do away with all the conventional sources of energy overnight. The change will be expensive ad gradual.

Nothing has changed about the principles of generation of electricity since the time of Michael Faraday who discovered it in’00. Electromagnetic induction is perhaps the most commonly used method out of the seven methods of converting energy into electrical energy. This method basically involves generating electrical energy from kinetic energy. However, trying to tap the other new sources of energy will require us to understand the basics once again and develop some new skills and training methods.

As a solution to the development of solar energy, the photovoltaic technology began to become popular and effective for the agenda of conserving energy. This technology has been somewhat effective but it will take a lot of money for the cost of PV panels and power generating system. Some rich countries can afford to have this expensive technology like in Japan, Germany, and in America, the New Jersey and California. With the continuous research and development contributions of skilled scientists, this technology of photovoltaic solar power will eventually reach other countries.

New power sources can be created but we need to understand the mistakes of the past and even know about the emerging methods and products. These days, students are being taught about the negative effects of pollution and the value of the earth, sun and the wind. The faster we develop new inexhaustible and non polluting sources of energy for the inhabitants of planet earth, the better it is!

Create green energy and find out how to build a wind generator or go to this web site and build a wind generator at one of Dale Green’s sites.

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