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Go off Grid Solar power at your home roof top to fight climate change today.

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Contributor: Foo

Chicken Hood with solar energy

Putting up solar power on top of chicken hood for lighting. Keep our environment as good as we can.

Wind turbine and Solar Street Lighting at Kunming, China

The Old Town of Lijiang (simplified Chinese: 丽江古城 )is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Lijiang City, Yunnan, China.

Green  initiatives in China such as wind turbine and solar hybrid Street Lighting at Kunming airport, China.

How to protect Solar Controller from Lightning?

Selling solar power via Feed in Tariff subject to connect and synchronize Solar power with TNB Grid system daily. How to ensure our solar power installation system including expensive inverter controller able to sustain and continue to produce electricity without the interruption of heavy lightning strike?

Failure of solar inverter controller will cause the whole solar system collapse. Owner will lose his constant solar income due to prolong outage. Several issue such as  lead time  for solar inverter replacement shipment plus site troubleshooting by qualified solar installer especially for home installation far from Klang Valley certainly will damp down the feed in tariff income and return of investment (ROI).

To solve the lightning problem is simple. Industry are using Metal Oxide Varistor (MOV) or common known as surge absorber/suppresser is install at the front line of solar installation to protect against overvoltage strike that might damage our inverter system.

Colour code indicator on the surge absorber is indicating the state of lightning protection.

Green colour = healthy and able to take the lightning strikes. If the indicator changes to red, there is no more protection against lightning. Replace the surge absorber to ensure the inverter and solar system always intact with TNB system even during lightning strikes. 

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There is significant reduction of solar power generation during cloudy day.
Based on my record ( 30 Jun 2013), 4kwp solar power only produces  13 units (KWh) and it translates to 13x RM1.30=RM 16.90 income for the owner.

From my observation, the hottest day with clear sky capable to produce up to 19 units (29 Jun 2013) and average is approximately 16 units per day.


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clear sky during sunny day (Solar power produces average 16kwh per day)

Today is the worst haze day in Malaysia including Johor hitting up to API (air pollution Index) to 750 point (very dangerous level). Our Kajang located in Selangor also bad affected by haze pollutant from Indonesia illegal forest burning activity and all schools in Selangor Kuala Lumpur will close tomorrow (refer to news The Star Click here.

Do you know how the haze will affecting our solar power  production on our rooftop (feed in tariff)?

This total 4kwp solar panel produces average of  16units (kwh) per day (for a typical sunny day).
Severe Haze has bring down the visibility of the sun light to the rooftop and the solar production had reduced to 14 units (kwh) today. We can see 12.5% income and solar power generation drop!!

Japan's Most hi-Tech Bicycle Parking

Japan's Most hi-Tech Bicycle Parking

click the line below.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=597925063565250

Comment: It is so amazing. This bicycle parking using  "vending machine concept" and safe keeping all bicycles in neat and safely manner!!

Financing package for individual to install PV system-Fit

Today Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Maximus J. Ongkili has launch Alliance Bank's Home Complete Plus Solar Panel Financing scheme at the Sustainable Energy Development Agency (Seda) office here Monday.


This is the first financing package from local bank to individual to install PV system on their rooftop.

Find out more at Bernama new:

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v7/sp/newssports.php?id=955037

steps to apply Home complete Plus solar panel financing scheme in Chinese media (Nanyang)

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Honda hybrid battery to cost up to 52pc less

KUALA LUMPUR: Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd announced a price reduction of up to 52 per cent for a replacement hybrid battery and an extended warranty of up to eight years, with unlimited mileage, for all Honda Hybrid models, effective June 1.

The extended warranty period applies retrospectively to customers who had purchased their hybrid vehicles between January 2011 and May 2013.

Managing director and chief executive officer Yoichiro Ueno said yesterday the company is able to lower the battery prices due to lower logistics and administrative expenses from enhanced business efficency.

"The depreciation of the yen against the ringgit has reduced the cost of hybrid batteries, which are fully imported from Japan.

"Thus, we have taken the decision to reduce the price of the hybrid batteries and extend the warranty period," said Ueno.

He said the company has been constantly studying the market and taking customer feedback into consideration.

"We have learnt that the two main concerns of customers in accepting hybrid vehicles are the hybrid battery's lifespan and its replacement cost," he added.

Owners of the Honda hybrid family, including completely knock down (CKD) and completely built up (CBU) Jazz Hybrid, Insight, CR-Z and Civic Hybrid, will benefit from this offer, he said. Bernama

Read more: Honda hybrid battery to cost up to 52pc less http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/GODOS/Article/index_html#ixzz2VR89tTV1

Malaysia's first mobile solar integrated refrigerator

Malaysia's Innovative green fishing car come with solar power integrated refrigerator. New way to maintain your fishes freshness after you travel long distance back to your home from fishing ponds and finally landed in  your dinning plate.
Putting up small photovoltaic panel 250Wp on our car's rooftop, it is sufficient to charge the 2 x12V, 120AH sealed lead acid battery and powered up 50W, 24Vdc mini refrigerator without any problem.


Data:

PV : 1 x 250Wp
Battery : 2 x 120AH SLA ( in series )
Charged Controller : 24Vdc, 20A
Refrigerator : 24Vdc, 50W

Information Courtesy from: foohikiumedu4all@gmail.com