The Energy Farms’ Energy Digest

Newsletter

By

The Energy Farms Group

http://www.energyfarms.org

April, 2006

Vol. 4 No. 04

 

“TAX MONTH”

 

This newsletter promotes energy independence, independent living and environmental stewardship.

 

This months Editorial

 

Comments

 

 

The Idea in brief

 

We want to encourage the development and support of Renewable Electric sites distributed along the power grid to:

-         Reduce Pollution and health costs incurred from fossil fuels

-         Provide jobs

-         Reduce the impact of any terrorism

-         Reduce the need for military actions to guard oil supplies

-         Become energy independent

-         Greater availability of electric and less outages

-         Lower and more stable electrical costs

-         Promote it as a stable independent family small business

-         Broaden the tax base in rural areas

-         Help encourage research for electrical energy for the world

 

Contents this issue:                                                                                     

 

                                                      New Section(s) in RED

 

Product Of The Month 

(In Editorial section)

 

 

 

          

          

 

Jobs in the Energy Field

          

Jobs in the Energy Fields

 

Latest News and Articles

          

Latest News

 

           Recent articles – Latest articles related to our goals

 

           Friends (companies and groups that just joined in with us)

 

Newsletters

 

Energy Sites and Information

          

Sample Sites for Solar, Wind, Micro-Hydro, Geothermal and Biomass

 

           Wind Products

 

           Hydro-Power Quiz

 

RE-Communities and Developments

 

           Tour Energy Sites

 

           Components

 

           Conservation

 

Groups

 

RE Pictures – From the National Renewable Energy Lab.

 

Greenwatch

 

 

Additional Permanent Sections

 

Politics

Outages

The Energy Farms Gear

Solar

Wind

Inverters

Charge Controllers

Batteries

 

CHALLENGES

          

The Manufactures/Dealers $200,000 - $500,000 ChallengePromote and sell your solution(s)

 

           Financial Challenge

          

          

Financial

          

US Banks – A list of US banks along with a link to The World Bank

 

           Venture – Venture Capital Companies

 

           Additional Financial Planning – A liaison effort between the seekers and money suppliers.

 

           Master Contract – Edison Electric Institute’s

 

           Team with NON-Profit

 

Legislation, Government Contacts

          

Legislation

 

           Government

                      Federal

                      State – We also started a new section for state information and need representatives to send in reports.

                                See States….

                      Local

          

The GridInterstate Renewable Energy Council

 

           DOE's Clean Cities Program

 

           State Activities – New section looking for correspondents from each state to send in latest information.

 

Promote The Effort of Changing the World

 

Brochure - A simple brochure you can print and distribute to support the Energy and Environmental issues

 

           Presentations – A page dedicated to adding presentations and links to appropriate presentations

 

           Alternate Fuels Data Center – Information on alternate fuels

 

           Financial Planning – Banks, Start up funding, and venture capital companies interested in RE

 

           Suggested Actions - Things you can do to support the project!

 

Awards We plan on sending out an awards certificate to people/groups/organizations/companies that have contributed to the promotion of Energy Farms or Renewable Energy.  There is no timetable or limits on the number.  We are following the Dr. W. Edwards Deming concept of continuous improvements and not the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award of just rewarding the top performer. Please feel free to send in your candidates along with a brief description as to why we should consider them.

 

Misc.

          

Shops – Renewable Energy Sales

 

           FOR SALE – RE products

                     

Sponsorship

          

 Sponsors

 

Financial

          

Energy Foundations – A list of Foundations interested in renewable energy.

 

           Grant Information – Public and Private sector grants funding sources

 

Conservation

          

Phantom Loads – Do you really KNOW your electric device is OFF or just SLEEPING?

 

Education

        

RE Education – Learn about electric and a possible career

 

Questions, Answers, Feedback and Events

          

Product Feedback SectionHave you used a RE product and would like to tell us your experiences.

 

           The “Q” Page – The question to the readers, and from the readers (FAQs’ and  Qs’ and As’)

 

           Contacts

 

           Feedback

 

           Events / Fairs – RE happenings

 

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