http://notebook.pege.org/pic/banner/pege-200x60.png http://live.pege.org/ The architecture and solar architecture online magazin of PEGE shows problems, ideas and solutions around houses, building and live in general. Chevalier Roland Mösl Moesl Mosl - founder PEGE founder@pege.org en http://live.pege.org/ http://live.pege.org/lignite/ Guest article from Jefffrey H. Michel about CCS, brown coal (lignite) in Germany and the problems with the German climate politics. 2010-01-19T10:25:18+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2010/ Create awareness about the necessary speed and magnitude of the change to renewable energy. An energy prognosis of PEGE in 1992 for 2040 better than most current ones. 2010-01-18T17:45:40+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2010/us-building-industry.htm Economic decline means to have no idea from the future. An object lesson abbout this is in the Wall Street Journal from Harvard University economist Lawrence Katz. 2010-01-19T12:39:05+01:00 http://live.pege.org/lignite/css-competitive.htm If carbon capture should be mandated or subsidized in the European Union, a possible result of 12 current pilot projects, 2010-01-20T20:23:43+01:00 http://live.pege.org/lignite/cost-explosion.htm Under the German Renewable Energy Sources Act, conventional power plants have been subordinated to alternative technologies that are granted priority access to the grid. 2010-01-20T20:23:24+01:00 http://live.pege.org/lignite/co2-emissions.htm These installations collectively emit 57 million tons of CO2/a. Lignite is employed both from the company’s own mines and from the MIBRAG mining corporation near Leipzig. 2010-01-20T20:23:15+01:00 http://live.pege.org/lignite/composition.htm Mined lignite consists of one third elemental carbon that is permeated with residual groundwater, mineral impurities, and sulphur deposited by prehistoric volcanoes. 2010-01-20T20:23:09+01:00 http://live.pege.org/lignite/no-export.htm The calorific value lies at 7.8 to 10.5 MJ/kg, half that of firewood, necessitating three times the fuel tonnage of hard coal (27 - 33 MJ/kg) in power generation. 2010-01-20T20:23:03+01:00 http://live.pege.org/lignite/production.htm or brown coal, per year for producing one quarter of its electricity (150 TWh/a) in 22 GW of mine-mouth power stations. 2010-01-20T20:22:57+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-lithium/ Much longer service life and an evident reduction at the production costs. A new generation of lithium energy storage crucial for oil exit and climate protection. 2009-03-28T20:15:18+01:00 PEGE Editorial Lithium http://live.pege.org/2009-herculane/ From the last visit of my wife 1995 until 2009, a frightening decay of the famouse rheumatism bath happend, where even the old Romans cured their rheumatic deseases. 2010-01-24T19:58:52+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-romania/ August 2009 on the way in Romania 2010-01-07T20:45:13+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-herculane/luxury-hotel.htm The sign now mocks visitors that visit the ruin that what was once an international cultural monument and luxury hotel. 2010-01-24T20:09:00+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-storage/electricity-storage.htm With electricity storage, it would be possible to offer for 1 million inhabitants instead of 80 MW photovoltaic factrory 400 MW and to save with this 6 times more natural gas. 2009-11-08T07:31:39+01:00 Lithium http://live.pege.org/2009-storage/ Applied Materials wants to sell photovoltaic factories, but why only 80 and not 400 MW for a town with 1 million inhabitants? Without storage technology is not more possible. 2009-11-04T19:35:23+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/ Fair report from the Intersolar 2009. It is possible to built up solar energy as fast as the production of crude oil and natural gas decreases. 2009-05-30T14:02:48+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2008-lithium/ Basic calculation models for lithium an electricity storage. The textbook to recognise early, at what applications is rentability already given, or is short before rentability. 2008-08-19T21:19:49+01:00 Lithium http://live.pege.org/2009-water/ Seawater desalination plants at lowest energy consumption under 2,5 kWh per m³ drinking water! Utilizing the Pressure Exchanger energy recovery system in combination with 2009-04-29T20:24:46+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009/co2-interest.htm Who takes a credit has to pay back because of the interest much more. Also at the greenhouse gases, interest exists, the unfreezing permafrost grounds worsen the situation. 2009-03-01T19:53:28+01:00 CO2 carbon dioxide http://live.pege.org/2009-herculane/water-demage.htm You want to get rid of a cultural monument protected building? Maybe a cut downspout is the preferred method. 2010-01-24T20:11:48+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2008-energy/ Who has energy can solve problems. Examples over methods and magnitudes for the future energy supply of mankind. 2009-12-20T08:47:06+01:00 PEGE Editorial http://live.pege.org/2009-herculane/street-under-washed.htm Yesterday used, today a hole in the street. Presumably by under washing the street. Material was carreid away by water until the surface collapsed. 2010-01-24T20:13:54+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2008-iea-weo/ Comments to an interview in international politic April 20008 The sirens scream, Talk from Astrid Schneider and Fatih Birol. 2008-04-14T10:29:12+01:00 Peak Oil Fatih Birol http://live.pege.org/2009-herculane/wall-break-through.htm Want to install a natural gas stove in a building protected as a cultural monument? Very simple - punch a hole in the wall for the chimney. 2010-01-24T20:12:15+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-herculane/downspout-removed.htm At all this cultural monument protected building are at the roof all downspouts removed 2010-01-24T20:10:19+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-herculane/european-cultural-monument.htm A historic marker for an internationally protected cultural monument. In 1995 this historic building was used as a luxury hotel for visitors of the health resort. 2010-01-24T20:00:20+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-herculane/hole-in-street.htm I drove down this street with my car on August 17th and stopped just in time to avoid this large sinkhole. It will be a big surprise for all the foreigners that drive way too fast... 2010-01-24T20:13:25+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-romania/tabula-traiana.htm The board has been taken higher when the Danube water power plant had been built 1972. Now only to visit from the water. Here had been once the Roman military street Danube south. 2010-01-16T10:31:33+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-herculane/cooling-on-house.htm A hotel in Herculane from a time where architects thought that an additional radiator is cheaper than thermal insulation. The concret beam on the concret wall cools additional. 2010-01-08T09:27:37+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-herculane/downspout.htm At this also under international cultural monument protection beeing building is the downspout cutted. 2010-01-07T22:14:11+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-herculane/wall-erosion.htm Maybe this wall erosion was caused by a removed downspout. 2010-01-07T21:33:00+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-romania/dragan-fecit.htm The Monumen of the Daker king Decebalus is created 40m high in the rock. What looks like an ancient memorial is created from 1994 to 2004. 2010-01-07T19:23:42+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-romania/sculpture.htm The Danube down seen to the left is this 40 m heigh sculpture created in the rock. 2010-01-07T20:33:53+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2005-photovoltaic/ Best of all 100% of the roof surface with photovoltaik and 100% with Sonenkollektoren. This goes by a new technology which unites both functions in the same surface perfectly. 2005-12-12T16:58:54+01:00 Top innovations Photovoltaic top Energy PV + heat combined http://live.pege.org/2009/350-billion.htm Fossil energy is something extrem short term, solar energy will be at last 4 billion years. A compare of fossil energy vs photovoltaic. 2009-03-29T21:16:08+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2005/franz-alt-18-degree-no-thanks.htm Franz Alt propagates 18 instead of 24 degrees of ambient temperature, however, there is nothing more superfluous than to freeze at 18 degrees in a solar house with an electric power and warmth combination system. 2006-07-27T23:49:14+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-storage/natural-gas-power-plant.htm CCPP reach 58% efficiency at producing electric power, new planned are designed for beyond 60%. Why are in the Applied Materials calculator only 46.7%. 2009-11-12T08:23:08+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-storage/gas-price.htm Why is it not possible to have in the Applied Materials calculator for photovoltaic factories a higher gas price than $14 MMBTU? This are only 5 Cent per kWh thermical energy. 2009-11-12T08:20:56+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-storage/us-electric-power.htm USA produced 2008 4316 TWh electric power for 305.548.183 inhabitants. This makes an average consumption per inhabitant of 14125 kWh per year. 2009-11-06T18:18:30+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009/ Peak oil brought 2008 all economy bubbles to burst, but instead of a consequent change to renewable energy, the fossil stuck in the mud do not give up. 2009-03-01T18:10:37+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2005-wood/ The oil price is rising, Peak oil dreaded by the economy gets closer. Which role can play wood in the future of our mobility and energy supply? 2005-09-13T11:09:33+01:00 Energy Wood http://live.pege.org/2005-urban-development/roof-areas.htm It does not matter to south, west, east or even a little bit towards north. Each roof surface, each partway sunny facade is urgent necessary for the generation of energy. 2008-01-21T14:42:24+01:00 Photovoltaic top PV roof integration House plan Roof http://live.pege.org/2008-solar-duty/ Study about the fast increase of electric power from photovoltaic. The German energy entry law is the best possible for 2004. The solar duty orients at the possibilities of 2008. 2008-06-23T19:48:38+01:00 Politics + furtherance http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/home-system.htm 2 * 80 Watt photovoltaic and 2 * 100 Ah batteries can produce by an inverter up to 1300 Watt 230 Volt AC. This is like to have on a camp ground a 6 A fuse. 2010-01-16T10:30:01+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/samuel-d-fan.htm Shows the range of his home systems. Left a 12 V DC system with 12 Ah battery and 18 Watt photovoltaic, left with 2 100 Ah batteries and 160 Watt PV. 2009-06-03T13:02:53+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-lithium/exchange-electrolyt.htm As mentioned above, the OGRON technology is using only active materials and no additives. As a result, only the electrolyte is determining the length of the useful life 2009-03-28T15:18:52+01:00 Lithium http://live.pege.org/2008-energy/photovoltaic-50.htm This szenario shows until 2020 a 50% yearly increase of production and later of 20% per year. To avoid an oil crisis would be a more fast increase better. 2008-07-06T15:18:22+01:00 PEGE Editorial PV world market http://live.pege.org/2005-africa/ On Intersolar 2005, Solar compact showed affordable solutions for all people without public electricity net and almost without money. 2006-07-16T09:26:52+01:00 Photovoltaic top PV off grid http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/box-home-system.htm In the box at the bottom 2 100 Ah lead acid batteries and above the inverter. Left below middle a fan to bring the heat from the inverter out of the box. 2009-06-03T15:39:49+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009/over-capacity.htm The chief of a solar company talks about an over capacity on the photovoltaik market. But the worldwied production is just 1% of the absolut minimum from what is required. 2009-06-03T08:45:14+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/electric-scooter.htm Photovoltaic and electric scooters for Africa. A theme mentioned by PEGE in alternative US military budget 2007 and oil exit 2008 now shown at the Intersolar. 2009-06-03T12:34:00+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/masdar.htm At the Masdar project, they do not order for the future town photovoltaic modules, but photovoltaic factories. Applied materials delivers the production equipment. 2009-05-31T00:01:41+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/cheap-photovoltaic.htm The moduls are the 1/4 size from Signet. Signet is top favorite for the roof of my future house. Signet has the production equipment from Applied Materials. 2009-05-30T19:24:20+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/sufficient.htm Finally, solar power on the scale the planet has been waiting for. In 7 month brought Applied Materials 5 factories to mass production. 2009-05-29T07:44:57+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2008-energy/difference-2018.htm The prognosis for the crude oil production in 2018 is 63 million barrel per day. How much we pay for this, how hard we are hit by a recession, decides the politic today. 2008-07-06T15:18:04+01:00 PEGE Editorial PV world market http://live.pege.org/2009-lithium/contributions.htm Microtech (OGRON USA) developt in the last 4 years a special coiler and an automatic package system for the cells, making it easy to exchange the electrolyt. 2009-03-29T13:41:47+01:00 Lithium http://live.pege.org/2009-lithium/schoonman.htm Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Joop Schoonman university Delft Professor of inorganic Chemistry 2009-03-29T12:29:18+01:00 Lithium http://live.pege.org/2009-lithium/cost-reduction.htm Henny Wiggers, managing director of OGRON BV, announced that the company will be present during the 5th International Symposium of Large Ion Battery Technology and Application 2009-03-28T22:10:20+01:00 Lithium http://live.pege.org/2009-lithium/service-life.htm This invention is avoiding all thermal problems which, sofar, are customary for conventionally manufactured Lithium batteries. 2009-03-28T15:07:21+01:00 Lithium http://live.pege.org/2009-lithium/revolution.htm A recent development of OGRON BV, the Dutch company, is promising to revolutionise the Lithium battery technology and battery and energy storage technologies in general. 2009-03-28T13:45:54+01:00 Lithium http://live.pege.org/2009/applied-materials.htm In a normal world, Applied Materials would have to search desperate for new personal, train new personal. The delivery termins for new photovoltaic factories would be 2013. 2009-11-12T08:12:13+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009/climate-renewal.htm The resarch of the earth population about the theme climate renewal and climate renovation costs is complete insufficient. But without caclulation of the consequential costs no CO2 tax. 2009-05-02T10:47:35+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/mini-home-system.htm 12 Volt 12 Ah battery and 18 Watt photovoltaic are enough for radio, light, charge the cell phone and a netbook. On the right side 2 12 V sockets. 2009-06-03T13:08:13+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/megawatt-20000-volt.htm This 4,3 tons heavy trnaformator has the task to feed 1,25 MW solar electric power in the medium voltage grid. In the right 3 cables for 20 kV. 2009-05-31T14:55:32+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/megawatt-inverter.htm Who has a roof as large as 2 soccer fields needs this a little bit bigger inverter. In the opened part on the right side is a transformer for the medium voltage grid. 2009-05-31T14:10:49+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/megawatt-electric-cable.htm 3 electric rails 10mm x 80mm are coming from the inverter. After this each phase has 2 cables, each 300 mm² to the 20.000 Volt transformator with 1,25 MW power. 2009-05-31T14:07:27+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/interior-room.htm In the interior room of the trailer comes light only by a light well with 25 cm diameter. 2009-05-30T13:59:40+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/light-well.htm Light well to bring from the roof of a building daylight fo a windowless interior room. in 2009-05-30T14:01:49+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/daylight.htm On the fair is a trailer to show how to bring daylight into a windowless interior room by a light well. 2009-05-30T12:05:37+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/combination.htm Roof areas have to be used more efficient. More electric power by cooling the photovoltaic and heat production as an additional benefit. 2009-05-30T11:16:25+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/combined.htm 2008 had been this combination of photovoltaic and solar collector honored by the German price of handwork companies. 2009-05-30T10:14:34+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/infinite.htm Put enough pannels in enough places, and the promise of solar becomes limitless. For this, a technology based on raw material available like sand on the beach in necessary. 2009-05-29T07:42:27+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-intersolar/cities-with-solar-energy.htm Imagine entire cities powered by the sun. Already the placards from the parking lot west to the entrannce show the most important of the Intersolar 2009. 2009-05-29T07:42:59+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009/without-grid-connection.htm An energy consultant at the other end of the telephone wants to tell me, that a normal house will have in the future no grid connection. Here the truth about this nonsens. 2009-03-22T21:18:17+01:00 Editorial Hydrogen http://live.pege.org/2005-biogas/ More hectare yield in energy allows the biogas production in Strem. Using again fallow sites for the agriculture, an income for farmers from the energy production. 2005-11-21T13:29:25+01:00 Energy Biomass http://live.pege.org/2005-weiz-renovation/ 13..15 October 2005, Weiz convention about ecological house renovation with exhibition.. 2008-01-19T20:41:31+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2005-furniture-design/health-seat.htm Belly muscle training, back muscle training and something act good for the intervertebral discs. The Swopper allows all that in the seat during the work. 2005-11-06T11:58:55+01:00 Furniture + int. design Office furniture Health furniture http://live.pege.org/2005-photovoltaic/backside.htm Horizontal the common cooling pipe, vertically the capillar pipes for the cooling of the photovoltaic cells. Every degree Celsius cooling brings 0,48% more power. 2006-07-23T18:56:23+01:00 Top innovations Photovoltaic top PV + heat combined http://live.pege.org/2009-water/attention.htm The data had been on the original web site of Europan vendor for sea water desalination systems. The products had been state of the art in this time period. 2009-04-30T21:19:25+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-water/pressure-recovery-unit.htm Appoximately 60 bar are necessary for sea water desalination with reverse osmosis. The water leaves the membranes with a remaining pressure of 58 bar. The ERI system recovers 93 to 97% of this energy and makes sea water reverse osmois plants affordable. 2009-04-30T20:01:00+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-water/danfoss-pumps.htm High efficiency pumps from Danfoss are a central part of our low energy desalination systems 2009-04-30T19:54:23+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-water/scope-of-supply.htm High efficient components assembled in Austria or Germany guarantee long life and minimum maintenance. 2009-04-30T19:51:46+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-water/reverse-osmosis-overview.htm Introducing low-energy seawater desalination plants at power-consumption under 2,5 kWh per m³ drinking water! Unbeatable specific water costs under 0,5 €/m³! 2009-04-30T19:49:04+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2009-water/desalination.htm Calculate your water costs with our plants and your specific data like energy cost and variable yearly interests. With our waterprice you win. Definitely. 2009-04-30T18:51:23+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2008-iea-weo/simple-to-cogitate.htm What does it mean for the IEA to declare all earlier prognoses of the IEA as waste paper and to give all the criticans of this organisation right? How much courage is necessary for this step? 2008-06-18T20:32:11+01:00 Peak Oil Fatih Birol Proverbs http://live.pege.org/2005-photovoltaic/combined-modul.htm Looks like a photovoltaic, delivers more electric power than a normal photovoltaic, because this modul delivers also heat at the same time and works so cooler. 2006-07-23T18:49:16+01:00 Top innovations Photovoltaic top PV + heat combined http://live.pege.org/2005-house-plan/south-side.htm Who gets the south side? Human or solar equipment? Against most rigid solar architecture, not the solar equipment but the human inhabitants. 2006-07-23T17:14:41+01:00 Photovoltaic top House plan Ground plan Roof http://live.pege.org/2008-energy/biomass-wood.htm The wood ofen will become a luxury, instead of 4,3 kWh heat by burning, we will invest 10 kWh electric power to produce 1,65 methanol from 1 kg wood. 2010-02-16T09:36:11+01:00 PEGE Editorial Methanol http://live.pege.org/heat-of-earth/ Not only take but also give is the newest trend at heat of earth usage. We document this in the view of a company building from 1984. 2008-08-05T13:01:41+01:00 http://live.pege.org/2008-energy/replace-crude-oil.htm The amount of electric power to replace an unit of fossile energy can, depending on application, be complete different. 2009-12-03T21:15:01+01:00 PEGE Editorial Peak Oil