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Pure Power, with our Mobile Solar Power Systems, and Military-Grade Mobile Solar Microgrids, as well as other solar applications across the US, and around the world, will benefit from these higher efficiencies, and look forward to mass market release of higher efficiency panels.

From the Santa Monica Ice Rink website:

1. Does the Ice Rink use renewable energy?

   To power everything from the rink to the computers, ICE uses a combination of eco-friendly lights, solar power and renewable energy credits. It uses LED and compact fluorescent bulbs throughout the rink area. These use between 20-30% less energy and last 8 to 15 times longer than regular incandescent bulbs! In addition, replacing one single LED or fluorescent bulb for an incandescent one keeps a half-ton of CO2 out of the atmosphere over its lifetime! (View Reference) Using a Mobile Solar Power System, we are making everything but the rink run on the sun. The City of Santa Monica purchases renewable energy credits for all of its operations, and that includes the rink.

Why is this important? Because similar to our previous post regarding the school event in Berkeley, the power for the music and PA was provided by our solar system. And unlike a diesel generator, a mobile solar generator is QUIET (sorry… quiet…). Also, it produces no fumes, no toxic diesel exhaust, no soot, no heat, and did we mention the noise?

It was also cool to be at California Baby because they’re all about children’s health. Check them out here:

We were psyched to partner with Ra Power & Light to get introduced to this event. Ra (Egyptian God of the Sun) is masterminding the huge solar array that California Baby is installing (the installation is just beginning – you can see the racks for the solar panels in the photos below).

Now there’s another happy customer, because the Pure Power solar generator performed like a champ. And this despite the fact that “the weather was  foggy, the marine layer was low and inland that day.”

But really, this is not about the generator, it’s about the kids and the families. Look at these photos – if this were a diesel generator, would it be this close to the families? Um, no – they wouldn’t he able to hear each other, and they wouldn’t want the kids so close to a) a generator, b) diesel fumes, c) diesel smell, and d) I’ll say it again – THE NOISE.

Instead, the school had a lovely event, with a clean quiet power source.

The big deal, besides saving fuel, and reducing the toxic emissions and carbon dioxide from diesel fuel – - the really big deal here is SAVING LIVES.

From the article: “…In Iraq and Afghanistan, one Army study found, for every 24 fuel convoys that set out, one soldier or civilian engaged in fuel transport was killed. In the past three months, six Marines have been wounded guarding fuel runs in Afghanistan. ”

Put another way, reducing the need for fuel convoys will save American lives.

Another issue that Pure Power has been espousing for quite some time is the cost of fuel. “Fossil fuel accounts for 30 to 80 percent of the load in convoys into Afghanistan, bringing costs as well as risk. While the military buys gas for just over $1 a gallon, getting that gallon to some forward operating bases costs $400. ”

Check out this important article here, and ask Pure Power about the military-grade Mobile Solar Microgrid, as well as our commercial Mobile Solar Power Systems.

Now you’ll know why Mobile Solar Power is sexy…

The story was about Pure Power being named a finalist by Opportunity Green for its Green Business Startup
Competition. (Don’t think we won the competition, but it was tremendous to be recognized by Opportunity Green!)

California Baby is an excellent and innovative company that makes healthy baby products – they’ve just built a solar system on the roof of their facility and are hosting the event that will use Mobile Solar to power the music.

The mobile solar generator was donated to California by the good people at RA Power & Light – check them out too.

The 2nd annual Green Startup Competition recognizes twenty-five of the most innovative eco-startups in the United States.  Pure Power, along with other finalists, will be presenting its 1-minute business summary at the 4th Annual Opportunity Green Business Conference on September 24th.

“We are humbled to be honored by this esteemed organization, and look forward to telling our story at Opportunity Green conference” said Norris Lozano, CEO of Pure Power.

Christopher Smith, VP of Marketing & Sales for Pure Power will be presenting at the conference.

Opportunity Green, a Los Angeles-based sustainability organization, is missioned to create innovation, collaboration and inspiration amongst industry leaders and the next generation of thought leadership to develop and implement sustainable business solutions.

Pure Power was also a finalist in the Investor’s Circle startup competition earlier this year.

Here’s the press release: