FORWARD OPERATING BASE JACKSON, Afghanistan — The Marines and sailors of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment have tapped into a vital renewable energy source – the sun – to help take the fight to the enemy in Sangin District.
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Renewable energy vital to Marines success in Afghanistan
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011Pure Power in San Diego
Monday, March 21st, 2011Pure Power
was in San Diego recently, invited to an Executive Roundtable Discussion “Going Green” at the San Diego Daily Transcript. The topic of the day: “Local businesses, government say long-term foresight, not bottom line, key to sustainability” – - and an action shot here.
Why Mobile Solar Matters
Sunday, March 13th, 2011A recent trip by our VP of Marketing, Christopher Smith, to the San Diego Daily Transcript for its Green Business Executive Roundtable, provided an excellent opportunity to summarize why Mobile Solar Matters:
SAVE MONEY
A construction company that rents a portable diesel generator, for example, might might budget the rental rate as its cost. “The actual cost of a fossil fuel system is much higher. With solar, the contractor can eliminate fuel cost, fuel delivery, refueling time, engine tune-ups, even remediation costs when fuel is spilled. “That money can be used to preserve or create jobs, or make a project profitable” says Smith, “Solar generators can also produce valuable LEED points, and reduce the need for noise permits.”
SAVE LIVES
With the military, using renewables is quickly becoming a no-brainer. An Oct 4, 2010 article in the NY Times mentioned that 1 US soldier is killed for every 24 convoys delivering supplies in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that diesel fuel accounted for between 30% to 80% of the loads. By reducing the amount of fuel delivered, lives are saved. And, at that time (before fuel prices spiked 30%), it is estimated that it actually cost about $400 per gallon to deliver fuel to the front.
SAVE THE PLANET, SAVE CHILDREN
Using mobile solar instead of diesel has positive impacts on communities. “When a feature film goes on location, each big diesel generator is creating about a ton of carbon dioxide each day,” Smith says, using figures from the EPA, “But that exhaust also contains 40 cancer causing compounds and soot particles to carry them – a very localized impact for families, neighborhoods, and schools.”
(SAVE MORE MONEY)
What’s the upside for a feature film to choose solar? “With diesel costing about $5.50 or more per gallon delivered to a film location – our biggest solar generator saves over $500 a day in fuel costs.”
SAVE AMERICAN JOBS
“Besides, our mobile solar generators are designed and built in California, developing new technology and jobs. Governor Schwarzenegger got it, Governor Brown gets it, and President Obama is profoundly aware of the local benefits of solar. It’s clearly time to make changes in the way we do things.”
Suniva Reports 19% Efficiency Solar Cells – made in USA
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Following Evergreen’s solar factory closing and President Obama’s State of the Union, the solar industry is buzzing with stories about how manufacturing firms cannot survive in the U.S. given the cheaper labor and government subsidies in China.
Read the whole article here
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.
Green energy plan at military bases: UK seeking pure power resources
Sunday, February 6th, 2011The British military is now exploring the use of solar and other renewables to power forward military bases in battle areas such as Afghanistan. Much like US military strategies, aimed at protecting troops by reducing the amount of diesel fuel needed at bases (over 1,000 American troops have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan protecting supply lines). Read the whole story here
As we ha
ve written in this space numerous times, one clear and present solution is Pure Power’s Military-Grade Mobile Solar Microgrid.
Shown here is a Military-Grade R10 Microgrid recently delivered to the US Army. With enhanced battery storage, inverter capacity and larger solar panels, the military-grade R10 is but one solution that is already being utilized.
With 6 rugged models in production, including biodiesel and propane hybrid Systems, that produce from 4,000 to 72,000 watts (AC, single phase), Pure Power has the experience and technological knowledge to produce these Systems rapidly.
Does the Santa Monica Ice Rink use Pure Power? You bet!
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011One might think that having an ice rink in Santa Monica is not energy efficient – but one might be surprised at how many innovations are occurring in our fair city, where we like to lead by example:
From the Santa Monica Ice Rink website:
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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.
Pure Power providing clean solar power at the Santa Monica Ice Rink
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
Pure Power is proud to announce that we are providing clean solar power, via an S10 Mobile Solar Power System, to lights, food and skate rental vendor at the Santa Monica holiday ice rink.
This fantastic community rink, which is put up for about 4 months every year and served an estimated 65,000 skaters last year, always get challenges from the eco-community. They say “Ice in Santa Monica?” But to be fair to those who run this important and festive rink, (and you can get more details from them) they provide solar power (via a local company, no less – - excellent second bottom line attribute!) and any grid power that is used has a high renewable component to it. We will update this site as we get the full picture of their environmental efforts, which are impressive.
For example, check out how the tents were designed – this is outstanding!:
“Something beautiful is blossoming. Herbal Essences, known for its variety of luscious hair care and styling products, has teamed up with Portraits of Hope, a program that merges public art with creative art therapy for hospitalized children within local communities, to transform ICE at Santa Monica into an oasis of beauty and hope this winter season with a large scale exhibition under ice. The Portraits of Hope-designed art project, nurtured by Herbal Essences, will bloom into a luscious paradise of beautiful flowers encased in ice for people to enjoy from November through February at ICE at Santa Monica.
NY Times: Military is focused on renewables (hmmm, such as a Mobile Solar Microgrid?)
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010An affirming article in the NY Times today “U.S. Military Orders Less Dependence on Fossil Fuels” is right up our alley. Just last month Pure Power delivered its military-grade Mobile Solar Microgrid, which has a wide variety of uses by all services, for all of their off-grid power needs.
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.
Pure Power featured on “Solar Power Videos”
Friday, August 20th, 2010Check out this Pure Power Video, now featured on the website: Solar Power Videos!
Studio Electricians Union 728 Get Solar Training from Pure Power
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Throughout the year, Studio Electricians Union 728 holds instructional demonstrations for members, so that professional Union electricians and lamp operators are up to speed with the latest technologies, regulations, and industry standards. This weekend, for the first time, the training featured a Mobile Solar Power System™.
Mobile Solar Power Systems – portable solar generators – are used in the entertainment industry, construction, agriculture and emergency response industries as a clean, dependable power source for remote locations where “grid” power is unavailable. The solar units, designed and built by Pure Power Distribution (www.PurePowerD.com) provide between 50 and 600 Amps of pure sine wave power (4.5 to 72 kW) – with no noise, no fumes, and no exhaust.
Mark Garrett of Pure Power demonstrated a Hybrid S10 Mobile Solar Power System for the 15 men and women attending the session, and held a question/answer session afterward.
“The Hybrid” is well known in the entertainment industry already, as it’s currently working on the hit CBS show “Criminal Minds”. New Line Cinema used Hybrid S10’s cabled with Solar Star Waggons™ to power the base camp for “Valentine’s Day” (Diana Pokorney, Producer).
The Hybrid S10 features an onboard Tier 4 biodiesel generator that’s automatically switched on to recharge the System’s batteries – using a Tier 4 generator is about 93% more environmentally efficient in terms of exhaust/soot than a Tier 1 generator.
This is a strong vote of confidence by the entertainment industry and the Union that Mobile Solar Power Systems are a viable power source for productions seeking a green alternative to their mobile power needs.
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