The Venus Project


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Insulation Business

With energy costs expected to rise, more homes will need to be reinsulated or even insulated for the first time. You'd expect the insulation business to do well in the future.

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Energy Costs to Rise

For a long time now, the government has been subsidising energy costs. This is hard to believe especially as we've lived through such prosperous times. Well, the subsidy is probably going to end so you need to prepare for double or triple the price for your electricity & gas. If you have limited cash, choose a small house with good insulation. Rising energy costs start to make solar energy a great option. Look for prices per kw after government rebate on solar to halve within 5 years.

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A Solar Grand Plan

With a new Barack Obama administration now in place, the U.S will spend up big on building its solar power capacity. Part of the 'spend' will be on research & development, part on a new 'smart grid' and the balance on power generating infrastructure. The tax laws will also be changed to create a climate of encouragment for companies to engage in the solar energy sector. Read more here about the solar grand plan - Click to read  more

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Glimpsing Western Australia’s future climate

According to the National Agriculture & Climate Change Action Plan, put out by Department of Agriculture Fisheries & Forestry, Bureau of Meteorology and Meat & Livestock Australia, we are probably going to experience severe climate change during the rest of this century. Some of the predictions from the report are -

Overall Trends Temperature projections for Western Australia indicate continued warming over the coming decades. Climate models consistently predict a reduction in winter and spring rainfall for south-west Western Australia. Rainfall projections indicate a drying trend for the whole state, apart from the Kimberley region. The combination of projected warming and rainfall decline has serious implications for streamflow in Western Australia. Potential threats from climate change exist for Western Australian agriculture. Farmers need to prepare for unavoidable climate change, as well as help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Changes in mean rainfall By 2030, annual rainfall across most of Western Australia is projected to decrease by 2–per cent relative to the climate around 1990 (Figure 1). By 2070 a decrease of 5–10 per cent is most likely under a low greenhouse gas emissionscenario, or a 10–20 per cent decrease under a high-emission scenario.

Winter and spring rainfall is likely to decrease, whereas changes in summer and autumn rainfall are less certain. A range of independent climate models consistently predict reduced rainfall for south-west Western Australia. When a range of models predict the same result for a given region, it increases confidence in the prediction. We expect natural climate drivers to strongly influence rainfall variability for many decades to come, counteracting and adding to the projected human-induced changes.

Changes in mean temperature -  We are more confident in the projections of mean temperature than those of rainfall. By 2030, annual average temperatures over Western Australia are projected to increase by up to 1°C in southern and coastal parts of the state, and up to 1.5°C inland (Figure 2). By 2070 this increase is around 1.5–2.5°C under a low-emission scenario, or around 3–4°C under a high-emission scenario. Less warming is expected in coastal and southern regions. Projected warming during summer is similar to the annual increase, but slightly greater during spring and slightly less during autumn and winter. Read Full report


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Realizing the ‘Smart Grid’ Vision

The conversation about electricity infrastructure is likely to change very soon as governments and the private sector build out the vision of a smarter, electricity web that is infinitely more reliable, robust and profitable. The electric industry is poised to make the transformation from a centralized, producer-controlled network to one that is less centralized and more consumer-interactive. The move to a smarter grid promises to change the industry’s entire business model and its relationship with all stakeholders, involving and affecting utilities, regulators, energy service providers, technology and automation vendors and all consumers of electric power. The main elements of a smart grid are software,sensors & storage. The good news is that these three systems might finally be reaching a tipping point in cost and performance that allows us to turn the ‘smart grid’ vision into a reality.

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Mission Statement

To explore and encourage radical positive trends in Western Australia.


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Australia plans electric vehicle network

A US firm Thursday unveiled plans to build a massive one-billion-dollar (667 million US) charging network to power electric cars in Australia as it seeks cleaner and cheaper options to petrol. Better Place, which has built plug-in stations for electric vehicles in Israel and Denmark, has joined forces with Australian power company AGL and finance group Macquarie Capital to create an Australian network. Under the agreement, Macquarie will raise one billion dollars to build electric-vehicle networks in the country's largest cities -- Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane -- while AGL will power the system with renewable energy. "We call it a ubiquitous charging network across the cities," said Better Place chief executive and founder Shai Agassi in Melbourne. "We are investing in Australia's economy and adding jobs while helping the country take a generational leap forward toward oil independence," he said. Under the plan, the three cities will each have a network of between 200,000 and 250,000 charge stations by 2012 where drivers can plug in and power up their electric cars. A US firm Thursday unveiled plans to build a massive one-billion-dollar (667 million US) charging network to power electric cars in Australia as it seeks cleaner and cheaper options to petrol. Better Place, which has built plug-in stations for electric vehicles in Israel and Denmark, has joined forces with Australian power company AGL and finance group Macquarie Capital to create an Australian network. Under the agreement, Macquarie will raise one billion dollars to build electric-vehicle networks in the country's largest cities -- Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane -- while AGL will power the system with renewable energy. "We call it a ubiquitous charging network across the cities," said Better Place chief executive and founder Shai Agassi in Melbourne. "We are investing in Australia's economy and adding jobs while helping the country take a generational leap forward toward oil independence," he said. Under the plan, the three cities will each have a network of between 200,000 and 250,000 charge stations by 2012 where drivers can plug in and power up their electric cars.

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Solar Energy Breakthrough Could Cut Costs By More Than 50%

A US-based company has successfully tested a revolutionary solar panel, that is expected to cut the costs of photovoltaic solar power generation by more than 50 per cent, and herald a new era of improved efficiency and lower production costs of solar energy globally. The panel, known as the Alubond Solar Collector Panel (SCP), was created by American Building Technologies, a subsidiary of the UAE-based multinational group Mulk Holdings. Commenting on the breakthrough, a spokesman for Mulk said, “We hope the success of this project will lead to an upsurge in the development of more solar energy plants, which will not only lessen the strain on existing energy resources, but also severely reduce the pollution levels that are currently witnessed in power generation.” Original - http://cleantechnica.com/2009/01/19/solar-energy-breakthrough-could-cut-costs-by-more-than-50/

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