This rainy week has been challenging for #offgrid baking, it takes 25% of my battery to bake a #sourdough loaf, but I've managed to make 2. This one ran the battery down to 9%. #solarpunk
Here's a big #offgrid site: 5 megawatts of solar (plans for 25, think 100 acres of panels), with 3 megawatts of batteries, to charge EVs and electric semi trucks (at 1.2 megawatts).
It's wild that this is (apparently) economical now. There are surely better arbitrage opportunities with a grid connection, to charge the batteries from the grid and sell back to the grid as well as selling EV fast charges.
But interconnection lag be damned, we need this now.
This one took weeks to write. It's about me finding a way to significantly reduce the power consumption of a Raspberry Pi Pico W working as a weather station, collecting environmental data.
I am also writing about powering the Pico using solar panels, and this time it's a success, my weather station can now run indefinitely, powered by the sun!
Gestern bin ich auf #Risiko gegangen und habe die Popkornmaschine über das Bordnetz des #Velostudio laufen lassen Auf dem Foto ist der Stecker in der Steckdose die ich über einen Wandler aus den Batterien mit 240 Volt speisen kann. Und: es geht - und sogar ziemlich lange. Gestartet bin ich mit 52 Volt Batteriespannung. Der Wandler schaltet sich bei 45 Volt ab. Bis da hin wurde drei Stunden #Popkorn gemacht. Da hätte ich eine Option für #OffGrid Popkorn ;-) #Energiewende#Fahrrad#Dortmund
Video Overview of the Meshtastic Radio Mobile App Interface and Settings
This video explores what the Android app looks like, how to use the main screens, and what various settings and menu options it has. It gives a good feel of how you’d use Meshtastic radio communications from the app to control the radio settings and ...continues
Does anyone have experience with #humanure processing?
We're weighing the pros and cons of #biogas digestion and typical turn-heavy aerobic #composting. Also thinking about a combination of the two but going from anaerobic to aerobic processing could create more labor.
The downside of #offgrid living - while at our friends in Edinburgh we topped up the car overnight on their charger. 69% to 100% battery at a cost of about £2.
I know we're no worse off than those living in flats or those with on-street parking, but the profit margins for the companies and councils owning the charging infrastructure must be sky high.
And I still don't understand why Perth & Kinross can charge 54p a unit for their chargers while Highland Council gouges 70p from us.