Fw: [sm-energy] welcome & intro

[Tony Ullman]

 

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From: Tony Ullman

To: sm-e...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:25 AM

Subject: Re: [sm-energy] welcome & intro

 

 

This ended up back in my inbox in case you didn't get it the first time.

Hi Mark

 

Since we have already spoken you know that I have spent 5 years as service manager of the Rainbow Power Company and that I have a BSCE accreditation which is not current.  As you may have noticed, having worked in the industry I have also formed some opinions on renewable energy issue sbased on what I have seen.

 

Tony Ullman

 

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Mark Gerrard

To: sm-energy

Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 3:22 PM

Subject: [sm-energy] welcome & intro

Hi everybody,

 

Welcome to the Sustainable Maleny energy mailing list, hopefully we can get some ideas going here on how we can benefit our community by reducing our carbon emissions in the fields of transport, building, power generation etc.

 

It's only a matter of time before petrol & electricity prices rise (much more than normal), especially with a carbon cap & trade on the way, and this will have a flow-on effect to most other commodities we buy in our daily life. I feel that there's a lot of skills and resources in the community which can be put to good use to prepare ourselves for what's coming down the line.

 

Anyway, for those who would like to share their skills and/or interests please post something about yourself to the mailing list so we get an idea of who we have here. I recognise some of the names that have registered for this list but wouldn't have a clue what you're interested in or maybe what you'd like to find out from others.

 

So, to get the ball rolling my blurb is as follows:

 

Been interested in renewable energy for a while so last year completed a Dip. Renewable Energy which means I can get BCSE (Business Council for Sustainable Energy) accreditation for design & installation of RE systems (solar PV, wind). Some of the subjects we covered were energy auditing, energy-efficient building design, sustainability etc. This semester I'm doing the Adv. Dip. RE which covers hybrid systems, wind farms, grid-tie PV etc.

 

Not sure if I'll setup my own design/installation business or find others to work with (maybe a co-op?). I'd eventually like to be involved in setting up community owned & run RE projects. If the government introduces a realistic feed-in tariff (similar to Germany) then maybe we'll see fields of solar concentrators owned by & running the local community.

 

Cheers Mark

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