[mch2021-orga] sustainability in the camp
Kate Wolf
dyshexic at gmail.com
Tue Jun 9 20:39:38 CEST 2020
Should we approaching Tesla Berlin (which should be open by next years
camp) for sponsorship of power? Given our community overlap with Tesla &
SpaceX and see if we can go to pure battery
Kate
On 09/06/2020 19:29, Lennart Peter de Vries wrote:
> At another event I am a part of (22.000 campers, 50.000+ visitors, I am
> working in telecom, not power) they changed the power supply system to
> use one big generator with a battery-unit for use in a place where we
> used to have 3 of 4 big generators.
> This was in use for all the lights and audio in the big tent and all the
> portacabins etc. and still it had no trouble powering the whole thing.
>
> It is possible these days to rent those generator/battery combos.
>
> Generators can run very inefficiently, and with these solutions the
> generator runs very efficiently for a while to charge the batteries and
> then is off until the batteries need charging again.
>
> I am not going to throw around numbers/percentages, but I guess the
> powerteam knows these options, or I can put them in touch with the
> people at the other event for info-exchange.
>
> Best regards,
> Wheeze_NL
>
> Op di 9 jun. 2020 om 20:26 schreef Oscar Koeroo <okoeroo at gmail.com
> <mailto:okoeroo at gmail.com>>:
>
> Hi,
>
> Yes! These pre-charged green battery things where on my mind.
> Capacity and specs are unknown to me. But a similar concept would be
> cool too.
>
>
> Oscar Koeroo
>
>
>
> > On 9 Jun 2020, at 19:45, Maarten Hendrix <maarten at hendrix.network>
> wrote:
> >
> > Maybe it makes sense to check something like this
> http://green-battery.nl/
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Matje
> >
> > Sent with my iPhone
> >
> >> On Jun 9, 2020, at 19:37, Julius <julius at ifcat.org
> <mailto:julius at ifcat.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> To be honest, sometimes I think we are a bit spoiled with 32A
> electricity + 100Gb networks on our camp, not many camp as luxurious
> as us. But storing energy? Well, can always pump water from the pool
> and store it in a large container somewhere high?
> >>
> >> On 9-6-2020 19:31, Claudia.Borges wrote:
> >>> Would it be an idea to ask ppl in the camp to come up with ways
> to store power or is this too far tetched?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Julius schreef op 2020-06-09 18:55:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Oscar,
> >>>>
> >>>> The altpwr team had some solar panels on the field, however the
> issue here is that when there is no sun, there is no power... And
> especially with these powerhungry hackers they will drain the
> batteries rather quickly. Also consider the environmental issues you
> have when a battery starts leaking or gets left behind? Best
> alternative would be mains power, less mess.
> >>>>
> >>>> Julius
> >>>>
> >>>> On 8-6-2020 20:59, Oscar Koeroo wrote:
> >>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Are the power 'battery' packs with solar cells being looked at
> as options? These are quite large capacity units and have a zero
> emission output (on the field).
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Oscar Koeroo
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> On 8 Jun 2020, at 15:25, Elger Jonker <elger at ifcat.org
> <mailto:elger at ifcat.org>> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Hi Claudia,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Great stuff!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Making a greener event is always a good thing and summary
> like this is really helpful. Note that from a PL perspective we'd
> opt all teams to consider green(er) options and see if those
> feasible given difficulty, budget, availability etc.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Not in the list:
> >>>>>> The biggest pollutant, power generators, is being
> investigated by Benadski. There are serious (legal, organizationals)
> hurdles to take, but the goal is to use mains power instead.
> >>>>>> Using electric golf carts instead of diesel gators.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I personally like the information bit.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>> Elger / Stitch
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Jun 8, 2020, at 14:51, Claudia.Borges
> <claudia.borges at xs4all.nl <mailto:claudia.borges at xs4all.nl>> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Hello sweethearts,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I had started another project long ago, this one about
> making the camp sustainable. I would like to share it to see if
> there is any interest. It is a list of sustainable ideas for the
> camp. Because it is not clear to me who and how decisions are made,
> I am not sure if I will pursue this any further or will put this
> wiki down.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> https://sha2021.eu/index.php/Main_Page
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Claudia
> >>>>>>>
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