Locust Hill news, March 2002

 

The first thing that must be said is that this has been a wonderfully exciting spell, full of breathtaking synchronicities and holding untold promise for useful developments. What follows is the briefest of outlines, being undertaken in the hopes of conveying the diversity and at least a taste of the richness.
 

Malcolm Wells continues to develop his undergirding vision of an architecture that guides us toward ever-more creative engagement with the natural world.

  • Recent changes in the vision for Locust Hill
  • Links to information on Mac and on his many books

 
 
 

We are proud of our connection with Proton Energy Systems, a world leader in hydrogen-enabling technologies. Proton continues to move forward with remarkable advances in development of their Hogen technology.

  • Mac Wells has made a drawing that shows how hydrogen fits into the alternative energy picture as we see it at Locust Hill.
  • Link to Proton's web site.

 

 
 
  Our location does not have a good wind resource. However, two men, Pat Kelble and Eric Lang, will be testing two different innovative wind turbine designs at Locust Hill trying to show the way to generate electricity effectively from wind in areas like ours.  
 
 

Electricity generated by photovoltaics (PV) will play an important complementary role in our Locust Hill energy strategy. When the wind is not blowing the sky is often at its brightest. Several exciting developments are underway now.

Chad Lampkin and Jerry Lilyerd have been working closely with us for years and will soon (April, 2002 we expect!) be here to construct a 13' x 16' PV array—atop a 50' tower—complete with accurate sun tracker.

More recently, William Mook has been working (isn't there a word that connotes more intensity than merely "working?") with the modest intention of making much more elecricity from a given area at much reduced cost.

link to William's web site

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