RENEWABLE ENERGY
Home - RENEWABLE ENERGYRenewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat. … About 20% of humans’ global energy consumption is renewables, including almost 30% of electricity
There are five major renewable energy sources
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Solar energy from the sun.
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Geothermal energy from heat inside the earth.
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Wind energy.
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Biomass from plants.
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Hydropower from flowing water.
Solar Power Experience
Senior Development Engineer. Responsibilities included managing development process and supervised the design and development of utility scale solar power plants ranging from 27 MW up to 900 MW in Texas, California and Europe; supervised the design of high voltage substations, 220 kV Transmission Line Interconnects including power distribution and plant engineering; managed system impact studies, load flow short circuit and relay coordination, arc flash studies and the work of EPC contractors including interface with California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and power utilities of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE) and American Electric Power (AEP). Projects included:
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Imperial Valley, California. Development of 900 MW Solar Power Plant
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Calico Project, San Bernardino County, California. Development of 900 MW Solar Power Plant
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Marfa Project, Marfa, Texas. Development of 50 MW Solar Power Plant
GARY BUSH has over 50 years engineering and management experience including developing many projects for solar technology, including using solar power to create steam cycle to provide power at night using solar energy during day time.
This is an alternate way of storing power than the traditional Battery Storage technology.
