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Superstorm Sandy Survivors Get a Charge from a Mobile Solar Generator

20/12/2012

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John Spisak, CEO of SolaRover, personally arrived in New York on 15 November to help man the big SolaRover Mojave-3 hybrid unit.  SolaRover brought this generator from Indiana, first to Citi Field to help Incident Command.  Next stop was to power a gas station!  Then the unit spent the next several weeks in Rockaway Beach about a block from the ocean.

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SolaRover powered a community hub for volunteers, including a medical clinic, including refrigeration, a kitchen, flood lights at night and other critical power needs... as well as charging countless cell phones and flashlights for locals. 

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Greenpeace, among the first of the first-responders here, set up a hot food kitchen... also powered by the SolaRover.  FEMA, Red Cross and the National Guard brought supplies, SolaRover brought the power.

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SolaRover moved the unit several times to help different efforts in the Rockaway area.  Here they're at a supply effort, powering all kinds of stuff, on Thanksgiving Day.

From here the SolaRover moved to New Jersey and Sandy Hook at Fort Hancock.  SolaRover left the unit in capable hands after weeks of flawless power generation, run by many different, untrained personnel, and... well, just keeps working!

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ME4 Rig Charges a Chevy Volt

4/7/2012

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July 4, 2012:  Renewables West provides pure solar power to charge a new Chevy Volt.  At the same time we were powering the live broadcast and MC/DJ for KKIQ radio in San Leandro.  F H Dailey Chevrolet hosted a great Independence Day party, with local businesses, kids activities, hot rods and apple pie!

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The Chevy dealer shows off their new electric line, and were able to demonstrate charging directly from our solar generator.

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Our SolaRover Mojave-1 powered not only the charging unit for the Volt, it powered the live radio stage and part of the band sound stage!

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Maker Faire Education Day

17/5/2012

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Education Day:  I think it was ourselves who need to be educated!  We had fun, talked to a LOT of kids, but weren't really prepared to educate about the solar generator adequately. 

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Kids come in waves:  Students from classrooms all over the Bay Area experienced a special day at the Maker Faire.  Kids came in small and large groups, but were pretty orderly and well-behaved. 

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What we learned:  Kids LOVE anything that shoots flames -- like the Crucible flame truck here -- blows up, makes noise, plays loud music, looks totally wacky, shoots up in the air (like rockets), shoots across the compound or lights up.  If you do two or more of the above, you're GOLDEN. 

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Intro Video for Project ME4

18/3/2012

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We will "officially" launch the Project ME4 campaign at <http://bit.ly/GCppYW> on 3/20... Check it out there and follow us here!
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    Dalan

    Design Director of Project ME4 and Executive Director of Designfluence.

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