Solar Day 2009

Thanks to everyone for making solar day a big success.

e2sys Data!

Check this out everyone. Jeff Lang an e2sys VP Jaclyn Klaus on of our interns and Jamie Minnick the president designed the following sites in order to collect data on the energy production of our geothermal and solar pv systems. We will be installing similar systems on all of our previous installations as well as all future installations. The data will be open for the owners of the systems to view and we will be using the data to monitor the systems for our maintenance, study and other uses.

Check out the solar data site:

new.e2sys.com/cworks/login.php

e2sys in the North Fork community

This past weekend, August 1st and 2nd, Eastern Energy Systems was at the East End Greenfest along with a good crowd and a lot of other green businesses. It was great to see competing businesses come together to inform the community about the benefits of renewable energy. The festival brought a wide group of vendors and visitors from a large area. We met vendors from the city who were selling toys and gadgets with solar applications. There were guests from Connecticut looking to learn about solar. Overall e2sys had a great time, but now we're focused on our annual event, Solar Day.

This year's Solar Day will take on a different feel from last year's. On August 8th from 10-10 we will be having Solar Day at Martha Clara Vineyards. Last year we held the event at 3305 Aldrich Lane and there was a turnout of over 300 members of the community. This year we expect about three times the amount of people, a number far too great to support at the same facility. Visitors can schedule a private tour of the facility, but the day will still be great at Martha Clara. We will have presentations for solar, wind and geothermal. There will be food, wine, live bands, green businesses and a whole lot of information on renewable energy.

Can't wait to see you all there!

Internship Program Continuing Success

Eric Schultz of the Suffolk Times wrote a piece on the internship program of Eastern Energy Systems, Inc.

Take a look at: http://www2.timesreview.com/ST/Stories/T070909_Interns_ES

A little update.

It's been some time since our last blog update and the reason for this is not because of a lack of desire to do it or because the blog has been ignored, but becuase e2sys is as busy as ever.

With the new office up and running, e2sys is out there every day finding those who are interesting in eliminating their electricity bills through solar and wind, use natural energy from the earth in a geothermal system to heat AND cool their home. All of this can be done to reduce our footprint on this earth while saving money and not sacrificing any of the comforts of home.

E2sys is nearly complete with a very large residential geothermal system. The owners of the home have been more than accomodating with our presence, as we are using the install to perfect all aspects of the system. So to them, e2sys says thank you.

E2sys is also working on BIG things when it comes to wind energy on Long Island.

Of course e2sys is still running on full circuits in our solar department with several installations lined up.

The e2sys interns have become an intergral part of the company. They're fitting in like family and we couldn't ask for a better group of highly skilled and intelligent students. Every one of them is doing their part to help the company and they're consistantly inspiring everyone in the office and in the field.

This is not nearly enough of an update, but e2sys is busy. We'll make it a point to make the posts more regular, but if you're interested in being updated at a faster pace, check out our Twitter page which is linked at the right hand side of the blag page.

The Urgency of Water Conservation in Renewable Energy

The following is a section of an article from UTNE Reader, an organization that provides "alternative coverage of politics, culture and new ideas."

“Increased implementation of renewable power sources is key to securing future water supplies, but when it comes to water use, not all renewables are created equal,” writes Sara Stroud, SI’s Bay Area correspondent.

Wind and solar photovoltics are among the lesser offenders; they require only one gallon of water for each megawatt hour of electricity produced (excluding water used in manufacturing). (A megawatt is one million watts, and one megawatt hour could power 400-900 homes for that hour.) Compare that to corn-derived ethanol, which sucks anywhere from 5 to 2,000 liters of water for each liter of fuel. That higher number comes courtesy of agriculture undertaken in arid states, like California and Colorado.

To read the full article go to UTNE This is just another reason to support renewable energy, especially wind and solar PV technologies. 

The Newest Members of the E2Sys Team

This week marks the beginning of the Eastern Energy Systems, Inc. internship program. The program was designed by Eastern Energy Systems, Inc. to bring in talented students from both, high school and university levels of education. 

Our premier internship program is made up of 16 students with a variety of expertise, but all with an inspiration to learn and share their knowledge. The students range from a junior in high school to individuals entering their senior years at famed universities. Some of the students hail from a variety of schools such as Stony Brook University, Albany University, Notre Dame University, Clemson University, Cornell University and many others.

The E2Sys team is very excited for the additional members of the team. We are looking forward to the great things that will come from everyone involved. 

The program is designed to teach the interns as much about renewable energy as we can. The interns will help guide themselves into the areas they will be most effective in accomplishing their own goals and those of the company. While there is an estimate of what the interns will be learning, the E2Sys team is anxious to find out the wealth of knowledge the interns will be teaching us.