GREEN ELECTRICITY - nGen Systems

New - Revolutionary - High Energy Efficiency - Distributed Power Generation - Intelligent Power System - Decentralised Energy

nGen Systems are an advanced form of the Sustainable Energy Cogeneration Systems

We read so much hype about electric cars and the first thought is where will they get all the extra electricity? The vast majority of electricity produced worldwide is from finite resources - resources that have a limited life span like oil, coal, nuclear, gas.

The three main sources of electricity generation are

Fossil fuels,

Nuclear fusion,

Renewable resources

Renewable sources can be reliant on factors like weather, Wind Farms need wind, hydro generation needs rain, last year in NZ the hydro lake run dangerously low through lack of rain.

Now a new contender compressed air and there is a constant reliable renewable source when combined with solar will provide 100% solar and sustainable energy supply.

nGen Systems - Green Power Systems - Overview

In nGen's the primary energy input is taken outside the mechanical devices. This move enables substantial increases in mechanical and overall efficiencies.

The external combustion enables the use of a wide variety of fuels (petrol and diesel, LPG, CNG, as well as a very wide range of biofuels and/or direct and indirect thermal solar energy) without changing the engine or its specifications. In the case of biofuels no costly transformation into bio-diesel or cumbersome blending is required. This considerably reduces cost and makes for ease and speed of deployment.
Overall energy efficiencies of the engines range from 45% to over 70% depending on the versions and models. Integrated with technology enabling re-use of waste heat, this translates into overall energy efficiencies of over 90% from primary source to end-use (instead of less than 20% and often less than 10% efficiency in current legacy systems).

In financial terms this means providing on premises customer environmentally sound energy, including

Electricity,
Air conditioning,
Hot water for an estimated 25% less than current retail costs while providing a sustainable environmentally sound solution to Climate Change and related fossil fuel issues.
Recycle grey waters to spring water quality levels at affordable costs.

As these engines do not have any internal combustion like a conventional engine they generate very little heat and accordingly their life expectancy is greatly enhanced with the added benefit of extended service requirements and substantially reduced maintenance cost compared with current technology.

Intelligent power grids combine the business convergence between power and communication networks. The iPower units have also the ability to feedback excess clean green electricity to power grids to be utilised in other locations.

“Every node in the power network of the future will be awake, responsive, adaptive, price-smart, eco-sensitive, real-time, flexible, humming – and interconnected with everything else.”
Steve Silberman, 2001, “The Energy Web,” in Wired Magazine, July.

nGen Systems - So what is it?

Sustainable Energy Solutions

So what do they cost? Answer nothing*….. The plan is not to sell them.
*This applies to IT MDI-Energy Licence Area and may differ in other licence areas.

Instead the plan to sell Sustainable Energy, Mobility, and Communications Solution services.

People will use the generators, also communications units, and vehicles, etc., but they won't have to buy them nor lease them (the leasing arrangements with relevant financial institutions).

Customers simply pay for the services on a monthly basis.

The company will supply, install, maintain, update, insure, etc...

Customers have all the fun and none of the hassles.

Revolutionary Electricity Generation, Supply and Distribution:

	Low cost, point-of-use cogeneration units ranging in capacity from 6 kW up to 5MW for environmentally sound, residential to industrial, distributed power generation, based on the nGen Sustainable Energy Systems and networked with IndraNet FraMe Networks.
	The units are being designed to be used either stand-alone or integrated in the electricity grid. They enable point-of-use power supply, hot water production, water chilling, and air conditioning.
	With the present version, the estimated electricity prices are expected to be 25% lower than current retail prices.
	Delivers environmentally sound electrical power on your premises
	Remotely managed true IndraNet FraMe Networks - all costs included, maintenance free, and no hassles.
	Opens the way to fully sustainable lifestyles for less than current power prices.
	Regain control on your power - become free from legacy power utilities.

Power Supply Challenges

	Spate of brown outs and blacks worldwide
	High level of transmission losses over long distances
	High cost of power line upgrades
	“Dirty” power supply (harmonics, spikes, etc., due to increasing use of computerized equipment, electronic appliances, fluorescent lighting, air conditioning equipment, pumps, etc.)
	Declining power factor in the commercial and residential sectors (in some areas as low as 0.5 to 0.6) – drastically reduces access to energy in the grid
	Mounting electricity prices

Intelligent Power Networks

	The emerging answer to rising power supply challenges "intelligent power grids or networks.....will operate more like the Internet, as part of a complex web through which people will supply electricity as well as downloading it" "Every node in the power network of the future will be awake, responsive, adaptive, price-smart, eco-sensitive, real-time, flexible, humming - and interconnected with everything else"
	Enabled by integration of: The IndraNet Broadband Communications system and The Compressed Air cogeneration technology
	Capital cost estimated to be 10 times lower than current commercial offerings
	Provide customers retail electricity and real broadband at wholesale prices

Want cheaper, environmentally, sustainable Power?

Do you want it:

	without all the red tape of resource consents?
	without more unsightly pylons and transmission lines?
	without a huge carbon footprint (e.g. in a NZ Wind Farm the turbines were made in Denmark, the blades the Isle of Wright and the towers in Vietnam and Australia)?
	without polluting the environment?
	initially the cost 25% less than current power prices?
	to eventually achieve 80-90% efficiency compared to today’s 20% efficiency?
	to be independent of power outages and blackouts?

If your answer is YES to any of the questions above, then read on

Consider nGen Systems Sustainable Energy Systems

Revolutionary - distributed power generation, decentralised energy - nGen Systems Sustainable Energy Systems & integrated into power grid through IndraNet Minder.

Generate your own power at home with a unit not much bigger than an air conditioner and link this unit to the power grid through an IndraNet Minder (communication device) and any excess you generate goes back into the gird.

There are larger units for offices, businesses, shopping malls, hospitals, schools, built in scale to suit your needs. And yes they run on compressed air!

The power supply solution is a combination of nGen Systems and IndraNet Minder which form meshed networks that synchronize the power within the existing power grid. The units will be run at point of use, minimising the carbon footprint, as well as being environmentally friendly - Power generated from AIR yes AIR and eventually Solar!

Currently, e.g. in New Zealand, most power is produced in central power stations where 60% to 75% of the primary energy is wasted, then the power is then sent down transmission line where a further 10% is wasted. With a combination of the nGen Systems and the IndraNet networking technology this will be enabled by point of use generation which is more efficient, because it avoids transmission losses, generates far less waste heat and enables recycling any waste heat produced. A much lower grade of energy is needed for hot water and air conditioning and this can be achieved in part by recycling waste energy for initial power generation.
Sounds good to me!

Coal pollutes......

Oil is running out and expensive.....

Wind not reliable......

Hydro depends on sufficient rainfall......

Nuclear Power - uranium is running out - waste takes 1000 yrs to dispose of......

Air is abundant as is solar, once we learn to use it efficiently & zero pollution.....

It is time to consider new complimentary power sources that are environmentally friendly, cheap to set up and
produce. This opens the way to fully sustainable lifestyles for less than current power prices.

nGen Sustainable Energy Systems will be obvious to everyone within a decade.
It will be main stream within two decades.

The nGen Systems - Sustainable Energy Cogeneration Systems

In the near future we will begin to see changes in our power industry. With its compressed air power generator and IndraNet with its wireless meshed network. Combine these two technologies and we have a new era in complimentary power generation.

Now an interesting point to note is that Power generated at the ‘point of use’ is much more efficient than power being supplied from the grid, in fact it is up to 80% efficient, compared with power currently coming from the National Grid, at as little as 20% efficient.

Many countries around the world face power shortages, blackouts, storms that disrupt supply and not enough line capacity to meet current needs, let alone the future demands. We are certainly at a point where we need a new approach.

Now don’t think more pylons or more dams but move forward and embrace new innovations, new technology’s that will bring new possibilities. Look forward to new business models where consumers have more control over their power. Compared with a few years ago when we had few choices with our phones, now look at our phone market today, landline, mobile, satellite, VoIP, GPRS, CDMA etc

Power units can be small – sufficient to power a household – or large scaleable units for business and industrial use. They can be used for air conditioning, and also stand by generators. The household unit is about the size of and air conditioner and when installed with the IndraNet minder is able to power the household and put excess generation back into the grid and initially is expected to cost 25% less than our current power. Remotely monitored and no more need for meter readers to call, and in older houses we know what a hassle that can be.

It has been a cold winter in the south and power demands at high levels, often the night rate is cut back, you have a couple of showers in the morning and there is no hot water by teatime to do dishes, the under floor heating, feels colder than usual so you need to turn heaters on and I guess in a way use more power, consumers are at the mercy of the power companies – for now there are no choices.

nGen Systems Sustainable Energy Systems will be obvious to everyone within a decade.

It will be main stream within two decades

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