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Breakthroughs are easy to publicize, but genuine environmental victory means annihilating some major evils perpetrated by our great-grandparents. The bad old stuff has to be torn up and junked.

Our children and grandchildren will get up in the morning, look at the news, and instead of flinching in terror, they will see the edifying spectacle of the world’s brightest people transparently solving the world’s worst problems. This sounds utopian, but it could soon be everyday life.

After the failure of the Copenhagen COP-15 Conference the future of non-polluting electricity supply seems to rest with huge renewable energy projects such as the Desertec Solar project in North Africa aiming to supply only 15% of Europe’s electricity demand by 2030, and a proposed North Sea Wind Farm Grid.  Refer: http://www.climatecleanup.com/2010-international-green-renewable-energy-power-grids-planned-in-northern-europe-and-africa

These projects are entirely dependent on:

  1. Multi billion Euro investment in new Grid infrastructures.
  2. Granting of high Feed-in Tariffs by the EEC.

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Comparison Solar-Wind-Air

Comparison of PCV’s NewHYDRO™ Power Farm to other Renewable Energy Farms like Solar and Wind Power.

“For a full base load electrical infrastructure, a highly reliable, high power, base power source is needed”.

To distinguish and compare between the three renewable energy methods “NewHYDRO-Wind-Solar” the key factor is operational capacity.  Additionally NewHYDRO is not Grid dependent and is price competitive with existing electricity supply.

Per this document the ratios are 90% : 28.57% : 19%.  NewHYDRO™, the basis of PCV’s Power Farms is not intermittent, both Wind and Solar are highly intermittent.

Therefore a direct comparison in terms of suitability to replace fossil fuels for base power is not valid as neither Wind or Solar can do it due to intermittency.

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However, it is relevant to compare PCV’s NewHYDRO™ Power Farm stated operational data to the current best renewable energy alternative to get some idea of the differences. Wind and Solar can be differentiated on the degree of intermittency, and in terms of a comparison with NewHYDRO™, actually Solar can be ruled out.

Here is one reference proving this point from the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center: “While wind’s capacity factor varies from 32% at the sites examined to 40% at excellent sites, the capacity factor for a 4.6 MW PV solar array in Arizona is determined to be 19% over two years” – refer: “The Spectrum of Power from Utility-Scale Wind Farms and Solar Photovoltaic Arrays” https://wpweb2.tepper.cmu.edu/ceic/PDFS/CEIC_08_04_spf.pdf

However, the desire for large scale renewable energy projects is evidenced by the Desertec project envisioned for North Africa.

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Comparison of PCV’s NewHYDRO™ Power Farm to Wind Farms.

Following is a comparison of the PCV operational data [ for 899 MW capacity ] to GE’s announced 845 MW Wind Farm
- refer “GE Receives $1.4 Billion Contract to Supply Turbines for Largest Wind Farm Ever Built in the US”
http://www.genewscenter.com/Content/ZipLoader.ashx?itemID=9232&type=1&userId=1&userLocale=2&releaseOnly=true

In summary the comparative results are:

1. PCV’s Power Farm 90% Capacity Factor is 3.15 times higher than GE’s Wind Farm.
1.1. This means PCV’s project revenues will be 3.15 times higher than GE’s Wind Farm.

2. PCV’s Total Project costs are 55% lower than GE’s Wind Farm.
2.1. This means 2.22 PCV Power Farms can be built for the price of one GE Wind Farm.

3. PCV’s required Land Area is 5,000 times smaller than GE’s Wind Farm.
3.1. This means PCV’s Power Farm is like a factory as opposed to an Environmental Impact Project.

4. PCV’s effective capital cost per 1 MW unit installed is 5 times lower.
4.1 This means PCV’s Power Farm capital costs could be 5 times higher.

PCV’s Power Farm competitive benefits and implications include:

1. 3.15 times higher revenues per each 1 MW installed.

2. 2.22 the amount of electricity produced for the same capital cost.

3. Easier permission for an industrial factory.

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This website contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements relating to our ability to develop cheaper electricity from our discovered renewable energy source, our expectation to attract financial support and investments, and our ability to accelerate the development of our clean energy discovery.  Actual outcomes may differ materially from the results suggested, they may be larger or smaller.  The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ include, among others, risks related to our ability to identify and secure the right humanitarian partners to achieve these goals, as well as the help of like minded individuals and corporations and governments.

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