Final presentation on 7th May and some new information.

The final presentation of the project was held on 7th May at Design Factory. The group got a good response on their presentation although we were the last group to present their work in a four-hour presentation marathon. We still have some work to do with our final report as we want to make as informative as possible. The final report can be downloaded from this blog most probably on Tuesday 15th.

During the presentation the group was happy to hear that a new law is coming in Lebanon that would allow private actors to sell solar energy to the grid. We feel that this is a huge step in Lebanese energy independence, which is crucial for the future generations! We were asked why we've chose to go with wind energy as this possibility has presented itself.

As we started this project, we were told that selling energy to the grid is not allowed. Therefore in the report there is no discussion about this option. What we can tell you, something we've heard from professor Jukka Paatero at Aalto University, is that the equipment needed to convert low-voltage solar energy into high-voltage grid electricity is very expensive. Since Rock Village mainly runs on donations and we feel that the purpose of the project is not to make money by selling energy we do not recommend trying to sell the energy, but rather keep the system independent as suggested in the upcoming report.