Energy Group Meetings
Recruiting Modern Steam Power Project Manager
Are you in a position to help with our Modern Steam Power project? Our immediate goal is energy autonomy from biomass fuels at Factor e Farm, our living lab. We are looking for a Project Manager to make this a reality.
Why is this relevant? We are aiming to document if modern biomass power would be capable of powering modern civilization. Our goal is to integrate modern steam engines with solar concentrators to make renewable energy a feasible option in modern society.
Briefly, our goal on stabilizing the Factor e Farm off grid facility with industrial power is:
- Keep off-grid while spending $300+ per month on gasoline for generators for 13 people - no choice for off-grid otherwise
- Installing solar panels if we get a donation.
- Refocus on getting the modern steam engine up as soon as possible to become autonomous on our energy needs.
The Modern Steam Engine system consists of 5 parts, with past work shown:
- Biomass Pelletizer to generate biomass pellets from hay or other biomass.
- Gasifier Burner - for an efficient burn of the biomass - See Gasifier_Burner_with_Heat_Exchanger_Prototype_I
- Heat exchanger - to generate steam for the engine. See Heat Exchanger Coil winding playlist]
- Modern Steam Engine - the heat engine to generate mechanical power. See Gary Hadden Steam Engine
- Generator - converts mechanical power to electrical energy
The action plan decided was to focus on recruiting a Project Manager to make this project a reality. Best case delivery time is 3 months assuming parallel development of pelletizer, gasifier, steam engine, and generator. Qaulifications for Project Manager is an Engineer with project management experience, preferably mechanical or automotive engineering or steam power engineering. See Basic Terms of contract.
We are open to remote work after a 2 week unpaid orientation stay at Factor e Farm to build rapport. Contact marcin at opensourceecology dot org to respond.
Flash Mob
- Contacted: Cyril Ebersweiler, Marcel Botha, Aditya, Theo Bondolfi, Neal Keith, S.R. Robinson, Diego Saiz, Lloyd Venables, Mike Buebe, Patrick Smith, Dave Conley, Mike Pickering, George Peattie, Dan Schellenberg, Lorenzo Ortiz, Naveed Syed, James Slade, Colby Thomson, Edward Ford, Eric Leckrone, Donna Lee, Sebastian Manchester, Steve Cottrell, Michael Perakis, Wes Doyle, Bradley Jenkins, Dan McCamman, Chris Talbert, JS Duggal, Mohamad Salamat, Bre Pettis, Cesar Harada, Catarina Mota, Limor Fried, Kat Baybrooke, Jonathan Gray, Guillaume Vidal, Randy Peterson, Martin Camirand, Allen Lidikay, Brian Haeger, Phil Woodley,
Open Invitation Letter
Are you in a position to help with our Modern Steam Power project? Our immediate goal is energy autonomy from biomass fuels at Factor e Farm, our living lab. We are looking for a Project Manager to make this a reality.
See more at http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Energy_Group_Meetings#Recruiting_Modern_Steam_Power_Project_Manager
We can pay professionals in the subject matter area up to a $2k/month stipend.
Please let us know if you could also recommend others.
