Name: Forum solicits batteries for a Beaver Island renewable-energy project, April 2015
Start: 2015-04-10
End: 2015-04-22
Location: Beaver Island

Forum solicits batteries for a Beaver Island renewable-energy project, April 2015

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TypeEvent

Dates2015-04-10 – 2015-04-22

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Dates: 2015-04-10 – 2015-04-22
Kind: Community project
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: renewable-energyrecyclingtechnologycommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

In April 2015, a forum organizer solicited used lead batteries to help offset the cost of a Beaver Island wood-gasification, generator, and battery-bank project. A later post thanked donors and discussed the economics of recycling the batteries.

Evidence limits

The forum documents fundraising/recycling activity and a stated project goal, but not the technical design, ownership, funding, shipment, or completion of the renewable-energy project.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Island Forum, “B.I. Renewable Energy project.”, April 10–22, 2015.
The organizer solicited donated lead batteries for recycling to offset construction costs of a wood-gasification/generator/battery-bank project and said an initial shipment was planned for May. A later update thanked donors and discussed scrap-market value. The forum does not preserve technical plans, ownership, funding totals, or project completion.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Forum solicits batteries for a Beaver Island renewable-energy project, April 2015”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-renewable-energy-battery-collection-project-2015/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “B.I. Renewable Energy project.”, April 10–22, 2015..

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