"Boracay goes on e-trike"

[ghosthunter]

Boracay goes on e-trike
by Alena Mae S. Flores

Boracay in Panay is turning to electric tricycles to support the government’s thrust toward alternative sources of fuel.

Energy Jose Rene Almendras told reporters at the awarding rites of “Bright Now! Do Right. Be Bright. Go E-trike!” design competition that the island paradise resorts was lining up more than 100 e-trikes in what is seen as a move to back its green campaign as well.

He said the present demand of around 100,000 e-trikes in local government units comes amid plans of Cabanatuan in Nueva Ecija and Puerto Princesa in Palawan to join the pro-environment bandwagon.

Almendras said tricycle drivers would be able to own units through a government program.

“It will be rolled out through the Tricycle Regulatory Board of the LGUs,” he said.

Allen Marie Pilares, of Batangas, won first place in the E-Trike design search along with Julius Valiente of Quezon City and Norielle Ace Serrano of Mapua Institute of Technology, second and third placers, respectively.

According to Almendras, Japanese engineers will help turn the winning designs into prototypes for the production model.

“What we need to finalize is the design, we want the e-trike to be safer than the existing tricycle. Once we’ve selected [the design], we will bid it out, hopefully we will get the cheapest, most affordable price, it will go to the lowest bidder who can produce the e-trike, according to the standards we have set,” he said.

Almendras said government is tapping part of the $300 million clean fund of the Asian Development Bank for the manufacture of the e-trikes.

The e-trike program is a partnership between the department and ADB, which will finance the roll-out in the next two years.

SOURCE: Boracay goes on e-trike | Manila Standard Today

[ghosthunter]

Just curious, anyone still see much of the electric trikes in THE FORT area?

[uls]

and where does the electricity come from to charge the etrikes?

from AKELCO (Aklan Electric Cooperative)

where does AKELCO buy electricity? from IPPs

and how do the IPPs generate electricity? they use coal and diesel

hehehe

[niwde11]

para sa boracay okay na yang e-trike. para di na maglagay ng gas station dun hehehe.
gas or electric meron talaga mas appropriate na lugar.

[chrismarte]

and where does the electricity come from to charge the etrikes?

from AKELCO (Aklan Electric Cooperative)

where does AKELCO buy electricity? from IPPs

and how do the IPPs generate electricity? they use coal and diesel

hehehe

business minded ka talaga idol!!! hehehe


Madalas power interruption sa isla di ba?...

[uls]

business minded ka talaga idol!!! hehehe


Madalas power interruption sa isla di ba?...

realistic lang hehe

pa-green-green sila di naman nila inisip saan galing ang kuryente haha

[uls]

the govt is behind the etrike project and the ADB is funding the project

the ADB is, syempre, a bank. so it makes money by lending money. the borrower is the Phil. govt

it's a half billion dollar project

to push this project forward the ADB invited etrike manufacturers

the Japanese:
Presentation by Japanese E-Trike Manufacturers and Investors | Asian Development Bank

the Koreans:
Presentation by Korean E-Trike Manufacturers | Asian Development Bank

who wouldnt want a piece of the 500 million dollar pie diba?

in the end it's still about the money

[Ry_Tower]

Madalas power interruption sa isla di ba?...

TOMO!!!! Walang gana minsan mag-isip eh. Buti sana kung may solar charging station, maging masaya pa ako na talagang kawanggawa. Until then, business nga as usual yan.

[niky]

This would go well together with a solar installation... which they should have included in the project, as it would do well for other purposes.

[Jiggs]

When cars was first conceptualized it was also mocked by great majority. Claiming that their horses and bandwagon are much better and cannot be replaced by this new mode of transportation......Fast Forward..100years and look where we are now. That goes as well to the Wright brothers. Let's give it a try and see how it goes...it takes a single baby step to start moving.

And also though electricity came also majority from Fossil fuels, but still lbs per lbs it will be more economical to have electricity mode of transport compared to ICE internal combustion engines. Agree also the drawback will be the handling of battery waste..a Plan should also be in place in handling those.

[ghosthunter]

This would go well together with a solar installation... which they should have included in the project, as it would do well for other purposes.

unfortunately most projects like this are half-baked at best.

[ghosthunter]

and where does the electricity come from to charge the etrikes?

from AKELCO (Aklan Electric Cooperative)

where does AKELCO buy electricity? from IPPs

and how do the IPPs generate electricity? they use coal and diesel

hehehe

Going beyond the source of electricity to recharge the trikes, the other issue is the proper handling of worn out batteries for either recycling or disposal. Typical handling by local battery shops results in lead contamination of the immediate and surrounding areas and this does not yet consider the potential of lead contamination of the ground water supply.

[chrismarte]

Going beyond the source of electricity to recharge the trikes, the other issue is the proper handling of worn out batteries for either recycling or disposal. Typical handling by local battery shops results in lead contamination of the immediate and surrounding areas and this does not yet consider the potential of lead contamination of the ground water supply.

I think they still have issue regarding there sewage water disposal...tapos eto nanaman, maaring problema nanaman ng proper handling/disposal (na sana kinonsider nila bago mag decide).

[cripple_rooster]

Going beyond the source of electricity to recharge the trikes, the other issue is the proper handling of worn out batteries for either recycling or disposal. Typical handling by local battery shops results in lead contamination of the immediate and surrounding areas and this does not yet consider the potential of lead contamination of the ground water supply.

At least if biodiesel was used for the power generation instead of fossil fuels it would actually make some sense to the "environmentalist" purpose...

[uls]

this is what happens when you force something whose time has not yet come

electric cars are being pushed by environmentalists

the Obama admin (liberal, right-wing) pushed GM to make electric cars

it's ideology-driven

GM to Idle Volt Production for Five Weeks - WSJ.com

General Motors Co. will idle production of its Chevrolet Volt battery-powered car for five weeks beginning this month because of slow sales amid an effort to boost the vehicle's consumer appeal, the company said Friday.

Launched last year with great fanfare, the Volt has had a rocky start as sales stalled, and the car became a lightning rod for critics of the Obama administration's auto-industry bailout and support for alternative energy.

GM said around 1,300 workers at the Hamtramck, Mich., factory where the Volt is built will be out of work between March 19 and April 23, a spokesman said. The plant had just resumed production on Feb. 6 after a prolonged holiday shutdown.

don't push it

let the demand happen by itself

[niky]

Better if biofuels are used as... fuel.

It's difficult to grow enough biofuel to provide electric generation... especially in a province that sells itself on "natural" beauty.

I could name a few easy ways to provide reliable tricycle operation in the area.

One: Run a converted carburetted tricycle off of digester gas (methane) collected from sewage reclamation. You could charge your e-trikes off of this, but you're adding two more steps to the energy chain, which would make it less efficient.

Two: Convert tricycles to run with 1,000cc Kubota diesels. Run them off of waste vegetable oil sourced from the resorts and restaurants. Given the number of commercial operations on the island, you could run several of these vehicles easily off of the wastes.

Three: Pedicabs. They're more environmentally friendly than anything else.

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For an efficient electric service, I'd prescribe an e-jeep, built from the ground-up as an electric (hence, not a converted multicab, but a road-going Golf Cart / UTV. Give it twice the battery capacity needed and then ensure that the battery level never goes below 40%. In other words, if it has a 50 km range, only use 30 km of that.

Most rudimentary electrics here don't have that safety valve that prevents you from fully draining the batteries. Lead-acid aren't as vulnerable to overuse as lithium, but draining them fully is still bad.

Then budget to replace the batteries. Most lead-acid electrics here seem to only get 2-4 years out of their battery packs in constant use. This must be part of the project budget.

[cripple_rooster]

I could name a few easy ways to provide reliable tricycle operation in the area.

One: Run a converted carburetted tricycle off of digester gas (methane) collected from sewage reclamation. You could charge your e-trikes off of this, but you're adding two more steps to the energy chain, which would make it less efficient.

Two: Convert tricycles to run with 1,000cc Kubota diesels. Run them off of waste vegetable oil sourced from the resorts and restaurants. Given the number of commercial operations on the island, you could run several of these vehicles easily off of the wastes.

A 13hp 400cc diesel engine would already be enough for a tricycle. Waste vegetable oil is a reasonable option to use as fuel because it doesn't require the chemical reactions to be turned into biodiesel, altough the glycerin from the oil is quite hard to burn properly. I'm favorable to direct-injection engines due to the higher injection pressures but to use WVO an archaic indirect-injection setup is still often quoted as a better option due to its higher temperatures.