One of my current projects is a sophisticated Linux-based load controller for alternate energy buildings. I'm convinced that most alternate energy buildings are built with a medival engineering style (build it massivly overkill, and hope it's good enough). I've noticed that in my own off grid house, my batteries are fully charged by 11am, making my system "throw away" all the power from the wind generator and the photovoltaic panels for most of the day. I'm hoping that by applying modern power management techniques to the whole system design, I can create a control system that is inexpensive enough to better utilize small alternate power systems, saving about half the cost of the power generation system.

I've been busy working on the power management software, which I've taken to calling AbelMon. More details on that is on this page. I've also developed some other software for off-grid domesteads, which is here. Currently this only consists of a few spreadsheets I've written to help calculate various things I use in off grid life, and a linux port of the dome program.