Guidelines for fair usage of power at Climate Camp 2008

Climate Camp runs on renewables. These are a combination of solar panels and wind generators that generate energy that is stored in batteries. There is only a limited capacity in the batteries and hence only a certain amount of electricity can realistically be used for only a certain amount of time each day. The energy store in the batteries is replenished using the solar panels and the wind generators. If we have lots of sun and wind, then we can restore the energy as we go; but if it's overcast with no wind, then we'll have less ability to restore the power we have used and more likelihood of running out of it.

So as a general policy for the camp: there are a number of peak days where there will be many more people on site and when communications will be essential (during the two main days of action) and we should try to be as sparing as possible leading up to these days to enable us to have a flying chance of meeting the power requirements on the peak days.

The camp and power

The following chart is of the days of the camp and whether we should expect / permit light, medium or heavy usage:

Day	Usage	Max power	Num hours	Kwh
Sunday 3rd	Light	200w	4h	0.8
Monday 4th	Light
Tuesday 5th	Medium
Wednesday 6th	Heavy
Thursday 7th	Light/Medium
Friday 8th	Medium
Saturday 9th	Heavy
Sunday 10th	Medium
Monday 11th	Light