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Alternatve Energy Mega Projects
18 Aug, 2008 | CATEGORY: Alternative EnergySustainable Culture | SOURCE: Dark Roasted Blend | Comments
An inspiring listing (with amazing photos) of some huge sustainable energy projects.
Bahrain World Trade Center has wind turbines
15 Apr, 2008 | CATEGORY: Alternative Energy | SOURCE: Inhabitat | Comments
Check out these stunning images of the newly activated wind turbines on the Bahrain World trade Centre.
First Commercial Algae Biodiesel Plant Begins
01 Apr, 2008 | CATEGORY: Alternative Energy | SOURCE: Gas 2 | Comments
PetroSun has announced it will begin operation of its commercial algae-to-biofuels facility. The facility, located in Rio Hondo Texas, will produce an estimated 4.4 million gallons of algal oil and 110 million lbs. of biomass per year off a series of saltwater ponds spanning 1,100 acres. Twenty of those acres will be reserved for the experimental production of a renewable JP8 jet-fuel.
Solar to provide all power within 20 years?
26 Mar, 2008 | CATEGORY: Alternative EnergySustainable Culture | SOURCE: Live Science | Comments
According to Ray Kurzweil, yes. Kurzweil believes that Solar technology is an information technology and thus subject to his Law of Accelerating Returns. He has based his predictions on continued exponential growth in this field.
His statement come from a panel that was convened by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to make bold predictions about the "grand engineering challenges" of the 21st century. See this related article.
10 Myths About Nuclear Power
01 Feb, 2008 | CATEGORY: Alternative EnergyState of the planet | SOURCE: Spiked | Comments
Not sure I really like looking on the bright side of nuclear power generation, but all the same this is an educational read. Despite these 10 optimistic points, it just seems the more reactors we have the greater the changes of something like Cherenobyl happening again. The thought of anything like that happening in central Europe is truly terrifying.
Company believes it can generate all US electricity with solar
06 Jan, 2008 | CATEGORY: Alternative Energy | SOURCE: Scientific American | Comments
6000 times more energy from the Sun falls on the Earth than all the energy currently used by Human beings worldwide. Ausra, an solar power company, believes all US electricty can be generated from a 92x92 mile solar thermal power park in the American desert.
Read an article about Ausra on Scientific American.
World's largest solar farm
10 Jul, 2007 | CATEGORY: Alternative Energy | SOURCE: Treehugger | Comments
Yep. It's it's going to be effing enormous.
India developing solar power source in space
08 Jul, 2007 | CATEGORY: Alternative Energy | SOURCE: The Statesman | Comments
The Indian government is developing methods of generating solar power for India via space stations.
"The era of conventional fuels is ending. The sun's intensity in space is nearly twice what we feel here on the Earths surface. On Earth, there is sunlight fit for power generation for six to eight hours a day. In space, it's 24 hours. We need to have our own solar power station in orbit"
Relativity drive
05 Jul, 2007 | CATEGORY: Alternative Energy | SOURCE: New Scientist | Comments
New Scientist reports on an astonishing new technology that could potentially replace the airplane. Microwaves in a cleverly shaped box utilising a trick from Einstein's relativity.
Australia's solar powered super tower
09 Nov, 2006 | CATEGORY: Alternative Energy | SOURCE: CNN | Comments
A project to build a huge solar powered electrical generator is underway in Australia. Picture a 260-foot-diameter cylinder (taller than the Sears Tower) encircled by a two-mile-diameter solar collector. Acting as a giant greenhouse, the solar collector will superheat the air with radiation from the sun. As the hot air rises, the tower will operate as a giant vacuum. As the air is sucked into the tower, it will produce wind to power an array of turbine generators clustered around the structure.
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