Posts Tagged energy

Japanese Researchers Find Ways To Produce Biobutanol More Efficiently

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Ethanol on November 29, 2010

Butanol can be made greener by the research of a Japanese institute, who developed an energy-saving biobutanol with a density of at least 80 percent. They derived their biobutanol from a 1 percent concentrated butanol and used a zeolitic separation membrane.

Hydrology Student Invents Solar Powered Mass Desalination System

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Solar Power, Water Purifiers on January 8, 2010

Worldwide terminus lakes could benefit from a new system to desalinate water, using a low-cost solar pond and patented membrane distillation system powered by renewable energy.

Charge Your Gadgets With Regen ReNu Solar Charger

Posted by Cristi in Green Electronics on October 28, 2009

Regen ReNu is a good alternative solution to power you gadgets free of charge. The ReNu charging device has a solar panel design which could fit very well into a modern environment. The ReNu can be used to charge a variety of electronic gadgets like the iPhone, iPod or other USB devices.

Oceanlinx Prepares to Deploy 2.5MW Tidal Power System Near Sydney

Posted by Cristi in Wave power on October 26, 2009

Engineers are performing the last tests and measurements before the grid-connection off the coast of Port Kembla, near Sydney. The system will be generating about 2.5MW by harvesting air pressure that will turn a wind turbine.

Precision Nanoparticles Technology to Revolutionize Solar Cells

Posted by Cristi in New Inventions, Solar Power on October 23, 2009

The chemists from the Idaho National Laboratory and Idaho State University may have found the gold mine of solar energy efficiency. They invented the manufacturing of a highly precise and uniform nanopaticle that improves solar cells and further spurs the growing nanotech revolution.

Meteosat Used to Detect Faulty Solar Panel Power Stations

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Solar Power on October 19, 2009

Italy is known for its plans to develop photovoltaic power as one of their main sources of energy. Having such a wide experience in solar power harvesting, several issues arise regarding the solar panels’ maintenance. Every PV plant has a sensor verifying the quantity of light arriving at its location at any given moment during the day.

Todd Ditmire's Petawatt Laser: One Step Closer to Nuclear Fusion

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Nuclear Power on October 16, 2009

Todd Ditmire, from the University of Texas, has invented a laser device that can produce petawatt power through a process of chirping, that takes a short light pulse (150 femtoseconds) and stretches it out in time, amplifies it to higher energy and then recompresses it to about 100 femtoseconds in time, obtaining 190 joules of energy.

New Method of Guiding Light Through Polymer Helps Solar Cells Get Cheaper

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Solar Power on October 14, 2009

New research is paving the pathway towards better and more efficient solar cells, as University of Florida chemists have invented a method of “hacking” the molecular structures of the materials the solar cells are made of, in order to gain a maximum transfer efficiency from them.

The Sea Snake: Scotland's 750kW Wave Powered Project

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Wave power on October 6, 2009

Scotland built a 180 m tube they call “The Sea Snake”, that will capture the waves’ movements and energy and transmit it via subshore cables to the land.

Helix-Shaped Vertical Wind Turbines Will Power GSM Towers in Africa & US

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Wind Power on October 1, 2009

Too often, regardless of the energy sources being used, the GSM transmission towers’ power fails, because of various reasons: theft, heavy rain/snow, disturbances in the grid lines. Helix, a San Diego-based wind company, is working on a wind turbine that is designed to power base stations in hard to reach, remote locations from Africa and the US.

Akridge Energy Buys 400 MW Free Energy Generator from BlackLight Power

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Energy news, Free Energy on August 10, 2009

On July 30, BlackLight Power announced a commercial license agreement with Maryland-based Akridge Energy. BLP will allow Akridge to use their energy producing process for generating electricity in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Colombia, up to a maximum continuous capacity of 400 MW.

Efficient Electricity Production from Onion Juice

Posted by Cristi in Biogas, Energy news on July 26, 2009

The future life style is quite different than we could imagine right now. Many experts predict that we will not need to transport our energy around the world as it will be produced in our community.

Stirling Engine Solar System Working in Colder and Darker Areas

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Solar Power, Stirling engine on July 16, 2009

Stirling engines become more and more used and promoted among alternative energy circles. The interesting fact with them is that they can be fueled by any source of heat, and the cleaner the source is, the better the stirling engine does to the environment.

Scientists Developing Artificial Leaves to Produce Energy

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in New Inventions, Solar Power on July 15, 2009

Mimicking nature has been man’s dream since he tried inventing the airplane, and even earlier. Mimicking a leaf for obtaining energy from the Sun has been even more challenging than learning to fly, though, until now, nobody succeeded imitating the evolution or creation or whatever our nature is made of.

DIY: Rick's Cheap Solar Panel Installation Powers His Home

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in How to..., Solar Power on July 13, 2009

A lot of people want to be green in using energy but they don’t know where to start, or they don’t have enough money/time at their disposal to actually start making something useful.

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