Jose Aguilar, Author at The Green Optimistic

Sunblockers Pollute The Ocean and Impact Marine Life

Jose Aguilar — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 05:42:35 +0000

On the subject of marine pollution, passion can let itself off….easily! It can be because of the ocean’s beauty and vastness, or because its huge resources satisfy human life nutrition needs, and sustain activities such as fishing, transportation, energy production, and not less important, bathing as leisure. So, all and any action to promote the […]

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Solar Energy’s Dropping Costs Fuels Green Energy Investments

Jose Aguilar — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:49:25 +0000

At the heart of the clean energy business there are the readily renewable options such as wind and solar (and marine tidal), requiring lesser construction related foundations, beyond equipment installation and operation than its counterparts, say hydro, geothermal, etc. Among these, solar has unarguably been the investment of choice in the last years, even more […]

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Silicon Versus Polymer-Based Solar Cells

Jose Aguilar — Sat, 14 Apr 2018 18:37:33 +0000

The development of photovoltaics (PV) can be traced back to the 1950`s, first involving the use of organic dyes and their photoconductivity properties. Later, in the early 1980`s polymers were introduced in simple PV cells. By then the challenge was to increase the Power Conversion Efficiency (PCE) from a stunted 0.1%. A major breakthrough came […]

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Adding Crushed Silicates while Farming may Lower CO2 in Atmosphere

Jose Aguilar — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:27:03 +0000

From an industrial standpoint, applying the strategy that provides the overall best results for a determined production process, after proving itself through time, is termed “best practice”. The best results reflect cost-effective, safer, more sustainable operations. If these premises are applied to decisions on which techniques and technologies should be combined on a particular undertaking […]

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Air Pollution from Household Chemicals Matches that from Motor Vehicles

Jose Aguilar — Sun, 18 Mar 2018 14:25:49 +0000

Research from NOAA and CIRES on particle emission formation from petroleum refined chemical compounds and every day household products, in a number of industrialized urban centers, shows how this process has been found to impact the breathable atmosphere, just as much as does pollution from motor vehicle emissions, according to a study published last month in […]

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China: Replacing Coal with Gas for Heating is Easier Said than Done

Jose Aguilar — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 06:37:34 +0000

Seemingly poor planning resulting in an insufficient heating gas supply has left many rural and urban residents of China in the freezing cold. Normally, the need for heating arrives in mid-November, but last year there was a significant delay in the heat supply, as administrative actions were dictated to start replacing coal with natural gas in […]

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Ecotricity’s Biogas from Grass Plan Seems Plausible

Jose Aguilar — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 20:22:42 +0000

When considering biogas as a replacement for fossil-fuel-derived natural gas, or a source of fuel for power or heat, there are the arguments of suitability and efficiency. Some dispute vegetation cover conversion into biofuel deprives the biosphere of its C02 filtering capability, and some others think using biomass from land areas with potential for food […]

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Denmark Upgrades Wind Turbine Capacity, Reduces Number

Jose Aguilar — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 07:15:55 +0000

An overwhelming statistical fact throws light on the evolution of wind turbines, according to the Danish Energy Agency Energistyrelsen (and its associated 4 decades of statistical data), in charge of following up on the development of the energy and supply sectors in the country, and its survey of turbine inventory. Denmark was a pioneer in developing […]

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New Truck Emissions Fraud Could be Greater than Dieselgate

Jose Aguilar — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 06:17:48 +0000

CROSSVILLE, Tenn. – A new federal loophole is allowing truck body manufacturers Peterbilt, Freightliner and others to go in tandem to assemble “gliders”, as these trucks have been dubbed because they are manufactured without engines and are later retrofitted with the rebuilt ones. These vehicles are cheaper to repair than modern emission compliant semi trucks and […]

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Germany´s Thrive to Replace Fossil-Fuel Power with Renewables May Need Russian Gas

Jose Aguilar — Fri, 16 Feb 2018 08:19:55 +0000

One of the most important environmental commitments of the German nation, to replace fossil fuel generated power for solar & wind-generated electricity, presents serious challenges as we all can expect. Such objectives stem from its new goal of raising the share of renewable power from the current 33% to 65% by the year 2030, and […]

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Mazda Claims Its New Skyactiv-3 Engine Matches EV GHG emissions

Jose Aguilar — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:21:02 +0000

Mazda is said to be working on a gasoline engine to be as environmentally efficient as electric cars. Its latest high compression engine technology for producing the future engine is dubbed Skyactiv-3, and it follows the first generation engines named Skyactiv-G which came online in 2011, and later the second generation, Skyactiv-X set to reach […]

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Tesla set to build the largest Virtual Solar Plant in history

Jose Aguilar — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 20:18:29 +0000

Last year Elon Musk offered to build the largest storage battery installation in the world in South Australia. This would be no ordinary proposal, even less ordinary when he boasted about doing it in 100 days, or else the service would be handed for free. The challenge was met and the installation was completed in only […]

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Warner, New Hampshire – Home of a Microgrid Virtual Power Plant

Jose Aguilar — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:18:00 +0000

A U.S. community microgrid project is in the making in Warner, New Hampshire, to harness the potential solar-derived power coming from individual units in random buildings, making it available as needed once plugged into the existing electrical grid distribution system. The project entails the installation of the associated equipment such as solar panels, batteries, inverters, etc., […]

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Budweiser – 100% Brewing with Clean Energy

Jose Aguilar — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 20:09:44 +0000

298-megawatt Thunder Ranch wind farm in Oklahoma Everyone is aware talking through important events is best done in a relaxing manner, or over a beer!. Climate change is currently a subject driving headlines in a variety of publications, not to say the object of ongoing research, and most everybody understands that running on fossil fuels can […]

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World’s Top Automakers Venture $90 Billion into EVs and Batteries

Jose Aguilar — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 20:08:32 +0000

It is an outstanding moment in the outlook of the EV industry, as expectations rise with the commitment from top players of more than $90 billion in investments for electric cars and batteries, as per an analysis from Reuters. Although the current share of EVs in the global automobile market is just 1 percent, there is excitement and […]

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France Intends to Speed Up Wind Power Projects

Jose Aguilar — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:15:45 +0000

The French Government circulated on Thursday plans to speed up the installation of wind turbines. Such plans were put together by a working group, formed last October, to tackle the obstacles brought forth by the long-standing opposition against France´s renewable energy goals. According to reports by an industry spokesman, one of the aims of the working […]

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Germany: Saint Lambertus Cathedral Gets Demolished for Coal Mining

Jose Aguilar — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:40:00 +0000

Saint Lambertus Cathedral, located in Immerath, a small village northwest of Cologne, was torn last week to the ground as plans of the German energy supply company RWE for lignite mining ramble on. The cathedral, a gothic, double-spired structure built in the 1880´s, has a rich and long history. With its beginnings dating back to […]

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Growth of Electric and Hybrid Car Sales in Norway Surpassed 50% in 2017

Jose Aguilar — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:51:14 +0000

OSLO, Norway — The sales of EV´s and hybrids made up 52% of all new car sales in 2017, up 12% from the previous year, according to the independent Norwegian Road Federation (OFV). Norway`s autonomous vehicle industry has benefitted from a deed in the form of subsidies that effectively promoted such growth. This accomplishment sets Norway ahead globally in replacing hydrogen-fueled […]

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60 Years Ago, Edward Teller Warned Oil Industry About Global Warming

Jose Aguilar — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 12:55:47 +0000

Edward Teller, a Hungarian physicist immigrant to The United States in the early 1940`s entered the Manhattan Project, a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. Later, in November 1959 he was guest of honor in New York City, at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the oil industry in America […]

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Stretchable fabrics power integrated sensors and wearables

Jose Aguilar — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 22:00:29 +0000

Last decade saw an evolution of fabrics to suit the body temperature`s rise under exercising. The effect is to help regulate temperature and disseminate sweating thus providing extra comfort. Enhanced durable fabrics to power electronic wearables Just recently researchers at the University of Binghampton, NY. looked into enhancing the basic features of stretchable fabrics to generate electricity, and […]

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Plastics Industry Knew About Ocean Pollution Long Time Ago

Jose Aguilar — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 21:00:09 +0000

The scientific community has reported plastic ocean pollution to be an issue for quite some time now, although for laymen is becoming a visible problem in recent years. This important matter is the point of analysis in a report by The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). As the problem of marine plastic pollution gets greater public […]

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Spiders consume an astonishing 800 million tons of insects per year

Jose Aguilar — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 18:41:53 +0000

It is a huge biomass compared to what humans run through in fish and meat per year, a mere 400 tons, or half the spider´s insects yearly ration. These unique organisms, otherwise consider pests themselves, would bear dire biological implications were they to disappear. Just think of nature´s work of replacing spiders with other predators, […]

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Toyota Tri-Gen: Water, Electricity and Hydrogen from Bio-Waste

Jose Aguilar — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:04:54 +0000

Toyota plans to go all out for its 100% sustainable new project to build the world’s first megawatt-scale carbonate fuel cell power generation plant, with a hydrogen fueling station. Dubbed The Tri-Gen, the facility is expected to begin services in 2020 and provide water, electricity, and hydrogen for Toyota from bio-waste, for their operations at the […]

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Europe NO2 Levels May Be Smaller than Thought, Report Suggests

Jose Aguilar — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 17:32:21 +0000

Nitrogen oxides such as NOx is along with COx a major constituent of tailpipe emissions, and a study of European historical data suggests the proportion of NO2 in NOx emissions is smaller than previously thought. Stringent Legislation Legislation in Europe sets emission standards according to pollutant level inventories. These limits, in turn, have an impact […]

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Coal vs Clean Energy – EPA to Hold Public Hearing in West Virginia

Jose Aguilar — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 15:51:43 +0000

As per a proposal to strip down the Clean Power Plan (CPP) backed by the Obama administration, the EPA is to have a one-time hearing this week in coal-producing West Virginia. The CPP has been the green flag from Obama for a climate change strategy, but never took hold due to substantial legislation against it from […]

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Guy Wants to Deliver 100 Networked Pollution Monitors to Poor Countries

Jose Aguilar — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 18:45:43 +0000

If you remember uRadMonitor – it’s had a fair amount of success in its last campaign. Now, creator Radu Motisan wants to deliver 100 pollution detectors to poor countries worldwide, while you also get one. When you install the right Air Quality measuring equipment fitted with sensors for sampling stations in selected locations, you get […]

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The new Tesla Roadster – will it beat down gasoline cars?

Jose Aguilar — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 18:50:04 +0000

Tesla`s story is not such a long one, as it is a perplexing one, with a motto at its beginnings in 2003 to “accelerate the advent of electric vehicles“. In spite the fact it all started with the Roadster, the brand`s portfolio has after 14 years expanded, not only to include electric cars and semi […]

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Tesla’s New 40-Stall Superchargers Enable Greater Circulation of EVs

Jose Aguilar — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 03:16:50 +0000

The source of much fear is that an electric vehicle does not make it to the next charging station, especially if it happens, say in the middle of a desert road with no charging station in sight. This condition has been termed Range Anxiety. So, we are just going to have to allow enough charging […]

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Lithium Market to Growing With Increased Demand for EVs

Jose Aguilar — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 19:14:57 +0000

NEW YORK, The United States – Allied Market Research reported the Global Lithium-ion Battery Market size to peak $46.21 billion by 2022, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.8%. Li-ion rechargeable batteries, made of high-density units, power mainly portable equipment. The expected growth of the Lithium market is to come primarily from increased […]

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Hydrogen Potential Accounts for 20% of World Carbon Reduction by 2050

Jose Aguilar — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 08:59:29 +0000

BONN, Germany — The gradual utilization of Hydrogen as electrical power, transportation, and heating source would provide for a sizeable 20 percent reduction of carbon emissions by the next 33 years, bringing global warming limit goals into reach, according to a report by the Hydrogen Council early this week. The Hydrogen Council, in progress as of January […]

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