alternative power sources Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:06:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 5 Things Green Energy Can Learn from Shale Fracking https://www.greenoptimistic.com/green-energy-shale-fracking/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/green-energy-shale-fracking/#respond Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:05:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56209 Renewable energy is becoming more mainstream by the day, but the industry still faces great challenges when it comes to actually integrating newer, cleaner technologies. In the United States, the shale fracking industry has long loomed large as a primary source of energy for the last decade or more, in part thanks to assistance from […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/green-energy-shale-fracking/feed/ 0 56209 7 Strange Alternative Sources of Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/alternative-sources-energy/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/alternative-sources-energy/#respond Thu, 06 Aug 2015 19:20:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=56138 Solar, wind and hydropower are in the news everyday now. What seemed unusual in the past is mainstream today, and the following forms of energy may reach the same level of ubiquity in society one day. However, to the modern ear, the following list of energy sources will sound very strange indeed. Here are the […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/alternative-sources-energy/feed/ 0 56138 New Chinese Technology To Reuse Irradiated Nuclear Fuel https://www.greenoptimistic.com/china-reuse-nuclear-fuel-20110106/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/china-reuse-nuclear-fuel-20110106/#respond Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:07:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16565 According to China Central Television, Chinese scientists have made a discovery in nuclear fuel reprocessing technology stating that the uranium supplies might end soon. China's proven uranium sources will last for only half a century or so, but the technology produced by China National Nuclear Corp gives the country the opportunity to re-use the irradiated nuclear fuel.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/china-reuse-nuclear-fuel-20110106/feed/ 0 16565 Camelina: The Plant That Powered KLM's First Biofuel Plane https://www.greenoptimistic.com/camelina-the-plant-that-powered-kmls-first-biofuel-plane-20091202/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/camelina-the-plant-that-powered-kmls-first-biofuel-plane-20091202/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:23:15 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5603 Even though Virgin Atlantic has already made demonstration flights in the US using biofuels, no other company has made any steps towards alternative power sources until now. To prove that there is no risk in using a green fuel, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines from Europe also made their first flight with a Boeing 747.

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