energy from heat Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:26:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Energy Storage Unit Uses Paraffin To Store Excess Solar Power https://www.greenoptimistic.com/energy-storage-unit-uses-paraffin-store-excess-solar-power-20141016/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/energy-storage-unit-uses-paraffin-store-excess-solar-power-20141016/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2014 07:25:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49700 Energy storage seems to be standing in the way of any great developments and innovations in the field of renewable energy. This is why, there is an increasing amount of effort that goes towards building devices that can resolve the problem. Here is the latest, an heat-energy storage device that takes limited space and uses paraffin. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/energy-storage-unit-uses-paraffin-store-excess-solar-power-20141016/feed/ 2 49700 Treating Heat Just Like Light Yields New Thermoelectric Applications https://www.greenoptimistic.com/treating-heat-just-like-light-yields-new-thermoelectric-applications-20130111/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/treating-heat-just-like-light-yields-new-thermoelectric-applications-20130111/#respond Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:15:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31208 New research coming from MIT’s Department of Materials science and engineering, reveals a technique that allows manipulation of heat so that it can be controlled as light waves. The author, Martin Maldovan, a researcher at the institute, engineered materials that consist of nanostructured semiconductor alloy crystals. Considering that heat is basically a vibration of matter, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/treating-heat-just-like-light-yields-new-thermoelectric-applications-20130111/feed/ 0 31208 Novotech's System Generates Renewable Energy from Asphalt https://www.greenoptimistic.com/novotechs-system-generates-renewable-energy-from-asphalt-20091027/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/novotechs-system-generates-renewable-energy-from-asphalt-20091027/#respond Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:55:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4991 Scientists at Novotech and two Massachusetts universities are working to create a new system that could channel heat from asphalt and other paving materials into clean and usable energy.

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