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Japanese Water-Filled Solar Power System Produces Electricity and Heat More Efficiently

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:51:45 +0000

The term of "co-generation" is often heard in the crowds of biofuel scientists and generally burnable fuels, because it provides both heat and electricity, through an intermediate mechanism. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) redefines this term, linking it to solar power in all of its meaning.

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Solar Cooking "Kyoto Box" Reduces Pollution and Deforestation

Cristi — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:30:51 +0000

Jon Boehmer, a Norwegian based in Kenya, developed a solar powered cooker that can reduce greenhouse gases at a large scale. The cardbox named the "Kyoto Box", costs 5 Euro($ 6,60) to make, and is designed for the usage of 3 billion people that use firewood as a heating source for cooking.

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Solar Powered System Heats Your Home During Winter

Ovidiu Sandru — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:55:45 +0000

Boston-based Practical Solar comes with an interesting house heating offer and, with the help of a millennium-old technology, aided by computer software, wants to bring heat in your homes directly from the sun. Simpler said, they projected a set of mirrors to beam their light on your house.

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Flat Solar Concentrator: Cheap, Durable, 30% Efficient

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:17:33 +0000

Nicolas Morgan, the director of a Toronto-based firm, named "Morgan Solar", helped by his brother, John Paul Morgan, has invented a solar concentrator that gives a different approach to solar concentrators, by making them more appealing both as price and as durability/efficiency.

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How to Make a $5 Solar Water Heater From Junk Fridge

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:24:58 +0000

One simple way of making hot water has been perfected by a blogger on thesietch.org, and it relies on a simple and easy to find piece of junk: an old refrigerator!

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Air#Maze: Cheapest and Simplest Solar Powered Room Heater

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:45:41 +0000

"Environmental Art must work," says artist/inventor Doyle Doss. "As artists, as creative individuals, we must do all we can to make our work actually solve a problem. What we create must make positive impacts on an environment that has been severely damaged. The question for each of us will always remain, 'Is my work a part of the solution, really, or is it just a re-statement of the problem?' "

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Solar Powered Inflatable Heater

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:08:31 +0000

Meet the new invention of the 21st century. It is a solar heater. The basic principle is pretty simple: water is stored in a bed-sized floating bag, which looks like this: The Sun’s light passes through the transparent plastic, heats up the water inside the black tubes, and then it’s passed on to the heating […]

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