Solar panels keep greenhouses cooler in summer, let the sun through in winter Spain’s ULMA Agrícola consortium and Tecnalia research center have developed a new type of photovoltaic solar panel for greenhouses that can generate electricity without an adverse effect on the crops grown within, while additionally providing cooling in summer. The system is designed [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2012 by Editor
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Posted on April 19th, 2011 by Editor
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Harvesting heat from computers One estimates that half of the energy consumed by data centres goes toward cooling computer processors, with most of the removed hot air simply being blown into the atmosphere. Instead, IBM sees that heat being captured & used to warm the air in other areas of the building, to heat water, [...]
Posted on December 30th, 2010 by Editor
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RavenSkin insulation stores up daytime heat for release when temperatures drop RavenBrick, the company that brought us the smart tinting RavenWindow, has added to its folio of temperature regulating building materials with RavenSkin. Unlike traditional insulation that blocks all heat equally, this innovative wall insulation material absorbs heat during the day to keep the interior [...]
Posted on November 26th, 2010 by Editor
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Groasis Waterboxx lets trees grow up in unfriendly places It’s not often that you hear about an invention that was modeled after bird poop, but there’s a first time for everything. In fact, this fecally-inspired device could ultimately be responsible for reforesting billion of acres of parched land, and it just won Popular Science’s Best [...]
Posted on November 22nd, 2010 by Editor
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Freshly discovered reserves of combustible ice can power China for 90 years Eco Factor: Low-emission fuel sources discovered in China. China has discovered new sources of frozen combustible ice on the tundra of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which according to researchers can supply China with 90 years worth of energy. The new reserve equals at least [...]
Posted on May 5th, 2010 by Editor
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Biomass to Electricity: The Reliable Renewable The world produces abundant waste biomass which humans could be using as fuel, instead of coal, oil, and gas. Forward-thinking engineers and entrepreneurs are beginning to act on this promise, without waiting for corrupt bureaucrats and politicians to give them the go-ahead. Renegy Holdings, Inc. (Renegy) (Nasdaq:RNGY) announced today [...]
Posted on January 18th, 2010 by Editor
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Brief introduction to Biomass Pyrolysis-Gasification Electric Power Generation Power generation by using biomass gas from rice husk, wood chips, saw dust and crop stalks can not only save expenditure in electricity tariff in the production cost of rice mills and timber processing mills, but also can bring about benefits by means of selling surplus electric [...]
Posted on July 18th, 2009 by Editor
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Mitsubishi Heavy to Test CO2 Recovery from Coal-fired Flue Gas Printer-Friendly digg This! E-Mail Article del.icio.us Absorbing solution “KS-1.” It is an amine-based material having an absorbing performance higher than that of monoethanolamine (MEA), which has been used thus far. The KS-1 helps reduce the amount of absorbing solution used in the entire plant. A [...]
Posted on July 1st, 2009 by Editor
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USA State rep Strama proposes loan program for solar panels State Rep. Mark Strama, D-Austin, told a House Energy Resources subcommittee that a solar power measure would create a loan system to help homeowners like him pay for pricey rooftop solar panels. If the proposal becomes law, Strama said, it would “overcome the two biggest [...]
Posted on June 23rd, 2009 by Editor
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