News about Solar, Wind and alternative green power technologies

Hybrid Generators For Alternative Energy Use

We all like the idea of using alternative sources of energy but with popular options limited by nature, how can we make it and use it when it is not available? What to do when the wind is not blowing and the sun is not shining. Solar energy is largely available and in huge supply [...]

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The Optics Of Wind Power

There is something rather uniquely beautiful about a wind turbine. One gets the feeling they are in a Science fiction program. It is fascinating to observe the three blades spinning silently as they convert kinetic energy from the wind into electric power. They produce a small turbulence that is often mistaken as a minor thunderstorm [...]

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Power Utilities Need Not Worry About Wind Power

Wind power is quite expensive to build and costs almost nothing to manage. That being the case, could it curtail profits of the commercial utilities that are now charging extra to power up your residence as they burn the decomposition  of ancient organics? Experts say that investors need not worry too badly, since according to [...]

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A Primer On Renewable Energy Sources

It looks like the effort to decide upon the best alternate energy sources are being scrutinized by many nations and in America, many local regions.  Justification of this is the negotiated Kyoto treaty with a principal idea to collaborate on an agreement between countries to reduce carbon emissions and pollutants. Thus far these alternative energy [...]

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Biofuels Grow As Energy Options Around The Globe

When you change organic material into fuel, you are creating biofuels. Biofuels are being used as an alternative form of energy to lessen the need for fossil fuel consumption by our society. Biofuels include using plant derivatives like sugar cane, vegetable and corn oils. Not all of these ethanol mixes are engineered to be used [...]

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Solar, Wind And Wave Power And The Problem With Energy Storage

Much has been discussed and written about the vast potential in store for renewable energy sources like wind, wave and solar energy. The idea would be to replace fossil fuel dependence with these natural and sustainable resources for our future energy needs. These energy options are also critical if we intend to rescue the plant [...]

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The United States May Have To Reconsider Nuclear Power In The Decade Ahead

Recent legislation brought to the United States Senate would hand what amounts to $20 billion in federal funding spread over ten years in order to widen energy technology and increase by twofold the counties nuclear power production. The legislation, co-sponsored by Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, would offer $100 billion in borrowing assurances for nuclear [...]

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Emerging Energy Projects Preparing For A Bright Tomorrow

The US Department of Energy has given funding to a number of nonprofit organizations, private companies, research institutes and academia totaling $377 million dollars to encourage promising energy technologies exploration they hope will eventually decrease the United States dependence on foreign oil. Those who received the money are known as EFRCs or Energy Frontier Research [...]

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Forecasting Wind Power Growth Into The Future

The use of wind to generate energy is rapidly emerging as a strong renewable energy source. Nearly the same amount of wind energy production was added in the previous three years as was created in the preceding twenty years. The average per annum growth in wind power since 1980 has exceeded forty percent. European wind [...]

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Concentrated Solar Power – Reflecting On The Future Of Energy

Concentrated Solar Power is one type of alternate energy source that occurs when the light from the sun is intensified into a localized area.  The result is a concentration of light and heat, which creates power that can be used for electricity.  This type of energy uses a naturally occurring source, the sun, and changes [...]

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