Currently, United States is still heavily reliant on non-renewable energy sources such as coal, natural gas and oil. These sources of energy are also known as fossil fuel Yet, governments are realizing that fossil fuel is a finite source of energy, which is deemed to come to an end, and the cost of extracting these [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 29, 2012
An innovative stand-alone solar-powered water purification system has been introduced to the market by Worldwater & Solar Technologies Incorporated. It is a machine built with a pump, filter, to desalinate water and to purify. The system does also provide energy for purposes such as communication. The standalone machine has already several successful stories across the [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 22, 2012
World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi attracted approximately 26,000 people, including the world’s most advance innovative green companies. Key points revealed at Abu Dhabi’s World Future Energy Summit 2012. 1. United Arab Emirates – Motivated To Promote Renewable Energy In the Arab world, only a few countries are embracing renewable energy. UAE is steadily [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, January 21, 2012
In order to join hands in the efforts that are being made by Japan to encourage the use of renewable energy in regions that were recently hit by tsunami and earthquake, Toshiba Corp. will be conducting a feasibility study based on solar energy along with Taisei Corporation and Sojitz Corporation. The above mentioned companies were [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 18, 2012
India is a country known for its dense population and its marvelous progress in informative technology. However, if we look back 7 years, and evaluate the slogan ‘Power for All by 2012’, the progress is ridiculous. In November 2011, the International Energy Agency reported that there are still 288 million people in India, who do [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 15, 2012
For Asia Pacific, the top six predictions for 2012 are: 1. Conventional Power Generation & T&D Infrastructure Development will be the strongest and largest source of revenue for power equipment industry. 2. There will be a 20 % growth in the renewable energy markets in 2012, in terms of total investments. 3. There will be [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 8, 2012
Recent the Solar Energy Industries Associated, Washington released a review on the solar energy market of U.S in 2011. The report says that the solar market has experienced as strong growth in 2011; with falling cost and rising employment creation. Some facts of the Solar Market in 2011 have been recorded in this article: 1. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 22, 2011
Google is investing 94 million in 4 solar energy farms located close to Sacramento in California. This is a joint investment with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. The total investment of the company has now reached $ 1 billion. Recently, on Google’s Green Blog, they communicated their intent to invest 94 million in 4 solar [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, December 18, 2011
Xiaoyang Zhu a chemist at University of Texas at Austin says that the conversion efficiency of traditional solar cells can be radically improved based on new ways of converting solar energy. According to Zhu’s team, it was found that the efficiency of harnessing electrons from a single photon of sunlight could be doubled by the [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 17, 2011
China is steadily encouraging environmental improvement as a strategy to reduce the healthcare cost associated with thousands of people falling sick due to pollution levels. Apparently, the world’s largest polluter is investing most in green technology. This shows the country’s intention to rapidly reduce greenhouse gases. And to change her reputation as a polluter to [...]
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