Archive for November, 2007
Those who advocate green and clean living have a tough time explaining to drivers that using a biodiesel fuel to power their vehicles requires no conversion for the car to run on it. It simply means you will have to take the time to pour it into your tank.
Willie Nelson, a long time entertainer and […]
November 29th, 2007 | Posted in Biomass | No Comments
Electrochemical extraction of energy from hydrogen using fuel cells is a very highly approved, clean and efficient method of meeting our power needs. It must however be noted that regarding the concept of the hydrogen vehicle, burning/combustion of hydrogen in an internal combustion engine (IC/ICE) is often confused with the electrochemical process of generating electricity […]
November 27th, 2007 | Posted in Fuel Cells | No Comments
Some great news this week. Two giants of industry are joining together in order to speed the process of developing alternative as well as sustainable fuels in the field of commercial aviation. Rolls-Royce and Air New Zealand, in conjunction with Boeing, are planning a flight that will demonstrate the use of viable biofuels to other […]
November 23rd, 2007 | Posted in Biomass | No Comments
Recently, six governors of their prospective Midwestern states have signed an accord that will establish their states as true leaders in the battle to slow if not halt global warming. What was signed into law is called the Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord. The accord was signed by the state legislators at the gathering […]
November 20th, 2007 | Posted in General | No Comments
Geothermal power (from the Greek words geo, meaning earth, and therme, meaning heat) is energy generated by heat stored beneath the Earth’s surface. It is a developing field where serious energy potential has been identified.The ever growing juxtapose of uses for geothermal energy can be classified into direct uses and electricity generation. The use that […]
November 18th, 2007 | Posted in Geothermal | No Comments
The ocean is one of the biggest sources of energy. Apart from the fossil fuels that dominate mainstream fuels, the ocean is also the provider of alternative energy sources like Wave energy, Tidal energy and Thermal Energy. Potentially the most powerful of these is Tidal Energy.
Tidal energy, sometimes also known as tidal power, is basically […]
November 14th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Biofuel is sometimes referred to as agro fuel , reason being simple, the origin. It can be in any form, solid, liquid or gaseous however, Biofuel is generally a liquid or gaseous fuel.
Biofuel’s importance has gained topmost importance owing to increased greenhouse effect and reduction in the reserves of other fuels. The good news is […]
November 11th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
If you remember your high school science lessons, you probably have an idea about how expensive producing hydrogen can be for producing water the unconventional way. Consider that cost and add the amount of electrical energy required to produce the same and I don’t have to tell you the final outcome will not be worth […]
November 8th, 2007 | Posted in Fuel Cells | No Comments
About an year ago there was an informative article about a Solar Heater priced at a mere $350, for its price and its ability to completely run off solar energy and being highly effectiveness the Solar heater gathered a lot of interest from interest groups as well as builders.. after all collecting heat into an […]
November 5th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Come November 12th and the One Laptop Per Child(OLPC) program that aims at having one laptop in every child’s hand will kick off its commercial operations. The same was officially announced and the release day was specified as next week on Monday will see an end to the long drawn speculations that at one stage […]
November 1st, 2007 | Posted in General | No Comments