There are many new ways to create clean alternative energy. Find out about these new power sources that could one day provide electricity for your home.
‘SmartGrid’ is another one of those green buzzwords that’s being tossed around a lot, but whose meaning isn’t very well known. So here’s a basic lesson on what a Smart Grid really is, and what you can do to take advantage of its benefits.‘SmartGrid’ is another one of those green buzzwords that’s being tossed around [...]
Read more →Can lightning be harnessed as an energy source? The short answer is: not right now. The long answer is: where there’s a will, there’s a way. Can lightning be harnessed as an energy source? The short answer is: not right now. The long answer is: where there’s a will, there’s a way. But that doesn’t [...]
Read more →In the first half of December, the Clean Energy Prize Competition, organized by DTE Energy and the University of Michigan, selected 14 teams who would be competing to speed up the commercial production of innovative and environmental technologies. Now, the teams have been narrowed down to 7 semi-finalists who have developed some of the following [...]
Read more →Hydro-electric power is one of those things that seems like it’s been around forever, but hasn’t been talked about very much since the emergence of geothermal, solar and wind. Basically, hydro-electric takes falling water (like at Niagara Falls, or the Hoover Dam) and turns the motion into electricity. So much energy can be produced by [...]
Read more →Here’s an idea a little more practical than giant, dangerous wind turbines attached to overpasses: a road that generates electricity from cars driving on it. Here‘s an idea a little more practical than giant, dangerous wind turbines attached to overpasses: a road that generates electricity from cars driving on it. The idea started in Israel, [...]
Read more →He wants to use his great self-declared “nation” to showcase how great sustainable energy is to the rest of the world.What do you do when New York state informs you that the private island you live on is getting its electricity cut off? The answer is: since you have enough money to keep a helicopter [...]
Read more →It stands for Vortex Induced Vibrations for Aquatic Clean Energy, and it can be implemented in most of the water currents around the globe. Lots of marine turbines and tidal wave generators have been created and dropped into the ocean to create renewable energy, but most slow moving water areas have been ignored. To counter [...]
Read more →With all of the waste-to-energy facilities popping in farms, the Toronto Zoo has seen a golden opportunity for powering their facilities, and getting rid of all of the animal excrement. Unfortunately, it’s going to cost an expected $13 million CDN (around $10.5 million USD), and that’s money that the City of Toronto just doesn’t have. [...]
Read more →Here’s something very cool that is bound to catch on at dance clubs in Europe: dance floor powered night clubs. They work like this: the dance floor is made out of springs and power generating blocks, the blocks create electricity when they’re stepped on, the power is saved into nearby batteries, and this keeps the [...]
Read more →If the name T. Boone Pickens isn’t familiar to you yet, it will be soon. Although his background is in the oil and gas industry, he is now one of the leaders in the fight to switch the United States over to renewable energy. His program is called the Pickens Plan, and by signing up with the ‘New [...]
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