Entries in the ‘Clean Energy’ Category:
filed in Clean Energy, Economics, Environment, Green living, R&D on May.02, 2010
Renewable energy is not only meant for running water heaters or powering houses.Here are 3 examples of some heavy duty deployment of clean energy that you didn’t think possible,like powering a supersonic fighter or a 10,000 ton cargo ship.
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Tags: Arthur C Clarke, biodiesel, camelina, GHG, Ikaros, kites, Masdar, polyimide, ships, Skysail, solar energy, wind energy
filed in Clean Energy, Environment, Pollution, R&D on Apr.14, 2010
Bloated end-of-life batteries are like beached dead whales. Neglected, both of them tend to burst in an ugly, smelly manner.Only, in case of a whale, a whole town has to bear with the stink of putrefying flesh and blood running in the sewers. Also,plenty of entrails My story begins with a malfunctioning UPS whose[Continue Reading...]
Tags: CSR, Dell, e-waste, green batteries, humour, Nokia, recycling, scrap, Wipro
filed in Clean Energy, Environment on Jan.09, 2010
As the world grapples with problems of energy shortage and rising emissions a revolutionary process has been proposed to create an artificial hurricane and generate electricity.Called the Atmospheric Vortex Engine or AVE,it hopes to utilize waste industrial heat to create a mini twister and in the process generate electricity through turbines
Tags: AVE, CAPE, hurricanes, Louis Michaud, solar chimney
filed in Clean Energy, Volunteering on Jul.23, 2009
The sun has always occupied a central role in the cultural history of humankind. Sun and light has always been associated with good and the heroes, right from mythologies to ancient cultures to Star Wars, as someone who watched Yoda warn his padawans not to stray into the dark side would attest to. Most life[Continue Reading...]
Tags: cardboard, cheap, glass, solar cooker
filed in Clean Energy, Volunteering on Jul.05, 2009
Energy is what drives the world. But this energy comes mostly from fossil fuels, and they are depleting fast. While exact numbers are not known it is safe to assume that at our current rate of usage fossil fuels will be over by the time our generation reaches retirement age. But there are many other[Continue Reading...]
Tags: gharats, hydro power, Sidh, solar cooker, Volunteering