Anyone interested in reading a detailed report compiled by W.Shawn Gray? It deals with problems we will encounter with the approaching Peak-Oil Crisis and other associated issues. It is very comprehensive and Shawn has tried to deal with them in a PDF Document of some 42 Pages. It is well worth downloading from his URL and Continue Reading →
Ethanol fuel is ethanol (ethyl alcohol), the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline, and is widely used by flex-fuel light vehicles in Brazil, and as an oxygenate to gasoline in the United States. Together, both countries were responsible for Continue Reading →
Water power Main article: Hydropower Energy in water (in the form of kinetic energy, temperature differences or salinity gradients) can be harnessed and used. Since water is about 800 times denser than air,[26][27] even a slow flowing stream of water, or moderate sea swell, can yield considerable amounts of energy. One of 3 PELAMIS Continue Reading →
The Geysers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The West Ford Flat power plant is one of 21 power plants at The Geysers The Geysers, a geothermal power field located 72 miles (116 km) north of San Francisco, California, is the largest geothermal development in the world. It is currently outputting over Continue Reading →
July 23, 2009 Scientists Explain New Process for Producing Biodiesel from Feather Meal by The American Chemical Society Scientists in Nevada are reporting development of a new and environmentally friendly process for producing biodiesel fuel from “chicken feather meal,” made from the 11 billion pounds of poultry industry waste that accumulate annually in the United Continue Reading →
July 20, 2009 Hydropower in Europe: Current Status, Future Opportunities by Marla Barnes, Chief Editor, Hydro Group Missouri, United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] By 2020, a fifth of all energy consumption in European Union (EU) member countries must come from renewable sources – hydro, wave, solar, wind, and biomass. This mandate, which EU leaders signed in March Continue Reading →