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Category Archives: Renewable Energy
The Wind Tree – a new striking wind power generator for urban environments
France is not really a country you associate with renewable energy, considering how steadfast the French cling to nuclear power. Hence I was quite surprised to come across this CNN article about the so-called Arbre à Vent a.k.a. “Wind Tree”, … Continue reading
Posted in Links, Renewable Energy
Tagged English, France, urban wind turbines, wind power
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Amazon uses wind power to supply its datacentres
I have long been a satisfied user of Amazon, both as a reader and self-published writer. However, Amazon does not only sell books and other things. They are also a provider of server and cloud storage space via Amazon Web … Continue reading
A new way of cleaning solar panels
One of the problems with solar panels is that they tend to get dirty, which hampers their effectiveness. And cleaning solar panels is not always that easy, because roof-mounted solar panels are often difficult to access. One possible solution to … Continue reading
End of the year energy links
This is the blog I’m always neglecting, but I promise that I’ll get better in 2015. Meanwhile, here are some links to recent alternative energy news: The big news this week was that 2014 was the first year that renewable … Continue reading
Posted in Links, Renewable Energy
Tagged Germany, Netherlands, renewable energy, solar power, storage systems
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Solar power beats coal in Australia
The Guardian has an interesting article by Giles Parkinson about how rooftop solar power is conquering Australia and changing the entire energy landscape down under. Found via Damien Walter. Basically, rooftop solar cells like those on our own roof are … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, coal power, cogeneration, solar power
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The unexpected benefits of offshore wind farms
American researcher Mark Jacobson has come up with a plan called the Solutions Project to convert the entire US power supply to renewable energy. It’s a great project in itself, particularly considering that the US is still far too wedded … Continue reading
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Tagged disaster prevention, English, offshore wind power, USA, wind power
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2013: The Solar Power Year in Review
In January 2014, the solar cells on our roof generated 170 kWh of electricity. That’s on the low end for January. Indeed the only two Januaries that were worse were years where we had heavy snow, which covered the solar … Continue reading
Experiments with magma-powered energy in Iceland
The Iceland Deep Drilling Project, an experimental geothermal energy project in Iceland, accidentally struck a pocket of magma while drilling and managed to utilize the heat of the magma to generate steam. Found via Jay Lake. This is very fascinating. … Continue reading
KWK Wochenende 2014
Auch dieses Jahr werden wir wieder am KWK Wochenende vom 21.02 bis zum 23.02.2014 teilnehmen. Das KWK Wochenende ist eine Aktion der Firma Senertec und erlaubt es Besuchern, Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungsanglagen in Aktion und vor Ort zu sehen. Mehr Informationen gibt es … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Renewable Energy
Tagged alternative energy, cogeneration, Deutsch, KWK Wochenende, Senertec
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US continues to favour nuclear power
An Oregon based company, which has developed a mini-nuclear reactor the size of a semi-trailer, has just been awarded 226 million US-dollars from the US Department of Energy. Link found via Jay Lake. Seen from a German POV, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged English, nuclear dinosaurs, nuclear power, USA
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