By Alternative Energy News on August 22, 2010
Solar power systems for camping are increasing in availability, but what about practicality? Can solar power systems for camping be put to use readily? Are they portable enough? Are they durable enough? Solar power practicality for camping must address those questions and more. Are solar power systems for camping cost effective? Do they produce enough [...]
Posted in Solar | Tagged PowerFilm, rollable solar panels, rv camping, solar panels |
By Alternative Energy News on August 19, 2010
With all the hype and then subsequent let down of the electric car movement many people are beginning to wonder if these cars will ever become mainstream or if they will remain the occasional oddity on the road. Many gas-electric hybrids by companies like Toyota, Ford, Lexus and Mercury are already enjoying some success, but [...]
Posted in Electric Cars | Tagged American Electric, electric cars, Fly bo, GEM, Kurrent |
By Alternative Energy News on August 15, 2010
A sort of European biogas arms race begins, as Britain continues to turn more attention to developing biogas power plants. Educating the public continues to be a huge factor, however, in approving new biogas technology in suburban and rural areas. The county of Norfolk recently resubmitted plans for an anaerobic digestion power plant that will [...]
Posted in BioGas | Tagged anaerobic digestion, BioGas, biogas technology, county of norfolk, methane gas, offshore wind farms |
By Alternative Energy News on August 11, 2010
Wind power is considered by many as an emerging technology, the truth of the matter is we have been using wind power for many hundreds of years to grind our corn and even for milking our cattle. With the dawn of the industrial revolution the use of wind to power machinery fell by the wayside [...]
Posted in Wind | Tagged residential wind turbines, wind farms, wind power, wind turbine technology |
By Alternative Energy News on August 7, 2010
Europe has umpteen Electric motorcar motorcars seen on numerous roadways, normally in the chockablock cities or urban regions where getting around town is a bit distinct than it is in the US. On the other hand, the Electric motorcar motorcars being manufactured today are not like the ones of a few ages back that could [...]
Posted in Electric Cars | Tagged electric automobile, electric cars, electric motorcar |
By Alternative Energy News on August 1, 2010
1. INTRODUCTION: FUTURE ENERGY NEEDS Mankind has recently enhanced its living standard and its population in an explosive way. In fact, the human population quadrupled and primary power consumption increased 16-fold during the 20th century [1]. The consumption of energy, food, and material resources is predicted to increase 2.5 fold in the coming 50 years. [...]
Posted in Solar | Tagged power consumption, solar energy, solar power, solar power stations |
By Alternative Energy News on July 28, 2010
Saab’s UK chief believes that Britain is falling far behind some other European countries in terms of adopting new biofuel technology. According to the car company’s managing director, by the name of Jonathan Nash, to give confidence to motorists and other players in the emerging sector, stronger signals were needed from government. He cited Sweden [...]
Posted in Biofuels | Tagged Biofuels, e85, liquid petroleum gas, saab models |
By Alternative Energy News on July 26, 2010
This past few years saw rising interest expressed for renewable energy—the kind of energy that is abundant and free, being taken from natural resources like sunlight, water, rain, geothermal heat, wind, and tides. Because of concern over dwindling fuel supply and the increasing problem of global warming, numerous governments and organizations from all over the [...]
Posted in Wave Power | Tagged geothermal power plant, renewable energy sector, renewable energy source, solar power, solar thermal power, wind power, windpower |
By Alternative Energy News on July 23, 2010
Electric cars, as the name indicates, are vehicles that work on electricity and whose only source of power is electricity. They are also known as battery electric vehicles. The most advantageous feature of electric cars is that they are zero emission vehicles and so, do not pollute the atmosphere. The number of parts in an [...]
Posted in Electric Cars | Tagged electric cars, electric vehicles, Hybrid Cars, lithium ion batteries, zero emission vehicles |
By Alternative Energy News on July 20, 2010
Biofuels are made by taking matter and making it into fuel. I recently was watching dirty jobs on the discovery channel and saw an Isuzu pick up truck running on bio diesel. Now I thought to myself how in the world and what is bio diesel. Bio diesel is the oil from fryers like a [...]
Posted in Biofuels | Tagged bio diesel, Biofuels, fossil fuels, Methanol, vegetable oil |
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