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Some very nice wind turbines for homeowners
Written on 29 Jan, 2010 at 13:36 in wind power | viewed 705 views times | 3 Comments
New wind turbines designed by Philippe Starck French designer Philippe Starck, creator of chic hotels, high-tech lamps and modern-style furniture, has turned his attention to energy with the design of two sleek micro wind-power turbines aimed at domestic use. The... (Continue reading)
How to cut your electricity bill with solar power generator
There is a lot of ECO gadgets around these days. One of them is this little solar power generator. This device generates both: solar and wind energy, as it uses a collection of six photovoltaic panels, crafted as a vertical... (Continue reading)
Wind turbines can be quite compact
Written on 15 Sep, 2008 at 14:21 in wind power | viewed 269 views times | 0 Comments
Wind turbines designed to be installed on rooftops are generating a lot interest lately. These compact turbines can be located on top of buildings, or attached to other parts of large structures like bridges. In turns out, though, that installing... (Continue reading)
Completelly silent, elegant design – Energy Ball
Written on 8 Sep, 2008 at 6:14 in wind power | viewed 337 views times | 0 Comments
This wind turbine is silent and high efficient. It’s callet Energy Ball. The Energy Ball uses the Venturi effect, a measurement of pressure created by forcing incompressible liquid through a restricted section of pipe. The Energy Ball channels air through... (Continue reading)
Vertical axis wind turbine
Written on 22 Aug, 2008 at 9:58 in wind power | viewed 375 views times | 5 Comments
The normal propeller wind turbines are sometimes quite dangerous to birds because of the huge sweep area of the blades and when there is wind, the propellers move fast which birds sometimes cannot see. Vertical axis wind turbine, like this... (Continue reading)
Energy Innovation has came up with new product using fresnel lens
Written on 10 Aug, 2008 at 0:06 in Featured Articles, Solar-thin-film, hybrid cars, solar energy, wind power | viewed 244 views times | 0 Comments
I came to this article about the Sunflower’s Fresnel lens . Those lens concentrates sunlight more than 1,000 times, enabling cheaper electricity than traditional photovoltaics. The system is self-powered. Technical specifications: 200-watt system features trackers that shift with the sun’s... (Continue reading)
Wind Power is to be increased in Germany to 30% by 2020
Written on 22 Jul, 2008 at 2:36 in wind power | viewed 21 views times | 1 Comment
The German minister for the environment Sigmar Gabriel now no longer plans to increase the share of bio energy in the fuel market to 17% by 2020 as originally planned but only to 12%. In return, the share of wind... (Continue reading)
Solar and Wind Powered Streetlights…at the Panasonic Center
It’s amazing. Combining two renewable energies to produce electricity, those street lamps are producing electricity by charging batteries using solar cells and wind turbine…... (Continue reading)
Plans of Renewable energies in Great Britain
Written on 27 Jan, 2008 at 5:56 in wind power | viewed 83 views times | 0 Comments
In Great Britain, The targets are several: a 20% jump in energy efficiency, 10% of vehicle traffic powered by biofuels, and 15% of energy derived from renewable sources. Britain only derives 2% of its energy from renewables rithg now, and... (Continue reading)
Europe – leader in wind energy – Japan follows to build an offshore wind farms.
Written on 26 Jan, 2008 at 3:02 in wind power | viewed 73 views times | 0 Comments
Europe is still the leader for wind energy with over 57 GW of wind energy at the end of 2007, representing 61% of the global total. In Japan there are the wind farms such as the Nunobiki Plateau on a... (Continue reading)