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Alternative Energy Roundup - Week 9

Friday, February 29th, 2008

BP Fuzzy On Future Alternative Energy Plans at Environmnetal Leader
Alternative energy technologies of the future at blah, blah! technology
Want an alternative energy clothes dryer? at Green Daily
The Sunbelt: Living Up to Its Name at Solar Power Rocks
World’s largest solar power station on track Down Under at Greenbang
Solar Power to Rule in 20 Years, Futurists [...]

Geothermal power

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Geothermal power (from the Greek words geo, meaning earth, and therme, meaning heat) is energy generated by heat stored beneath the Earth’s surface or the collection of absorbed heat in the atmosphere and oceans. Prince Piero Ginori Conti tested the first geothermal generator on 4 July 1904, at the Larderello dry steam field in Italy. [...]

Biofuels

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Biofuel (also called agrofuel) can be broadly defined as solid, liquid, or gas fuel consisting of, or derived from biomass. This article, however, is principally about biofuel used as transportation fuel. Most transportation vehicles require high power density provided by internal combustion engines. These engines require clean burning fuels, which are generally in liquid form, [...]

Hydroelectricity

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Hydroelectricity is electricity produced by hydropower. It is a renewable source of energy, produces no waste, and does not produce carbon dioxide (CO2) which contributes to greenhouse gases. Hydroelectricity now supplies about 715,000 MWe or 19% of world electricity (16% in 2003), accounting for over 63% of the total electricity from renewables in 2005.
Although large [...]

Wind power

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into useful form, such as electricity, using wind turbines. In windmills, wind energy is directly used to crush grain or to pump water. At the end of 2007, worldwide capacity of wind-powered generators was 94.1 gigawatts. Although wind currently produces just over 1% of world-wide electricity use, [...]

Solar energy

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Solar Energy is energy directly from the Sun. This energy drives the climate and weather and supports virtually all life on Earth. Heat and light from the sun, along with solar-based resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass, account for most of the available flow of renewable energy.
Solar energy technologies harness the [...]

Alternative Energy

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Alternative energy is a term used for some energy source that is an alternative to using fossil fuels. Generally, it indicates energies that are non-traditional and have low environmental impact. The term alternative is used to contrast with fossil fuels according to some sources, and some sources may use it interchangeably with renewable energy.