New solar power system aims to light up western China < http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20051102f4.htm ... SENDAI (Kyodo) Research...
CCGES Transatlantic Energy Conference, York University, Toronto, 9-10 September, 2005: Energy, Sustainability, and Integration The Electric Challenge: Getting...
With the recent spike in energy prices, I've become much more interested in home power generation and energy options. But I do have some questions. Reading...
I'm not sure, but general, the more transformations a system employs, the less efficient is it. If you have to pump the water up to store it, and then run a...
Of course, hydro-storage is an excellent idea. There is a big hydro storage facility at Niagara Falls. It uses off-peak power at night to put water into a...
... In Germany, a very large hydro storage project was recently completed. It's on the web, some searching can turn it up. Water is pumped to the top of a...
Banks Lake, a feeder lake above the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state is used for this purpose . When electrical demand is low they pump water up to Banks...
Hello, A little while back I had an idea and want to share it. Please feel free to e-mail me your thoughts and opinions. I have not made any pics yet so I hope...
Truckers Choose Hydrogen Power < http://www.wired.com/news/autotech/0,2554,69529,00.html? tw=wn_tophead_5 > Hundreds of semitrailer trucks zipping along North ...
Disposable solar panels developed using nanotechnology Scientists at the University of Cape Town are exploiting the nano-scale properties of silicon to develop...
Biobased Plastic Flexes Its Muscle Washington - Electroactive polymers--plastics that expand or contract when stimulated by electricity--can now be made from...
Poison + water = hydrogen. New microbial genome shows how < http://www.keralanext.com/news/index.asp?id=455612 > Rockville, Md.--Take a pot of scalding water,...
Hi all, This could be neat. These people have supposedly tapped usable power from a tree. It is not all that out of the ordinary to detect small voltages and...
If you're serious about the environment and want to reduce our dependence on foreign fossil fuels... I'm looking for Part-time or Full-time people to spread...
... rather than the ... centralized energy ... located many miles ... power to area homes are ... 80%. In other words, 80% ... before it ever reaches ... lines...
in the Philippines we have Electric Cooperatives. also local water district coops. but it's just a name. in reality it is a huge political graft and large...
Transmission losses are usually taken to be 8 or 9%. From: Andre Giguere <agiguere0110@...> Reply-To: next_generation_grid@yahoogroups.com Date: Sun, 08...
I agree Andre. 8-9% is what I've been finding - although 15-20% has occured in some parts of the country (sorry, I don't have my sources readily available). ...
< http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/003211.html > Organic Photovoltaics Absorb From Near Infrared Frequencies A research group has developed organic...
Yes, I think the 80% that the original email sender was refering to must be the total losses between generation and consumption. I dont know what the ...
< http://www.ran.org/news/newsitem.php?id=1747&area=news > The New Red, White and Blue January 6, 2006 By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN As we enter 2006, we find...
< http://www.photonics.com/todaysheadlines/article.asp?id=6070 > IR Solar Cell Record Set EWING, New Jersey, Jan. 12, 2006 -- Global Photonic Energy Corp....
Thank you for posting this. I have always been a Friedman fan. He seems to have a good eye on the big picture. This article takes him over the top from me. ...
Approx. 65 years ago, in the first few months of WWII, green was replaced by red, white, and blue... Lucky Strike Green, a very popular cigarette brand gave...
Funds.... Fund Management... Holding Companies... Stocks Trading... Speculative Market Money to make more money... No more charity work... Even royalties are...
this is to let you all know i will be off the groups for about 2 months. i am moving from el paso texas to cloverdale indiana. i have some real work ahead of...
Hi there from Stephanie Duncan, Lake of the Ozarks ETC Waste to Energy Conservation project. Please send me a post card when you get settled down. You are...
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Tiny Crystals Promise Big Benefits for Solar Technologies < http://www.photonics.com/XQ/ASP/artid.334/QX/readart.htm > LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Jan. 25 -- Los Alamos...