Category Archives: Alternative Energy

Plug It On The Window and Get Unlimited Solar Power(link)

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

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Hydropower and Geothermal Growth Slowing Down:Report

Posted on February 17, 2013 by

According to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online service (www.worldwatch.org) both types of energy saw slower growth.Following are some findings. Interestingly, although hydropower plays the least important role in the Middle East, the region … Continue reading →

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Wind Power Can Prevent Climate Change

Posted on October 1, 2012 by

Though there is enough power in Earth’s winds to be a primary source of near-zero emission electric power for the world, large-scale high altitude wind power generation is unlikely to substantially affect climate.That is the conclusion of a Lawrence Livermore … Continue reading →

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Sixty years after the transistor Now Switching State of Matter May Provide a New Ultra Low Power Devices

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

 Sixty years after the transistor began a technological revolution that transformed nearly every aspect of our daily lives, a new transistor brings innovations that may help to do so again. Developed at RIKEN, the device uses the electrostatic accumulation of … Continue reading →

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Quick Post:Student finds Way of Turning Plastic into Biofuel

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

A method for generating biofuel by breaking down plastics using a low-cost catalyst will be developed further in the United Kingdom next month . The process was originally developed by a sixteen-year-old Egyptian student, Azza Abdel Hamid Faiad, from the Zahran … Continue reading →

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Wind to play a major role in India’s electricity future

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

A new study, conducted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US, revealed that the potential for on-shore wind energy deployment is far higher than the official estimates (about 20 times and up to 30 times greater than the current government estimate … Continue reading →

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Man is Abusing Fossil Fuels as He Abused Slaves Once

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

In Pointing out the similarities between slavery and the use of fossil fuels can help us engage with climate change in a new way, says Jean-François Mouhot, visiting researcher at Georgetown University, USA. In his opinion,the history of slavery and … Continue reading →

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World’s Biggest Wind Farm in the middle of the Irish Sea Opened

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

The world’s biggest offshore wind farm was officially opened  after record-fast construction in the middle of the Irish Sea. The 102 turbines of the two connected  farms cover an area of 73 square-kilometres . With a capacity of 367.2MW, the … Continue reading →

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