A mega 200 ton per day waste to energy plant will be going on line late in 2008 in Panama. Startech Environmental Corporation, the only public company building these biomass conversion plants, already has 3 five ton plants in operation and several others in production. This will be the largest plant of its kind by far. The company uses plasma arc technology to efficiently convert ordinary garbage to hydrogen gas. This gas is burned as fuel or used to create hydrogen fuel cells for creation of electricity.
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Texas company EEStor, Inc. is hard at work on their ultracapacitor energy storage device made from ceramics. This new technology will be lighter, more powerful, longer lasting and easier on the environment than current large capacity battery technologies. The EEStor energy storage device is purported to charge within 5 minutes to an energy capacity great enough to move a car 500 miles. This takes just about $9.00 in electricity, equivalent to around 45 cents for a gallon of gas! .
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Filed Under (wind power) by cheryl on 26-08-2008
Wind power, with its economy of scale and a price tag in the range of more conventional electric sources, is in use all over the world to generate the electricity that powers our lives. Centuries ago, windmills were used for mechanical power to pump water from wells and grind wheat to flour. This is an already practical and affordable alternative energy source that is currently quite underutilized.
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Filed Under (Solar Energy) by cheryl on 24-08-2008
A 20 year purchase agreement between Southern California Edison and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) will culminate in a 4,500 acre solar power system with an over 20,000 dish array. The new plant will generate an amazing 500 MW—more electricity than all other present U.S. solar projects combined.
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Filed Under (Biofuels) by cheryl on 18-08-2008
According to Eco News a new biofuel candidate could end the debate about food crops being used as machine fuel. Camelina Sativa is a hearty grain that requires very little rainfall to thrive, producing double the harvest per acre of soybeans and an oil that functions well in colder climates.
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