A Vast Pool of Promising Innovations 

Alternative energy sources are many and varied, and technologies for their use are in differing stages of development.  A surprising number of innovative resources are already available and much more practical than we may imagine.  Others are close at hand and just need to become more workable and affordable for the mass consumer public.  Still other green energy sources are still in the R&D stages, or even in the purely theoretical realm.  

Dueling Fuels has assembled several of the most promising technologies, culled from the most reliable sources and most dynamic entrepreneurs in the alternative energies field. Technologies have been chosen based on several criteria including how renewable, reliable, practical, ready for market, efficient, clean, and affordable the innovation appears to be. 

Facing the Realities 

We face a world quickly being depleted of the traditional fossil fuels of oil and coal that have added to the current trend toward drastic climate change.   They will run out soon, but in the meantime, our continued consumption of these ozone depleting substances may very well tip the Earth into a Global Warming pattern that cannot be reversed or even slowed to a manageable level.  Spread the word about the following up and coming innovators and support green minded organizations working for real solutions. 

Alternative Energy Technologies Ready to Burst on the Global Scene: 

New Technology Bringing Largest U.S. Solar Power Plant to Life in 2009 

A 20 year purchase agreement between Southern California Edison and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) will culminate in a 20,000 dish array solar power system spanning 4,500 acres.  The new plant will generate an amazing 500 MW—more electricity than all other present U.S. solar projects combined. The Full Solar Energy Plant Story 

New Ceramic ‘Ultracapacitor’ Battery Makes Electric Cars Realistic and Very AffordableTexas 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!  Read the Full Ultracapicator for Electric Car Story. 

Largest Waste to Energy Plant Converts Garbage to Hydrogen with Plasma Arc Technology.  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 storable electricity to power cars and machines.  Read the Full Waste to Energy Plant Story.

Wind Power Technologies both Big and Small
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. Read All About Home Wind Power and Wind Power Plants.

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