Green Energy News - 7/17/2008
Solar Powered Plane In The Works
Trina Solar LTD will be making the photovoltaic cells for France’s Hy-Bird fuel cell and solar powered plane. It will take almost 300 of them to power the take-offs and landings while an electric engine handles cruising aloft.
With an assembly date planned for the latter part of 2009, this plane could prove to be the salvation of cash-strapped airlines as they struggle to cope with rising fuel prices and fewer passengers.
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Cape Cod Projects Get Closer to Reality
On Cape Cod, nothing has generated more passionate arguments than a wind power project designed to provide power to the Cape’s homeowners with alternative energy. However, two other projects that are poised to harness the tidal energy in the waters offshore are getting closer to implementation.
Near Edgartown, in the Muskegat Channel, 50 tidal turbines may soon be generating enough power for 1500 homes. And on the other side of the sound, 150 turbines have been proposed in another tidal farm that could generate 1-3 megawatts, if the ocean current is strong enough. More …
Solar Tree: A Radical New Concept for Solar Rooftops
With an almost bird-like ability to change the position of its “wings”, this structure of solar structure designed by Gurdeep Sandhu is able to adjust to the sun’s intensity and angle. Most remarkable, it folds up at night and is easy to get to for maintenance and repairs.
The Solar Tree can even be placed in your garden and can be configured to power some or all of your home’s power need. Innovative, yet simple. More …
Recycling Electronics Will Add to Cost In Ontario, CA
If you’re planning to buy a computer, TV, monitor or fax machine after next April in Ontario, plan to pay more for it. Fees ranging from 32 cents to $13 will be assessed to the manufacturers with more electronics to be added to the list in future.
The money will go to set up recycling centers for the more than 90,000 tons of e-waste disposed of each year and it’s expected that the companies will pass all or some of the cost on to consumers. More …
Solar-Thermal Market Could Heat Up In US With Tax Credits
So says Fred Morse, senior advisor of US operations for Abengoa Solar of Spain. The former advisor to President Nixon, who ordered him to investigate how solar energy could be used in the US way back in 1969, has been studying solar ever since.
Morse has 3 decades of solar power research behind him and shares it in an interview that explores how solar thermal energy plants could become competitive with conventional power plants.
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