How to Build a Solar Tower? Experimental Model of a Solar Updraft Tower
The many advantages of generating power though solar energy is convincingly “overshadowed” by the fact that they become inefficient in the absence of …
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Producing Ethanol From Sugar Beets
Ethanol is an alcohol produced mostly from sugar beets or corn, their sugar or starch being easily extracted for further processing to ethanol. …
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Ethanol can be produced from many crops such as sugar beets or corn and is currently being used to supplement or replace fossil fuels used in a modern …
Continue ReadingBuilding an Automatic Dual Axis Solar Tracker - Introduction and Parts List
The constant change in the position of the sun throughout the year has posed quite a big challenge for us as far as solar power harnessing is …
Continue ReadingWhat is CO2 Used For? Uses Old and New
Use carbon dioxide instead of sequestering it? Sound far-fetched? This article explains some of the current uses of CO2 in consumer products, …
Continue ReadingLandfill Renewable Energy: Methods of Obtaining Renewable Energy from Landfill Trash - Methane Capture, Incineration, Gasification, and Other Methods
With landfills remaining the primary method of disposal of trash, generating renewable energy from waste has received much interest and acceptance in …
Continue ReadingZero Carbon Emission Buildings: The Future of Green Buildings
The future of green building technology lies in the development of self-sustaining zero carbon emission buildings, in tune with the overall focus on …
Continue ReadingAn Active Solar Heating System can be a Solar Central Home Heating System
A solar central home heating system will utilize active solar heating, with pumps for moving water for water solar heating systems or blowers for …
Continue ReadingThe Advantages of the Smart Grid - Distribution Automation
The major smart grid curriculum includes peak leveling, democratization of energy, operational advantages including self-healing, and other commercial …
Continue ReadingAre Home Wind Farms Practical?
This article shows how individual home owners can determine the practicality of wind turbines for home use, including formulas. Also details possible …
Continue ReadingOutdoor Wood Pellet or Corn Burning Furnaces Compared
There are differences between heating with an outdoor wood burning furnace, heating with outdoor wood pellet or corn burning furnaces, and heating …
Continue ReadingPros and Cons of Wind Farms
With the acceleration of global warming due to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, especially CO2 from power stations, windfarms are becoming …
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