This is very good news - we can have a renewable energy supply with the technologies of today! An ingenious team of German researchers has found a way to combine solar, wind and biomass energy into a network that overcomes the natural limitations of weather-dependent energy production. These are the key points: Read on...
If bio fuel is created from grain or corn, it seems to me very unethical given the hunger that is still wide-spread across the world. The bio fuel with a future however is gas from manure and compost where it is a byproduct.
Two more links to the topic:
"Food price rises are mass murder":
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/international/Food_price_rises_are_mass... Read on...
Nicolas Hayek, the man who turned the "Swatch" into a success, has a very good point that biofuels still pollute the atmosphere and are not the solution. He now founded a new company, Belenos Clean Power, that focuses on hydrogen-powered cars.
According to the article, "Hayek believes a new generation of hydrogen-powered cars could be on the market within three years." Great news!
Read here the whole article:
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/search/Result.html?siteSect=882&ty=st&sid=91...
In September 2008, a Swiss House at Leimgrubenweg 90 in Riehen near Basel received one of the Swiss Solar Awards 2008. That house produces 120 percent more energy than it consumes! It achieves this with superior insulation and solar energy. Imagine now what you could do in places where the sun shines more than in Switzerland. Conclusion: the technology exists already; now ways have to be found how to apply this to existing buildings. This would also end discussions about new nuclear plants! Read on...
Europe's highest Solar Plant was inaugurated today on the Little Matterhorn, Switzerland. The power plant is located at an altitude of 3'883 meters (approx. 12440 feet) and has a size of 200 square meters (approx. 2150 square feet). It produces 22 kilowatts per year which is equivalent to the annual consumption of 12 households. It is said that the power production is twice as much as comparable plants in lower altitudes due to the lack of air pollution, the presence of lower temperatures and snow reflection. Read on...
Check out at http://www.solardays.eu if there are activities planned in your country. For Switzerland, the list of events can be seen here in French, German or Italian.
The March 25, 2010 edition of the Swiss science TV magazine "Einstein" featured solar panels that are installed on cables so that they can follow more easily the path of the sun. Solar panels generate the most power when they face the sun right-angled, and the flexible installation on cables allowed them to do so more easily. Read on...
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