and Sustainable energy Production Sheerwind announced their newest innovation as part of their Industry changing INVELOX technology.
or series and increases the electrical power output for a single tower. Sheerwind INVELOX#system is a large funnel that captures, concentrates,
however, renewable energies intermittency and massive size challenges will continue without industry changes. Sheerwind INVELOX attends to the intermittency
and size issues by combining the best traditional wind technologies with a unique wind delivery system that produces more efficient and powerful wind generation machines.
Ultimately combining technologies will allow us to achieve the necessary power generation capacities to transform wind energy into a reliable baseload power source.
This could be the beginning of transforming wind power into the baseload power source that coal has been since the early 1900s.
while the others continue producing energy. With INVELOX capacity factor at 600%and turbines installed safely and conveniently at ground level,
for the first time in wind industry history three turbines may run in series in a single tower to produce more energy.
Its patented INVELOX wind funnel technology brings wind energy production to ground level. By capturing, concentrating, and accelerating wind energy, ultimately reducing costs,
while solving major problems that have plagued the industry, including low turbine reliability, intermittency issues, and environmental impacts.
Sheerwind is poised to turn wind power into a major power source for the globe. For more see:
In energy saving modes, display brightness adjusts automatically to the viewing environment. According to the Federal trade commission nergy Guidelabel, the LG 55ec9300 has estimated an yearly energy cost of only $17.*
*G is proud to work with UL Environment to help accomplish our environmental sustainability goals,
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#Louisville: All-electric Zerobus Fleet Launches Mayor Greg Fischer joined TARC and other local officials today at the Louisville Slugger Museum to kick off the start of Zerobus service in downtown Louisville.
it is also a down payment on ensuring healthier cleaner air and a more energy independent futuresaid Congressman John Yarmuth.
which turns human waste intorenewable energy and drinkable water. How drinkable? Gates demonstrated by drinking a glassful himself. watched the piles of feces go up the conveyer belt
and produces water and electricity (plus a little ash). I have visited lots of similar sites, like power plants and paper mills,
so when I heard about this onet part of the Gates Foundation effort to improve sanitation in poor countries was eager to check it out.
and their frequent lack of adequate drinking water and electrical power. Waste piles up in latrines or in open fields
The Omniprocessor, designed by Seattle-area engineering firm Janicki Bioenergy, reinvents the sewage treatment plant. In the Omniprocessor, sewer sludge is fed into tubes
which creates steam to fuel a steam engine that drives an electricity-producing generator. That energy in turn fuels the machine
with excess available for other needs. The water burns the waste at temperatures of 1000 degrees Celsius, so high that there no smell.
and produce about 22,700 gallons of drinkable water and 250 kilowatts of energy a day. f we get it right,
Sewersludgethe Omniprocessor turns sewage into water and electricity. Photo credit: Gatesnotes. com Those entrepreneurs would make money from the sludge they remove from the environment,
and the water and electricity they create. Later this year, Janicki will set up the first Omniprocessor in the field in Dakar,
#Wind turbine Trees Generate Renewable energy for Urban Settings French entrepreneur Jérôme Michaud-Larivière decided to do something about that.
each producing a small amount of electrical power. Because the leaves are small and light, they are set in motion by winds as light as 4. 4 miles per hour,
says the company. he Arbre à Vent is part of the energy harvesting movement, and powerful enough to ensure the electrical autonomy of a family of four.
your own personal windmill, is a truly eco-friendly solutiono more line drops, no more energy carrying costs, an extremely low carbon footprint, virtually invisible technology and completely silent operation,
the company boasts. he distinctive yet human-scale design promises to reconcile the consumer with his means of generating electricity.
Project coordinator Paolo Ruti of Italy ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development) says:
The energy industry particularly wind and solar energy tourism and wildfire prediction services emerged as the areas of strongest demand.
the team then selected case studies for energy, tourism and natural hazards, covering the different types of landscapes in the Mediterranean mountainous regions, coastal areas and islands.
With the final product in place, Ruti explains that the project has anchored the idea that climate information can be useful, especially for the energy sectors and those living in coastal areas.
Climate Forecasting for Renewable energy: CLIM-RUN FP7 project Youtube-Video Project details Project acronym: CLIM-RUN Participants:
#Smart sensors that harvest power from sun heat or vibrations European researchers have developed advanced energy harvesting technology that allows wireless sensor networks to power themselves from the sun, heat or vibrations.
Like any electronic device, sensors need energy to operate. Until now this has largely been solved by hooking them up to the grid
or using batteries, but both approaches have considerable drawbacks. Grid-connected sensors need cables, limiting where they can be used,
and contribute to electricity consumption and CO2 EMISSIONS, while battery-powered ones only last as long as their battery life.
But what if sensors could harness energy directly from their environment from the sun, from ambient heat, from radio waves or vibrations?
The result would be sensors and sensor networks that can be set up anywhere with ease
What is needed are networks of devices that can survive by scavenging the energy they need from the environment."
and thermal energy as well as radio waves and vibrations to power themselves. They are focusing on making energy harvesters more efficient
and are integrating multiple energy harvesting and sensing circuitry into individual devices. The researchers are also developing intelligent algorithms (small programs) to efficiently manage the energy obtained from the environment.
The algorithms are used then with advanced signal processing techniques to reduce the amount of data that has to be sent for a given monitoring application.
This approach in turn, reduces energy consumption. Apostolos Georgiadis, a senior research associate and the SWAP coordinator at CTTC in Spain, says the design of energetically self-sufficient networks differs sharply from that of standard battery-powered ones. he goal is no longer to minimise energy draw so as to maximise the lifetime of the battery reserve,
but rather to use energy when it is available and save it when we know it will be scarce,
so that the system will remain operational ideally forever, "he says. Combining the expertise of the academic and industrial partners,
the SWAP team has developed an advanced sensor platform to validate the approach, and the industrial partners are incorporating the algorithms and hardware innovations into commercial products.
sees such efficient energy harvesting systems playing a crucial role in the Internet of things, the concept that in the future myriad different devices,
#Developing high-efficiency lasers to manufacture solar panels As the world continues its efforts to combat climate change
solar energy looks set to become an important technology for the future. Image of blue skyscraper kiko-Fotolia. com The manufacturing of solar energy panels is
therefore likely to grow into a significant industry, offering large rewards for whoever can establish an advantage.
which would enhance the manufacturing of solar energy panels, making them more efficient and less expensive than anything currently available.
but also delivering environmental benefits through the development of improved methods for harnessing solar energy. urope is a global powerhouse
Solar panels are able to function because they have intricate patterns of tiny channels engraved into their surface,
high-tech materials now being developed for solar panels. In place of conventional solar panels measuring up to 5 millimetres in thickness,
the modern PV industry is looking to use new types of lightweight and flexible materials to construct solar panels measured in micrometres (thousandths of a millimetre).
With such materials, the scribing process must be controlled with a high degree of accuracy since it is vital that it penetrates only one layer of the thin solar cell film at a time.
PCF lasers provide this accuracy. Moreover, since PCF lasers operate with ultra-short pulse rates,
the flexibility means that solar panels can be wrapped onto any suitable structure, flat or curved. The results of the ALPINE team work, demonstrating the capability of PCF lasers to transform existing scribing technology and opening the way to rapid growth in the high-volume production of flexible,
thin-film solar cells, are hard to overestimate. In the words of Professor Selleri: echanical scribing will disappear very quickly from the PV industry,
and enhance the efficient use of resources like water electricity and raw materials. Gearing up for the future Through a number of case studies the team addressed specific problems affecting the milling grinding and drilling of different metals.
had no sensory abilities, needed heavy batteries, and were difficult to keep clean. As a result, many amputees chose not to use them. hat we have developed could truly help people overcome these difficulties,
In addition to cutting energy consumption and increasing indoor comfort, the team also aimed to mitigate the appearance of urban heat islands.
How much energy can they help save? That depends on a lot of factors. Demo park data indicate that savings ranging from 4 to 7. 5%could be achieved by re-roofing,
Applications abound Another application for MUPROD work is the manufacturing of large but lightweight parts for wind power.
#Save energy: commercial cooler chills beverage in just 50 seconds! Commercial fridges and freezers keep food fresh and beverages cool.
and means small quantities can be chilled on demand, saving huge amounts of energy. Supermarkets, convenience stores, service stations, restaurants, hotels wherever you find people with money to spend,
Combined, commercial refrigerator/freezers like these are estimated to consume 85 TWH (terawatt hours) of electricity every year.
That is roughly equivalent to the total yearly output of eight or nine late-generation nuclear power plants. This places a huge burden on power grids and the environment
The technology developed delivers considerable energy savings while, at the same time, keeps up with growing consumer demand. Game-changing green technology like this could have a direct impact on the EU 2020 commitment to reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions while improving overall energy security,
the team suggests. EU Member States are preparing a combination of voluntary and mandatory initiatives to force a step change in energy consumption and the use of commercial refrigerated equipment.
Probably the most prominent of these is the Energy Using Products (EUP) Directive which is expected to enter into force in 2014.
Up to 90%energy saving Rapidcool developed an autonomous, modular-cooling apparatus for cooling drink cans and bottles from room temperature to around 4°C in some 50 seconds.
The project trademarked V-Tex technology recorded energy savings of 80-90%compared with open-front commercial refrigerators.
Their modular system is easy to clean (and thus to meet hygiene standards), simple to use,
With V-Tex, notes the team, you get a cold drink every time with considerable reductions in energy use,
such as delivering higher energy efficiency (i e. more power with less battery consumption) over a wider spectrum of rotating speeds, decreasing resource dependency,
they are at the core of the electric generators used in all wind generators. The project coordinated by The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge, UK has 7 participants from 4 countries i
#New smart robots to improve inspection of nuclear plants Nuclear power accounts for one sixth of the European union (EU)' s energy consumption,
and there are power plants in 14 of the 27 member states. Safety is a priority and there are regular maintenance checks on every aspect of the plants.
And how can one check every corner of a nuclear reactor when some areas are shrouded, by necessity in radiation?
sensitive component used to control the flow of water that cools the nuclear reactor. The new technology cuts down human intervention and potential exposure to radiation."
and set up of the scanner can be completed outside the vicinity of the nuclear reactor.""Operators take just a couple of minutes to install the robot on the nozzle,
impacting health, energy agriculture, production, transportation and tourism. In 2011, an EU-funded project began an in depth analysis of these challenges with an eye toward developing long-term solutions.
A new generation is becoming aware about issues such as energy and recycling. And as a country, we are trying to do as much as possible."
powered by a solar cell located on the flat top of the container. A fibre-optic grid monitors any deformations in the bag (signs of tearing
energy costs and the elimination of specialist production tooling. The SMD approach can also help reduce the cost of inventory by 90
but ew partners are always welcome These partnerships could see Light-Rolls being involved in a myriad of sectors including automotive and building lighting applications, flexible solar cells and batteries and even consumer products and games.
The company initiated its own R&d programme focused on biomass conversion. In particular using sugar and starch based products to replace the petrochemical feedstock generated from oil.
Sometimes they store energy. And they carry vital information by which cells ommunicate Human immune systems often recognise pathogens by the sugar structures on their surface.
and tested a refrigeration system driven by solar energy for the food and agro industry in the Mediterranean region.
The only effective way of ensuring a more environmentally friendly energy supply is by using renewable energy.
we will also be able to diversify our energy sources and reduce the dependence on gas, coal and oil."
'We also derive electricity from solar energy but who ever heard of getting cold from sun?
This machine cools a water-glycol mixture up to negative temperatures of about-10°C."By using heat instead of electricity,
Rural areas in the country where there are simply not enough energy resources available to run cooling equipment have also been affected by the high temperatures.
and tested by MEDISCO could really help the Mediterranean and indeed other areas with no conventional means of refrigeration due to a lack of water and nonexistent or unreliable energy sources y
"For instance, there is the problem of lithium batteries, which can catch fire easily if they are transported not properly,
and pre-engineering of large demonstration power plants in Europe using modern and clean oxy fuel CO2 capture technology in the near future.
"says Project Representative Göran Lindgren, Managing director of Carbon Capture and Storage R&d in Vattenfall AB, Sweden."
CFD model developers and users (Vattenfall Research and development AB, IVD Stuttgart, and the National Technical University of Athens);
a leading manufacturer of power boilers (Doosan Babcock Energy Limited; and a commercial code developer and manufacturer (Ansys UK Limited.
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy technology UMSICHT in Oberhausen have succeeded now in optimising the recycling of rubber waste materials.
and resource-efficient than producing new rubber products an important aspect in view of the rising costs of energy and raw materials.'
and requires greater amounts of energy in the production process. The upshot of this is that a lower proportion of plastic waste is recycled compared with other materials:
However, it should be pointed out that Europe also uses plastic waste as an energy source, and so, together, energy recovery and recycling use up more than half of the Union's plastic waste.
Going with the flow The variability in the quality of inputs also leads to major fluctuations in the viscosity,
and applies ultrasonic energy to the melt as and when required.""The ultrasonic technology is used to control the flow of the plastic through the production line
There are other areas where these ultra-strong steels could be used, like high temperature energy production, where they resist oxidation
which means less energy and carbon dioxide use than traditional technologies: the low casting thickness 8 to 15 mm compared to 200 to 250 mm for conventional continuous casting-means it is possible to save up to 75%during casting, heating and rolling.
#SMARTFIRE#Reducing energy consumption in steel mills SMARTFIRE Reducing energy consumption in steel mills The reheating process in steel mills prepares metal stock, such as steel plates for hot rolling by heating them to a target temperature.
However, reheating is an energy-intensive process where the costly energy consumption of furnaces is of increasing concern as it also impacts on the environment and indeed, the profitability of steel mills.
air-to-fuel ratio, furnace zone temperatures and energy distribution. Qualitative evaluations of the SMARTFIRE results have been carried out
The consortium has reported net energy savings of between 1 and 3, %scale reduction of some 4%as well as yield and quality improvement due to better temperature regulation.
According to Andrews, the benefits of SMARTFIRE can contribute to Europe's competitiveness due to associated energy savings, increased quality and productivity."
"Any fuel energy and cost savings will be accompanied by reductions in emissions such as carbon dioxide. These savings also increase profitability
#ENEA-MATS#Egypt taps into solar#Fotolia 2012a#12.5 million EU-funded project in thecountry aims at taking the first tentativesteps to fulfilling this promise by exploitingthe abundance of solar energy
Within 42 months thisambitious initiative intends to build a plantcapable of producing electricity heat coolingand desalinated water by using solar energyintegrated with other energy sources whichare available locally.
The last phase will be devoted toexperimental demonstration in the plantwhich is expected to produce each year morethan 3. 000 MWH of electricity and about8. 900 MWH of thermal energy.
The Concentrating Solar power (CSP) technologydue to be used in the plant has beendeveloped by ENEA the Italian national agencyfor new technologies energy and sustainableeconomic development.
and industrial residues. he thermal energy produced in this plantwill be the energy source in a desalinationunit as well as for the heating
and coolingof the surrounding areasays MATS Projectco-ordinator Fabrizio Fabrizi. he plant willproduce energy n demanddue to theintegration with a backup system containingvarious alternative fuels.
Energy; and Environment (includingclimate change. Established in 2010 and due to continue until2014 the project is focused on developing ahighly integrated multipurpose refinery.
They include biomass producers advancedbiomass pre-treatment specialists catalyticand enzymatic reactions developers and finalchemical and biochemical producers and endusers.
These will include a 30%improvement in costefficiencya 30%reduction in energy use andzero waste production.
Theproject will provide an efficient bridge betweenthe agriculture and chemical industries byintegrating the entire biomass chain in asingle concept adaptable for use in a rangeof locations.
#Promising technologies to reduce power plant emissions Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology has the potential to help the European union (EU) significantly cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
However, efficient and reliable pre-combustion capture technologies that can reduce carbon dioxide (CO2 EMISSIONS from fossil fuel power plants at low cost are still missing.
The research team behind the EU-funded project DECARBIT developed new pre-combustion technologies that could lead to significant CO2 reductions from fossil-fuelled power plants by 2020
Post-combustion CO2 capture technology typically uses chemicals that extract CO2 from the exhaust gases in power plant (flue gases.
hese post-combustion processes are very energy intensive, mainly due to the energy required for regenerating the chemicals used in the capture operation,
explains project coordinator Marie Bysveen, Executive vice-president of SINTEF Energy Research in Norway. ew pre-combustion technologies,
on the other hand, remove the carbon from fuel before combustion and produce hydrogen, which is much more energy efficient,
%The new solutions developed by the DECARBIT team could also see the use of CCS technologies in other energy-intensive industries.
The external component consists of the microphones, sound processor and batteries, while the implant has the electronics that send the stimulation pulses.
To meet this aim researchers are working on a battery that can be implanted safely in a human.
Luigi Chiesabio-mass processing is highly innovative resulting in the production of energy and oxygenated chemicals.
The new processing route uses European biomass as feedstock which will help to secure and increase the internal EU energy supply.
It will also enhance the competitiveness of European industry by providing business opportunities. Jobs will be created for the whole value chain from the initial biomass feedstock producers to the final end users.
The project will develop renewable energy sources and promote in particular the use of lignin a by-product of wood pulp production.
BIOCOUP will also help to make a significant contribution to the reduction of CO2 EMISSIONS in the transportation sector through the efficient utilisation of biomass material.
The process begins with the procurement of bio-feedstocks such as wood pulp paper and food from existing industries and the processing of upgraded biomass-derived liquids in existing mineral oil refineries.
This enables a seamless integration of biorefinery coprocessing products to the end consumer for products such as transport fuels and chemicals.
This will encourage the acceptance of biomass and further the technological development of biomass production routes.
using concentrated light as a high-temperature energy source. The project is still at the experimental stage,
and water to synthesis gas (syngas) in a high-temperature solar reactor containing metal-oxide based materials developed at ETH Zürich.
In the next phase of the project, the partners plan to optimise the solar reactor and assess
sustainable sources of energy will remain a priority under Horizon 2020, the seven-year EU research and innovation programme launched on Jan 1, 2014.
In the call Competitive Low-Carbon Energy published on December 11 last year, the Commission proposed investing#732 million over two years in this area.
Applications for this kind of materials mix can be found in diverse domains such as the pharmaceutical industry, the food and processing industry, energy production or systems biology.
These results enable the operation to be estimated for a particular reactor and allow access to details that could not have been gained through measurements alone.
A detailed analysis of results enables engineers to improve reactor design for higher energy efficiency. Such reactors not only improve operating conditions
but also allow for a more sustainable use of resources. These outstanding results were possible thanks to a partnership between Prof.
Strategic partners from the academic and industrial sectors, namely FLSMIDTH (Germany), the Lithuanian Energy Institute (Lithuania) and Paul Wurth (Luxembourg), also made significant contributions thanks to their expertise
The comment period on the proposed carbon standard for electric power plants closed Monday. In a letter coordinated by the nonprofit sustainability advocacy organization, Ceres, 223 companies including industry giants such as Ikea,
Many of the signatory companies have set their own renewable energy and energy efficiency goals. Ikea, for example, has set a goal to use 100 percent renewable energy for its global facilities by 2020
and recently announced the purchase of a 165-megawatt Texas wind farm that will boost the home furnishing company total wind production capacity to nearly 1, 000 gigawatts of electricity per year.
JLL which manages more than 3 billion square feet of building space globally, has helped its commercial real estate clients reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 12 million metric tons while saving them $2. 5 billion in energy costs over the past seven years.
The 223 companies signing the letter are also signatories to Ceresclimate Declaration, a business-led call to action that urges federal and state policymakers to seize the economic opportunity of addressing climate change e
and Coca-cola Enterprises signed a letter to support a#robust#2030 energy and climate policy for European union states a
with currently approximately three quarters of the city greenhouse gas output stemming from energy expended to heat,
including schools and public housing, with any significant energy use which amounts to approximately 3, 000 buildings.
and stimulate demand for jobs in the construction and energy services sectors. ne City: Built to Lasttherewith explicitly links building efficiency improvements to other key city goals of reducing social inequality
and accelerate the City efforts to implement energy efficiency and renewable energy across its own municipal building portfolio.
Nonetheless, a thriving, self-sustaining private sector market for energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy generation will be essential if New york city is to achieve its goals.
with some groups wary of leaving too much of the plan to market forces, this effort is a clear example of the concerted and decisive action needed from cities as the world key consumers of energy.
and the internet of things and combine test beds projects and activities from different sectors including smart manufacturing healthcare smart energy intelligent transportation and disaster response.
Cities consume two-thirds of the world s energy according to the UN. To address the escalating demands of existing and future residents cities are looking for ways to introduce more technology to become smarter about the use of limited resources The Smart cities USA pilot project will give San jos residents real-time local data that can
##The RRS device works by measuring changes in energy levels of electrons in molecules after the laser has excited them.
Because biochar can be produced from various waste biomass including agricultural residues this new technology provides an alternative
We realized that no one had kept ever proper track of the neuronal energy being used and all of the ions the charged atoms going into and out of brain cells.
Potassium and sodium contribute the ions that control electricity in the brain. Researchers added fundamental physics principles of conservation of energy charge
and mass to an older theory of this electricity. They kept track of the energy required to run a nerve cell and kept count of the ions passing into and out of the cells.
The brain needs a constant supply of oxygen to keep everything running because it has to keep pumping the ions back across cell membranes after each electrical spike.
The energy supply is linked directly to oxygen concentrations around the cell and the energy required to restore the ions to their proper places is much greater after seizures
or migraines We know that some people get both seizures and migraines says Schiff. Certainly the same brain cells produce these different events
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