#Clean power is on its way for data centers as a service too Using clean energy to power data centers is becoming increasingly commonplace,
are beginning to offer clean energy options, too. On Thursday Phoenix, Arizona-based data center service provider IO announced that customers purchasing data center space in the company Arizona facility can buy 100 percent clean energy, at an incremental cost increase
through a new deal with Arizona utility Arizona Public service. IO President Anthony Wanger said that the new offering came
as a result of clear call by our customers to use cost-effective clean energy to power their data centers.
and it has a mandate to deliver 15 percent of its electricity from clean energy by 2025.
APS has contracted to buy all of the 280 MW of solar energy from the Solana solar thermal plant 70 miles southwest of Phoenix. That could provide enough solar electricity for 70
when it comes to the residential solar panel industry. As clean energy options get cheaper starting with large utility solar farms,
and wind farms more companies that offer colocation and cloud services will be able to afford to offer clean energy options to customers.
While Amazon has been one of the quietest on this front, it has committed more recently to 100 percent clean energy,
starting with using wind to power a data center in Indiana. Wind is the cheapest clean energy option
but is only available at scale in certain areas of the U s. Recently IO decided to split itself into two companies,
To whittle the device#s power consumption down#especially since electricity might be a limiting factor in parts of the world where this kind of quick accurate testing could be especially helpful#the team devised a#one-push vacuum#in place of an electrical pump;
instead the end user pushes against a negative-pressure chamber to move the sequence of reagents onto the cassette.
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#Biolite low-emission camping stove creates its own electricity Consider the humble camping stove. It requires fuel-perhaps some unwieldy bottle that air carriers object strongly to.
Maybe it needs batteries to run a fan, or billows out smoke so you smell like smoked sweatshirt for the rest of the trip.
and converts its own heat energy into electricity to achieve efficient combustion with ultra-low emissions.
Fuel Since the Biolite will burn almost any biomass fuel; from wood, pine cones, leaves, pellets, rice husks, even dung, it means fuel need not be carried,
The Biolite power pack captures wasted heat energy from the fire and converts it to electricity via a thermoelectric generator (TEG.
and convert it to electricity to drive the fan. The oxygen added from the chamber pores gives a clean
as rapidly as a jet boil or reactor flame. Despite this the stove exterior remains cool to the touch
Benefits There are no batteries and no moving parts to break and since the TEG is made from solid state semiconductor elements,
but could also benefit a diverse array of people living without electricity-from hikers and hunters, to backpackers and festival-goers,
#Self-healing materials could lead to safer nuclear reactors One of the key challenges when designing nuclear reactors is finding materials that can withstand the massive temperatures, radiation, physical stress and corrosive conditions of these extreme environments.
Exposure to high radiation alone produces significant damage at the nanoscale, so scientists at Los alamos National Laboratory, New mexico, have been working on a mechanism that allows nanocrystalline materials to heal themselves after suffering radiation-induced damage.
This gives hope for materials that will improve the reliability, safety and lifespan of nuclear energy systems.
The healing process does require some energy to operate but at lower levels than conventional mechanisms.
or accelerate the design of highly radiation-tolerant materials for the next generation of nuclear energy applications.
and any passengers into rotational thrust to charge a battery and power the vehicle in conjunction with an electric motor.
And as an added bonus the vehicle can also be used store energy and act as a backup power generator to provide electricity to the home.
The Body Steering driver's seat of the Humancarrow, row, row your car...Humancar aims for a healthy planet with healthy drivers History The Humancar is the brainchild of Chief Scientist/Engineer Charles Samuel Greenwood P. E.,who first hit upon the idea for a human
and the lessons it provided eventually led to the development of the Impulse PS (Power station).
It can be powered by one, two, three or four people, the battery-powered electric motor, or any combination of human and electric power.
The battery can also be charged via a standard electrical outlet if you feel youe had your quota of exercise for the day.
To make the most out of the power generated the vehicle also incorporates a regenerative braking system
and an advanced power system to enhance overall efficiency. Because steering using the rowing handles would be too difficult to control the vehicle is steered by"Body Steering"(read leaning into turns.
The universal design of the chassis means it can use many different power systems and batteries,
Electricity generation The Humancar isn just a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle either. It can also function as an exercise-based human electric power station
or in vehicle-to-grid (V2g) mode to feed electricity back into the grid. A report on CNN showed four people rowing for a couple of minutes generated enough electricity to power a PC for well over an hour.
So if you don need to go anywhere you can jump in the car for some exercise that will generate electricity for your home
or to be fed back into the grid. DUET GEN Home Power Generator The company is also taking this idea further by planning to release a home power generator product called the DUET GEN. This is a two-person unit that is also modular to fit the chassis
system used in the Humancar vehicle and is small enough to fold up and fit in a large suitcase.
But the human body is a veritable powerhouse that so many of us under utilize as our expanding waistlines will attest to.
"In particular, the GEDI data will provide us with global-scale insights into how much carbon is being stored in the forest biomass.
And that, in turn, enables scientists to estimate how much biomass the trees contain and how much carbon they are storing.
and dispersed the energy keeping the glass from shattering. Altogether the treated slides were reportedly 200 times tougher than slides
from inspecting nuclear power plants to slithering down the throats of surgical patients. The similarity in the construction and operation of the legs of the Snake Monster to those earlier CMU robot incarnations gives it its name.
Using the Gear VR on an exercise bike we were barely aware that we were exerting energy#and that's without the machine's movements corresponding with the in-game action.
but can't conjure up the energy to go to the gym? Have a seat...and"turn downtime into exercise time."
and energy as going to the gym, running, etc. The TAO Chair coaches you through exercises with the accompanying mobile app,
while a built-in, battery-powered digital display shows the calories burned during your current workout and the total calories you've burned since setting the chair up.
The display on the prototype was either out of battery power or a dummy so we didn't get to play with it.
and along with an LED lighting array features photovoltaic panels, a wind turbine, a battery pack, and an electronic control system that manages the flow of energy between those components.
Its composite-bladed turbine starts generating electricity at a minimum wind speed of 1. 7 meters (5. 6 ft) per second,
moving at 10 to 200 revolutions per minute and producing a maximum output of 400 watts. A planned second-generation turbine will need only to turn at 10 to 60 rpm
The commercial version of the streetlight should feature two 100-watt polycrystalline solar panels, an array of Philips LEDS that put out either 3, 500 or 4,
and a lithium iron phosphate battery pack that can store enough power to run the lights for up to 3. 5 nights per charge an optional higher-capacity battery could reportedly manage 6. 5 nights.
while New york-based Urban Green energy already manufacturers one r
#Scientists find that exposure to nanoparticles could impact cardiovascular health Due to its huge potential in applications ranging from cheaper vaccinations to energy-storing car panels there's plenty of excitement surrounding the emergence of nanotechnology.
#Toyota opens fuel cell patents to drive hydrogen society Toyota is serious about hydrogen fuel cell technology.
500 fuel cell patents and provide royalty-free licenses to other automakers and entities. Upon walking into Toyota's CES press conference, the shimmering Mirai under the hard conference room lighting suggested that it might just be a rehashing of the details we already learned at November's LA Auto Show.
requiring a concerted effort and unconventional collaboration between automakers, government regulators, academia and energy providers.
"The approximately 5, 680 total global patents break down into roughly 3, 350 fuel cell system software control patents, 1,
970 fuel cell stack-related patents, 290 high-pressure hydrogen tank patents, and 70 hydrogen production and supply patents.
They will be made available to fuel cell vehicle manufacturers, fuel cell parts suppliers, and hydrogen fueling station companies through an initial market introduction period that Toyota expects to run until 2020.
#Self-tinting breathing window doubles as a transparent battery Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have developed a smart window that is able to tint itself blue,
The device also functions as a small transparent battery that recharges on its own simply by interacting with the oxygen in its surroundings.
Indoor cooling can make up a sizeable percentage of a building power consumption. To help with the problem,
but also act as a transparent electrochemical battery that can slowly charge itself by absorbing oxygen from it surroundings.
with an oxygen-carrying liquid electrolyte in between them. The panes are wrapped inside a transparent conductive coating
the dye reacts with the oxygen in the electrolyte and spontaneously turns blue, blocking up to 50 percent of light passing through the window.
showing that their window can find use as a transparent, self-rechargeable electrochemical battery for low-power electronics.
This means that in principle this technology could turn out as an interesting, more versatile alternative than transparent solar cells, a technology
or even to promote energy savings in the household. A paper describing the advance appears on the journal Nature Communications l
#A new type of glass could double your smartphone's battery life The batteries inside our smartphones
The glass can be used as an electrode material in lithium-ion batteries to almost double the amount of time they last between charges.
Various challenges had to be overcome to find a material that could both store battery capacity effectively
and longer-lasting batteries says Dr Afyon of the motivations behind the research. He added that the vanadate-borate glass compound his team has developed could extend smartphone battery life by 1. 5 to 2 times
and allow electric cars to travel 1. 5 times further though these numbers are still theoretical projections for now.
It's not just gadgets that need better batteries of course: the number of electric cars boats and bikes in operation continues to grow
What's more wind farms and solar power plants need to be able to store generated electricity effectively for
when it's required another purpose that vanadate-borate glass could potentially be used for. The group's work has been published in full in Scientific Reports
but it's good news for those perplexed by rapidly draining battery levels: help is on the way y
The BMW/VW endeavor follows the establishment by California-based electric car maker Tesla motors Inc of an extensive network of fast-charging stations for its battery-powered Model S sedan.
#Roll to roll manufactured decorative solar panels to be 10 times cheaper Based on printing technologies, VTT Technical Centre of Finland has developed
and utilized a mass production method allowing the manufacturing of decorative, organic solar panels. Freedom of design increases the range of panel applications on the surfaces of interior and exterior building spaces.
VTT is also studying the feasibility of printing technology in the mass production of solar panels made from inorganic perovskite materials.
The new mass production method enables to create interior design elements from organic solar panels (OPV, organic photovoltaics) harvesting energy from interior lighting or sunlight for various small devices and sensors that gather information from the environment.
The panels can for example, be placed on windows and walls and on machines, devices and advertisement billboards.
The solar panel manufactured with VTT gravure and screen printing technologies is only around 0. 2 mm thick,
VTT is also currently examining how well the roll-to-roll printing methods are suited to the manufacturing of inorganic solar panels made from perovskite materials.
The first perovskite solar cells manufactured in the laboratory using solution-based processes have been promising. The performance of this solar cell is roughly five times better than that of an organic photovoltaic cell,
and the material costs can be even ten times lower. Freely designed decorative organic solar panels are applicable also in indoor use to harvest energy from indoor light.
Production methods are cost-effective and materials can be recycled after the use. New materials such as perovskite can be printed with same methods and increase efficiency in future.
The research scientists have tested the feasibility of the method by printing leaf-shaped photovoltaic cells. Active surface of a one leaf is 0 0144 m2
Two hundred OPV leaves make one square metre of active solar panel surface that generates 3. 2 amperes of electricity with 10.4 watts of power at Mediterranean latitudes.
Organic solar panels are flexible and light, but their efficiency is lower compared to conventional, rigid silicon-based solar panels.
The solar panels are manufactured with printing machines based on conventional printing methods using the roll-to-roll method,
which enables the rapid mass production of the products: the printing machine can produce up to 100 metres of layered film per minute.
The market for organic photovoltaic cells is developing, with a market breakthrough expected within three years.
VTT is also developing a method to utilize light in wireless data transfer by using solar cells as data receivers.
This will open new application possibilities to utilize printable solar cells e g. in Iot (Internet of things) type applications, in
which the devices can also harvest energy from the ambient light. The first results have been very promising g
#Polymer gel that stores light energy A team led by Nicolas Giuseppone, professor at the Université de Strasbourg,
Another advantage is that the new material is able to store the light energy absorbed. In biology, molecular motors are highly complex protein assemblies that can produce work by consuming energy:
they take part in fundamental biological functions such as copying DNA andprotein synthesis, and underlie all motion processes.
which cross-link the polymer chains to each other, by rotating molecular motors made up of two parts that can turn relative to each other when provided with energy.
Just as in living systems, the motors consume energy in order to produce continuous motion. However, this light energy is dissipated not totally:
it is turned into mechanical energy through the twisting of the polymer chains, and stored in the gel.
the amount of energy contained in the contraction of the polymer chains becomes very high,
therefore now attempting to take advantage of this new way of storing light energy, and reuse it in a controlled manner e
and Asia to combat this fear of not having a place to charge before your battery quits.
Who pays for the electricity? The charging partners, Georgeson says. When you do the math,
costing the restaurant just $3. 55 in electricity. And who knows? Assuming Tesla does stick to its 2017 timing for a launch of a lower-cost car,
and a half, costing the restaurant just $3. 55 in electricity. And who knows? Assuming Tesla does stick to its 2017 timing for a launch of a lower-cost car,
DEVICE WORKS ON SOLAR POWER The system is suitable in areas where there is no electricity supply because it can be powered by a simple solar panel that generates five volts of energy,
he said. t is a simple technology because one does not have to be literate to operate it,
##The device, powered by rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and worn on the outside, is about three times heavier than a human heart,
#Edible batteries could power smart medicine pills A flexible biodegradable battery just may be what the doctor ordered.
an edible#battery.####Obviously, creating smart pills with their own sensors to regulate medicine in the body is a great idea,
#According to Carnegie mellon biomedical engineer Christopher Bettinger, a flexible biodegradable battery just may be what the doctor ordered.
Bettinger studied this possibility by using the melanin of a cuttlefish to create an anode for an edible battery.
This particular sea creature can create up to 10 microamperes of electricity for anywhere from five to 24 hours.
This makes the battery safe to swallow and doesn t cause any side effects in the human body.
The uses of such a battery aren limited t just to powering smart pills, though. Imagine those uncomfortable exams that involve a tiny camera being swallowed
What if the camera could be created from biodegradable material and powered by an edible battery?
The edible battery could also be used in medical devices like pacemakers and#implants#that treat Alzheimers and other brain conditions.
Currently, the only way to change the batteries in these implants is through surgery. The edible battery might reduce the amount of surgeries required as its use is less invasive.
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#It s the beginning of a new era for entrepreneurs and startups There are over 20 million non-employer businesses out there today, with more starting every day.
they plunked down $35, 000 for a rooftop photovoltaic system. The couple looked forward to joining neighbors who had added panels,
there s so much solar energy that it poses a threat to the system and a safety issue.
More than 4 percent of households have photovoltaics. Hawaii last year led the nation in the portion of its electricity that comes from solar, with 2. 6 percent.
The Aloha state burns oil to make electricity, and prices for the fuel have jumped in recent years,
igniting demand for alternatives. The state s tax credit for solar energy made it additionally appealing (Climatewire, May 6).
) The new struggle on Hawaii foreshadows what the rest of the country could face as solar moves closer to the mainstream
Arizona and Colorado over the future of net energy metering (NEM). That policy##which exists in some form in 43 states
and the District of columbia##lets households with renewable energy earn bill credits for surplus power delivered to the grid.
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#The NSA s $10 million secret deal to get RSA to use backdoored encryption algorithm RSA had been paid by the NSA to set the backdoored algorithm as the default method of random number generation.
#One way all mammalian cells produce energy is via aerobic respiration, in which large molecules are broken down into smaller ones, releasing energy in the process.
This mainly occurs in the mitochondria the##powerhouses##of cells. Mitochondria carry their own genomes,
but some of the cellular components needed for respiration are produced partly by the nucleus, so the two must coordinate their activities.
internet-connected smart energy systems can figure out you re home the moment you switch on a light.
and solar panels at the other, can pivot from straight overhead down to a 45-degree angle to chase the sun. directed by a CAD design from a connected laptop,
the electronics, cameras and a laptop all run on batteries charged by the solar panels PRINTING Kayser first designs the object he wants to print in a CAD program.
#2013 has been a record breaking year for solar power in the U s. America is on track to install more solar capacity this year than world leader Germany.
In the U s.,the outlook for solar power is bright and sunny. The solar industry in America has recorded its second largest quarter ever in the third quarter of 2013,
and the Solar energy Industries Association (SEIA)# on the state of the solar power market in the U s..#Without a doubt,
##The U s. installed 930 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaics (PV) in Q3 2013, up 20 percent over the second quarter and 35 percent from the third quarter of last year.
There is now 10,250 MW of solar energy in the U s . which is enough to power 1. 7 million average American homes.
##Solar is now the second largest source of new electricity capacity in the U s.,behind natural gas,
It is also thanks to advancements in solar technology which brought costs down, and innovative new forms of financing that make#going solar more affordable for consumers.#
#Companies like Vivint, Solarcity and Sunrun have raised all upwards of $500 million to finance residential solar projects around the country.
#processor, battery, and sensors. Android runs on an OMAP processor Lumus isn t saying which one specifically
though not commenting on battery life expectations as yet. Update:##Lumus tells us that very early tests on the DK-40 prototype suggest at least 1-2 hours of runtime.
#Tesla batteries are powering an energy revolution Solarcity generator Tesla motors lithium-ion battery packs aren t just powering electric luxury sports sedans for wealthy any more.
They ve started#appearing in a small number of California homes to store electricity generated by rooftop solar panels,
and Solarcity, the Silicon valley solar installer, will start providing Tesla batteries for businesses that want to cut their utility bills.#
#A big box retailer like Walmart could charge up a Tesla battery pack with cheap energy produced by its Solarcity rooftop photovoltaic array
and then tap that power when demand##and electricity rates##spike. That would let them minimize paying their local utility high##demand charges##for electricity
when they need it most. And the cost of the Solarcity s system, called Demandlogic?
Effectively zero, according to Solarcity, since the monthly payments for energy storage would be less than the money saved by not forking over cash to the utility.
And if that sounds like a threat to century-old monopoly utilities, it is.####Our business model is to become the energy company of the 21st century,
##Solarcity chief executive Lyndon Rive told#The Atlantic.####You re still connected to the grid but the grid would be your secondary provider
and the primarily provider would be your solar system and your storage device.####For now, though, it s only a minor threat to utilities that levy high demand charges,
such as those in California and parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut where Solarcity is offering Demandlogic.
And to get the Tesla battery pack you have to sign up for a solar array, which means only businesses with low-rise buildings and flat roof##retailers,
corporate campuses##can take advantage of going solar. But the trend is clear. Another Silicon valley company,#Stem, has begun installing 54-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery packs for corporate customers,
allowing them to store electricity from the grid when rates are low and use that power
when demand charges spike. While Stem is a startup the utilities should be particularly wary of Solarcity and its partnership with Tesla motors.
Tesla chief executive Elon musk serves as Solarcity s chairman and is Rive s cousin.)Tesla and Solarcity s combined market cap##$21. 3 billion##exceeds that of the parent companies of Pacific gas & electric and Southern California Edison, the two big California utilities
whose customers Rive covets. And Solarcity is pioneering#the securitization of solar##giving it the ability to dip into a potentially vast pool of capital by packaging leases for photovoltaic systems into asset-backed notes that are sold to pension funds,
hedge funds and other deep-pocketed investors. Rive says Demandlogic should save commercial customers 20 percent in demand charges.
The system s algorithms constantly monitor electricity supply and demand charging and discharging the battery to minimize drawing expensive electricity from the power grid.
The size of the battery pack will be customized for each business but would be able to store roughly 30 percent of the electricity generated by the solar array.
And the Tesla batteries provide backup power if the grid goes down in an earthquake
or storm##a key selling point as climate change spawns increasingly powerful hurricanes and tornadoes. While energy storage systems would cut utilities revenues they would also help them balance supply
and demand on the grid as increasing amounts of renewable but intermittent electricity are generated by wind and solar farms.
Lithium-ion batteries remain expensive and Rive and Solarcity spokesman Jonathan Bass was sketchy on the details on how the economics pencil out
when providing energy storage to customers for no money down. But growing economies of scale are in Solarcity and Tesla s favor.##
##In places with high costs of electricity, I think you ll see up to 50 percent of solar systems will have energy storage,
##says Rive.####The economics and scale that Tesla has achieved in the automotive market now make stationary energy storage more cost effective and reliable than it has ever been in the past,##JB Straubel,
Tesla s chief technical officer and cofounder, said in a#statement###We expect this market to grow very rapidly
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