May 31, 2011 – The Miami Heat play the Dallas Mavericks tonight at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida in the first game of the NBA finals. Tip off is at 9:00 pm. It is the first final series that the Heat are playing in since they put together Dwyane Wade, LeBron James [...]
May 31, 2011 – This solar powered trash compactor was seen on the streets of Mobile, Alabama, USA. If you look closely you will see that it is labeled as from “Big Belly Solar.” Thus, it is aptly named and it addresses several issues at once. It uses solar power so it is not using [...]
Siemens Energy, Inc. has been selected by Syncarpha Capital to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for a 3-megawatt-peak (MWp), ground-based PV power plant in Eastampton, New Jersey. Construction is scheduled to begin in May 2011 and the plant is scheduled to go online in September 2011. Syncarpha Capital, an investment company launched to capitalize [...]
May 30, 2011 – Germany will phase out the nuclear power plants that produce a quarter of its electricity over the next decade, the ruling coalition decided on Monday in a reaction to the problems at Japan’s Fukushima plant after the March earthquake and tsunami. In a high-risk move meant to put Germany at the [...]
May 30, 2011 - Here is a picture of wind power as it was used decades ago in Alabama. It just goes to show that there is nothing new under the sun. Please leave your pictures of old wind power installations here.
May 31, 2011 – Ruby Falls Cave in Knoxville, Tennessee is a great tourist attraction that we visited recently. In addition, it is solar powered. The panels shown produce 16,000 KWH by year of green energy. That is enough to power 200 light bulbs that illuminate the cave. The solar panels combined with CFL bulbs [...]
May 30, 2011 – Today is the day to remember all those who made the ultimate sacrifice to preserve the freedoms that we enjoy all year. So, in addition to enjoying the 3-day weekend with family and friends, do spend time thinking about what has made it possible.
Fifty percent efficiency with solar power is now possible. Basic PV panels draw energy only from a narrow spectrum of the sun’s energy to create electricity. The remaining energy, which is mostly in the form of heat, remains unused. The simple but powerful idea behind Echo™ is to capture a much wider spectrum of the [...]
May 27, 2011 – In the first four months of 2011, Siemens Energy has received a total of eleven European orders for delivery and installation of 151 onshore wind turbines, with combined capacity of about 360 megawatts (MW). The installed capacity of these eleven orders will be sufficient to supply up to 230,000 European households [...]
May 26, 2011 – How many incandescent bulbs have you stored in the basement? They will be phased out by 2014. See what hoarders are doing in The New York Times.
May 26, 2011 – Siemens helps to pave the way for an electromobility mass deployment in London. The trail-blazing project Source London was officially launched on Thursday by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. The project of the local public transport operator Transport for London will provide a network of publicly accessible charging points for [...]
Could you live in a house that is only 117 square feet? The house can be purchased ready made, or you can assemble it yourself. It can actually be moved on a trailer, but is build as a quality home. The home has a downstairs bedroom with extra loft sleeping above. The kitchen and living [...]
Russian architect Alexander Remizov thinks so — and his dome-shaped prototype design, called “The Ark,” bears more than a passing resemblance to the classic children’s toy, the Slinky. Read the full story at cnn.com from this link.
Researchers at MIT and elsewhere say they’ve made progress on using the sun’s heat to make electricity. The researchers describe the progress they’ve made on a nanostructured material that improves on the heat-to-electricity conversion rate over existing thermoelectric devices. Read more: from CNET
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