Alternative Energy Articles
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Dockside Green Community Illuminated with Solar Area Lighting
Client: Dockside Green Location: Victoria, British Columbia Canada Equipment: EverGEN Solar Area Lighting with BetaLED THE EDGE fixture Building a “Green” Community Carmanah solar area lighting is helping Dockside Green move forward in the development of an eco-friendly community that offers true environmental sustainability. Due for completion in 2009, the self-sufficient ...
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Highlights from DOE’s “Bioproducts in the Bioeconomy” Webinar
On Monday, October 26, 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) presented “Bioproducts in the Federal Bioeconomy Portfolio Webinar,” a webinar on how the federal government is promoting sustainability through three different avenues: bioproducts research; commercialization; and market development. The presenters on these topics were DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) ...
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Micro-Hydros Earn First Carbon Revenue in Nepal
MICRO-HYDROS EARN FIRST CARBON REVENUE IN NEPAL While the rugged mountains of rural Nepal don’t lend themselves to grid-fed electricity, their rivers, lakes, and glacial melt offer plenty of renewable resources for energy. Between 2007 and 2014, over 400 micro run-of-the-river hydropower plants were built by the Nepali government with help from the World Bank as part of the Nepal ...
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How Much Does A Solar Panel System Cost To Generate Home Electricity Consumption?
The how much money does solar panels cost information will guide customers to mitigate their home energy bills? The research on solar panel system to generate solar energy in the form of electricity has been long and arduous. It is only recently that contemporary designs and materials coupled with innovative grid sharing concepts make it possible for everyone. The consumers across the country can ...
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Hybridnet Project, Terni, Italy - Case Study
The Hybridnet Project has assembled a team of young engineers devoted to building an alternative energy training center where they can help North and Central African refugees learn about sustainable development. The goal is to for them to create economically and environmentally sustainable local enterprises in their home countries, allowing them to make a living while providing a useful and ...
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Community Solar Garden Powers Ontario Homes & Businesses - Case Study
Overview: A new analysis from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory finds that shared photovoltaic (PV) solar systems — also called community solar gar- dens — could account for one-third to one-half of all solar PV power in the United States by 2020. These shared community solar systems greatly benefit the many business- es and homes (especially rental properties) that have been ...
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Installation at Sosnowiec, Poland – July 2015 Case Study
In July 2015, a HydroSpin system was installed in one of the Sosnowiec water chambers. Sosnowiec Water is responsible for guaranteeing a steady water supply for the city, as well as for maintaining the water’s quality and treating it after use. The company has recently initiated a strategic program for monitoring the quality of water at all points of access into the city using advanced HACH ...
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Advocates of Renewable Energy: Be Careful What We Promise
Sixty years ago, nuclear was hyped as a source of energy / electricity that would be “too cheap to meter.” The OPEC oil embargo dashed the western world's dream of bountiful low-cost energy but, when Brian Mulroney was elected a decade later, he terminated Canada's research into renewables because “the energy crisis was over.”That funding cut led to my appointment as head of the Solar Energy ...
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How Much Does It Cost For Solar Panels to Make a Difference to Utility Bills
The how much does it cost for solar panels has become a popular refrain quickly. Thanks to the rapidly developing internet technology, the social media has brought about heightened awareness for a cleaner, carbon free environment. The good news is that household across the country can do their little bit in this most important endeavor. The solar panel system made up of solar photovoltaic cells ...
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Evaluating alternatives for decommissioning California's offshore oil and gas platforms
This paper introduces a series of six additional papers in this issue that describe an in‐depth analysis of options for decommissioning oil and gas platforms offshore southern California. While current leases require lessees in both state and federal waters to completely remove all production facilities and restore the seafloor to its pre‐platform condition, other options have emerged since ...
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Keeping Melbourne Moving
Melbourne is the second most populous city in Australia and has a rail network of superlatives. Sulzer’s service center in Melbourne currently maintains a fleet of more than 2500 traction motors and motor/alternator sets. But Sulzer’s offering goes even beyond electrical repairs and upgrades of rotating machines. When Melbourne needed new impedance bonds for an improvement of its rail ...
By Sulzer Ltd.
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West Virginia repeals the alternative and renewable energy portfolio standard
On February 3, 2015, West Virginia repealed the Alternative and Renewable Energy Portfolio Act that was originally passed and adopted in 2009. This Act (the Standard) required utilities serving 30,000 residential customers or more to generate at least 25 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2025. To be in compliance with the Standard, utilities could use coal (e.g., advanced ...
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Alternative energy efficient membrane bioreactor using reciprocating submerged membrane
A novel membrane bioreactor (MBR) pilot system, using membrane reciprocation instead of air scouring, was operated at constant high flux and daily fluctuating flux to demonstrate its application under peak and diurnal flow conditions. Low and stable transmembrane pressure was achieved at 40 l/m2/h (LMH) by use of repetitive membrane reciprocation. The results reveal that the inertial forces ...
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Can low oil prices be good for the environment?
Deepwater drilling rigs are sitting idle. Fracking plans are being scaled back. Enormous new projects to squeeze oil out of the tar sands of Canada are being shelved. Maybe low oil prices aren't so bad for the environment after all. The global price of oil has plummeted 31 percent in just five months, a steep and surprising drop after a four-year period of prices near or above $100 a barrel. ...
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A Cleaner Energy Future
As renewable energy plays an increasingly important role in the world’s energy portfolio, the standards of ASTM International Committee E44 are helping to pave the way for innovation in clean energy sources. A growing population and improving living standards around the world are causing significant increases in energy demand and competition for fossil fuels. These escalating energy ...
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A combined graph theory and analytic hierarchy process approach for multicriteria evaluation of hydrogen energy systems
Hydrogen is a renewable energy source and has the potential to mitigate the green house gas effect and to meet the increasing global electricity demand. In the present study, a multicriteria methodology is developed by combining graph theory and analytic hierarchy process methods for the evaluation and selection of hydrogen energy systems. The hydrogen energy system alternatives are assessed ...
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Renewable Energy: the steam production plant at Reinsberger Spezialpapier is in operation
Residual products from the paper recycling plant are used directly to produce steam for the paper factory. An interesting alternative of renewable energy solutions. Typical tasks: You have to dispose production residues You need a low cost and future safe energy production Our solution: Usage of the production residues as fuel for our continuous incinerator Production of energy by ...
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India’s Potential in Harnessing the Alternate Energy Sources
Long queues for gasoline, high prices and shortage of gasoline are the signs which show that how natural resources are on the verge of depletion. This shows that it is high time for us to view how to utilize natural resources. India is mainly depended on import of petroleum products for its energy requirements. It meets its requirements by importing 70% of petroleum products. This is a point of ...
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Welcome to Net-Zero
For most people (and for most homes) the likelihood of going through a whole year spending next to nothing on energy is a goal that seems far out of reach. In fact, it is only relatively recently that insulation technologies, coupled with cutting-edge renewable energy tools, have made the concept of a net-zero energy use home anything more than a pipe dream. However, thanks to a program at the ...
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Navajo Nation Can Benefit From Solar Too
The Navajo Nation is the largest area in the United States that is assigned to and governed by Native Americans. It covers about 71,000 square kilometers and falls under part of southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. The Native American tribe was imprisoned at Bosque Redondo and when they were released the Navajo Indian Nation was formed. It was later renamed to ...
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