Posts Tagged ‘solar’
Science: Massive Solar Wind Energy Tower To Be Built By 2018 (Video)
June 26, 2014
Incredible innovation in the field of renewable energy on the horizon; and it only took about three-and-a-half decades to bring the idea to life. Patented in 1975, execution of plans to build a $1.5 billion solar-wind power tower is underway in Arizona (scheduled completion in 2018). It will be the tallest free-standing structure in America and generate (on average) almost as much as the country’s smallest nuclear reactor… but create zero nuclear waste! Energy sourced by generating wind using hot air, cooled by sprays of fresh water, flowing through turbine tunnels.
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Tags: Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, solar, Solar Energy, Solar Wind, Solar Wind Energy Tower, Wind, Wind Energy | 
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Smart Technology: A Solar-Powered ‘Liter Of Light’ (Video)
May 15, 2014
“It is possible to do this without being an electronic engineer.”
Two things the less fortunate among us can appreciate, master and share… to make a lot from a little AND to make treasure out of what we’d call trash. Magnifying a bit of solar light bright enough to light a room at night… a little to a liter… using a plastic bottle otherwise destined for a landfill.
The low-tech technology that enables this is refined constantly. Practitioners build some, use them, improve the design, and build better ones. See a how-to video of one of the latest versions for a basic ‘Liter of Light’ after the jump. Awesome stuff!
– @ojones1
Posted in Activism, Technology, Videos | Tags: Liter Of Light, OFF GRID, OFF GRID LIGHTING, solar, Solar Bottle Bulb, Solar-Powered | No Comments »
