Waking Times It’s possible to use this design for a lot of different frequencies and types of energy, including vibration and sound energy harvesting. — Duke University. How do you define free energy? A cheap device that converts freely available background radiation into energy to run gadgets or charge batteries? No fossil fuel needed. No turbines …
Jill Richardson, Guest Waking Times Jacki Schilke was suffering from symptoms ranging from rashes, pain, and lightheadedness to dental problems and urinating blood. The formerly healthy, 53-year-old cattle rancher’s body was under assault from a list of toxic chemicals as long as your arm. But Schilke’s lucky — so far — compared to five of her …
Chris Rose, EWEA Waking Times A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), stating that global power generation from hydro, wind, solar and other renewable sources will exceed that of gas and be twice that of nuclear by 2016, is receiving widespread news coverage. Renewable power is expected to increase by 40 percent in the next five …
Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times Researchers at Virginia Tech have developed a new process that extracts large quantities of hydrogen gas from plants in a renewable and eco-friendly way, offering us another potential alternative to ending our dependence on fossil fuels. After 7 years of research, Y.H. Percival Zhang, an associate professor at the …
Aaron Jackson, Guest Writer Waking Times Engineers at Oregon State University have made a breakthrough in the performance of microbial fuel cells that can produce electricity directly from wastewater, opening the door to a future in which waste treatment plants not only will power themselves, but will sell excess electricity. The new technology developed at OSU uses new concepts — …
Staff Writer Waking Times Tokelau, a small country in the middle of the Pacific Ocean created from a chain of islands called “atolls,” has become the first nation to meet all of its electricity needs through renewable solar power. The country is administered by the government of New Zealand, which invested $7 million to transition …
Gravitational water vortex electricity plants are a new solution in renewable energy production, and the concept is starting to gain more attention worldwide as a sustainable and environment friendly technology.
Fyke says his gravel-based energy storing system is more efficient and 40% cheaper than pumped hydro, and can be installed virtually anywhere there’s a hill and can be scaled up to virtually any size. The commercial unit will be under 1 MW but will have a high response speed when the grid operator will demand energy to be released.
Germany’s plan is seen by some as an economic gamble, but many traditional energy companies — including nuclear power companies — are now lining up to invest in the strategic plan. One financial and energy analyst observed the plan would would make Germany’s energy market, the most important in Europe, “into a massive energy laboratory.”
