Incandescent Light bulbs are becoming so last century. With many countries already introducing bans on their sale retail stores are leading the change. The Giant Retail chain Ikea has started to phase out the sale of incandescent light bulbs in the USA. One cause of this is the Energy Independence Act of 2007 which will [...]
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For millions of years the wind has blown around the planet and been used by mankind for centauries. This renewable energy has been overtaken by more concentrated forms of energy such as coal and oil. Down but not forgotten it might be time for a second wind. For many years wind was used as a [...]
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Off Shore Wind Energy is gaining more attention around the world for many reason. South Korea is mulling a plan for a massive wind farm comprising of more that 500 wind turbines off the Korean Coast. Building Off Shore Wind Farms has some advantages over land based turbines. The most notably aspect is that there [...]
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Airlines are looking to alternative energy forms as an alternative to using Aviation-gas. The leading contender is to use biofuels derived from organic material. The idea of using organic material to produce biofuel for aircraft is becoming widespread and many airlines are approaching the idea with enthusiasm. This is an area that I am not [...]
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Modern technologies are offering great advantages for home and garden decoration. The combination of solar energy and Light Emitting Diodes can bring any outdoor space or garden to life with ambient displays. Lighting up your spaces used to involve lots of wiring for power and expensive outdoor lights that always seemed too expensive for most [...]
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Propeller driven aircraft flying about our skies are emitting pollution in to the environment. The aviation fuel used by these aircraft still contains lead which being airborne can spread over a wide area. All those aircraft combined can account for nearly 50% of the Lead pollution in the USA. This can rise to dangerous levels [...]
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The tallest building in New York City will soon be completely powered by renewable sources. Wind Energy will be powering the Empire State Building Before everybody starts to freak-out at the idea, the Skyscraper is not going to be covered in wind turbines. Instead this is being supplied with energy that is being produced by [...]
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Electric motorcycles have been overshadowed with their bigger brothers, Electric Cars, taking the headlines. In fact these smaller modes of transport might be more suited to battery power. In larger vehicles like cars and especially SUV’s and truck, most of the energy used is to make the car move rather than the passengers. This is [...]
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Air-conditioning is an energy hungry machine and offers itself for an ideal candidate for being solar powered. Now there is a chance to cool down with the heat of the sun thanks to the worlds largest manufacture of air condition units. Using solar power to power our devices has already taken a strong foothold in [...]
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The Japanese Electronics Giant, Sanyo, is ramping up its production of Lithium-Ion batteries for the Automobile market. Having just recently completed work on the construction of a factory in Kasai, Japan, Sanyo is already opening new production lines. The new assembly lines at the factory will increase the out put of batteries by 150%. Currently [...]
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