Two recent studies done by the Department of Energy found that wave, tidal and other water power sources could provide 15 percent of U.S. energy needs by 2030.
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Exelon is repurposing a brownfield site in the Chicago area into a solar farm. The 41 acre site have 32,292 solar panels and generates 14,000 mWatt-hrs yearly.
“ … uses SunPower® solar tracking systems that tilt the panels toward the sun as it moves across the sky, increasing energy production by up to 25%.”
Tesla won’t be producing its all-electric SUV until 2014, but luckily we’ll get a look at the design far sooner than that, though later than originally announced. Tesla is set to unveil the Model X prototype on February 9 at its design studio in California, just a few short days away.
New radar facilities are being installed in Great Britain in order to “unlock” large sections of potential wind farm area for development. Because of potential interference, dozens of wind farm projects have been blocked by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). But now, the MOD has tested these new radar systems, and is satisfied that they will not suffer adverse effects from wind turbines.
Drexel University is deploying Viridity Energy’s VPower System™ to provide a real time view of power usage. By better understanding real time usage and real time pricing they can buy power when costs are low / lower sand sell back when power is more expensive. This is smart grid technology.
Japanese home and business owners with solar power installations sold 2,150 GWh of electricity back to their power utilities last year, a huge 50 percent increase over the amount sold back to the grid in 2010. The sellers collectively made a nice $1.2 billion off their surplus electricity.
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What if a wind energy technology could be beautiful, silent and as much a threat to flying creatures as trees? A lovely new design called Windstalks by New York design firm Atelier DNA accomplishes all of those things.
PSE&G is using the thermal energy from a sewage plant in Camden, NJ to help heat the facility. The system is closed loop – meaning the sewage does not enter the building – but the heat energy is extracted and used to offset the need for electric to heat the facility.