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Green Energy

The most polluting energy is fossil fuel, however nuclear power plants are also threatening our security, especially after the Chernobil accident. In the last two decades, the increase of energy consumption (produced manily by fossil fuel power centrals) comes from the domestic appliances and not from the industry.
Each one of us, we have to assume that we only can keep this way of life if we change the sources of the energy we are consuming, towards renewable and green energy.
Besides the everyday growing price of oil, the emission of CO2 to the atmosphere that today's energy consumption is ceating, suggests that we only have one way to go. Redesign our energy suppliances and the whole energy market. Big companies know that and want to be leaders in the future market by forcing little companies to sell their shares.
As consumers, we have the opportunity to decide how we want to consume the energy. Here, in this section will appear all these information that helps to imprtove in Greening Energy supply.

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Comment by Oriol Miralbell on November 19, 2007 at 12:41pm: Uses of Solar Energy in Holiday Properties SolarBuzz
explains in its website what are the uses of Solar Energy.
Here's what they explain: Photovoltaic Systems are frequently the
preferred solution for holiday homes, which have no access to the
electricity grid. These solar systems are configured to meet power
needs less expensively than extending the grid to reach your
location. Remote homes in sunny locations can obtain reliable
electricity to meet basic needs for lighting (using energy
efficient fluorescent lamps) and radio or television with a simple
PV system comprising a PV panel, a rechargeable battery to store
the energy captured during daylight hours, a regulator (or charge
controller) and the necessary wiring and switches. Such systems are
often called "solar home systems" or SHS for short. The size of the
PV module and battery is designed to provide enough power and
storage to meet peak energy requirements - this is called "sizing"
the system. . All systems with battery storage should use solar
batteries of the right design and specification for the system, car
batteries will not do! Also, high quality compact fluorescent lamps
are available with good lifetimes; poor quality lamps will blacken
quickly and their light output will drop off. The quality of the
regulator is a key factor in the reliability of the overall system.
The PV modules are usually mounted on a pole, or on the roof. In
this application, 50 to 100W modules would probably be required
although smaller panels of 10 to 15W might provide sufficient power
for the most basic single lamp system.

Comment by Oriol Miralbell on December 4, 2007 at 11:20am: Google has announced a new strategic initiative to develop
renewable generation sources
The e-Magazine Renewable Energy World
(http://newsletters.pennnet.com/renewableenergy/11812731.html)has
published an article on Google's initiative ti develop nw renewable
generation sources that will be cheaper than electricity produced
from coal.
The newly created initiative, known as RE In 2008, Google
expects to spend tens of millions on research and development and
related investments in renewable energy and is currently hiring
engineers and energy experts to lead this work, which will begin
with a significant effort on solar thermal technology. As part of
its capital planning process, the company also anticipates
investing hundreds of millions of dollars in breakthrough renewable
energy projects which generate positive returns. Larry Page, Google
Co-founder and President of Products said: 'There has been
tremendous work already on renewable energy. Technologies have been
developed that can mature into industries capable of providing
electricity cheaper than coal. Solar thermal technology, for
example, provides a very plausible path.' Page continued, 'Our goal
is to produce one gigawatt of renewable energy capacity that is
cheaper than coal. We are optimistic this can be done in years, not
decades.' Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, is already
working with eSolar Inc., a Pasadena, CA-based company specializing
in solar thermal power and Makani Power Inc., an Alameda, CA-based
company developing high-altitude wind energy extraction
technologies.

Comment by Oriol Miralbell on December 10, 2007 at 11:40am: The post of
Anna Soliguer referring the SunCell has more information at the
ECOPOWER web site: http://www.ecopower.net/.

Comment by laia oto llorens on February 6, 2008 at 10:55am: http://www.ecofriend.org/tags/solar-power/5/ Interesting practices
with solar power in vehicles and infrastructures such as first
solar-Powered airport in Uganda and Google headquarter going solar!

Comment by Oriol Miralbell on May 27, 2008 at 6:06pm: A very interesting short report on the Masdar Initaitive si to be found at;
http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/?p=2100
It is based on the map of the future regions where Solar Energy production will be profitable.
Even if Abu Dhabi is one of the leading oil producers in the World, they believe in investing in renewable energies like the Solar Energy.
Experts have claimed that Solar Energy will be the most effective and most sustainable of all. A report on the Catalan TV last Saturday explained how other resources are limited (oil, gaz, carbon and uranium).
In this same report it is also worth to see the Molten salt system to store thermal energy. I hope you enjoy this report.
Oriol