Tag: clean energy
The surprising way this Mexican state is fighting the cartels | The Americas with Simon Reeve – BBC
Arturo Rodriguez heads up an elite tactical unit, tasked with targeting the cartels. Look at the name of them! Black Mamba! So, this is a hardcore vehicle. Bloody hell! You see, this is not OK. Look at this. It’s an impact from the AK-47. From a Kalashnikov. That’s right. You can probably see on the […]
Continue Reading...“Uber drivers” for offshore wind
Well, I’ve always been someone that looks at the next thing, you know, I’m an entrepreneur. I was the first to run a high-speed ferry to Block Island, I ran the first high-speed ferry to Martha’s Vineyard, and to be the first crew transfer vessel in the United States was just, it’s great to have […]
Continue Reading...Harvesting the Wave Energy: The Function of Wells Turbine
One concept for harnessing the wave energy is the oscillating water column principle. The power take-off for this technology is typically an air turbine. The most commonly used air turbine for this application is the Wells turbine, which we will explain in this episode. The water level in the chamber rises and falls with the […]
Continue Reading...Offshore wind: The next American energy source
Today, what we saw was the first United States offshore wind showroom. It was built as an example to show the nation how it could be done well. Offshore wind power is the next homegrown American energy source with progress and new developments coming at a record pace. That means a new American supply chain, […]
Continue Reading...The Father-Son Duo Getting a Second Wind
(instrumental music) – [Narrator] Welcome to Iowa, where wind turbines rule the land. And in the town of Esthervile, there is a wind program dishing out some of the best wind technicians in the country. – I’m Joel Caulfield, and I’m here with my dad, Jim Caulfield. – We here are students at Iowa Lakes […]
Continue Reading...All Electric?
Have you heard about the blow the Berkeley, California City Council has landed on consumer choice? The city has banned natural gas in all new low-rise residential buildings. That means the new richy-rich of Berkeley will have to use an electric stovetop to cook their meals. No natural gas water heaters, furnaces, clothes dryers or […]
Continue Reading...Offshore Wind Step by Step
Imagine you were asked to change the way we power the world. It might seem a bit overwhelming at first. Until you remember, even the biggest changes happen one small step at a time. One gear, one bolt, one circuit at a time. One click, one test, one advancement, at a time. One machine, one […]
Continue Reading...How to power your house, with xkcd’s Randall Munroe
Yeah, there’s there’s my self-portrait. People are sort of surprised sometimes that I’m three-dimensional. Take an imaginary average lot: Let’s imagine that this lot kind of has an appropriate similar fraction of all the US’s resources. You can only have the energy that’s flowing through your plot of land. So you’ve got this column of […]
Continue Reading...Makani Crosswind Flight
Zero Mass’ solar panels turn air into drinking water
What if you could produce clean drinking water right out of thin air and without using electricity? That’s what one Arizona based startup is trying to do using a combination of solar energy, material science, and data. Is this the next level of drinking water? This is Zero Mass Water. It’s a water startup operating […]
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