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Passive Solar

Karl Hess – Adams-Morgan experiment and back-to-the-land

Hess was an early proponent of the “back to the land” movement, and his focus on self-reliance and small communities happened in part by government mandate. According to a ”Libertarian Party News” obituary, “When the Internal Revenue Service confiscated all his property and put a 100 percent lien on all of his future earnings, Hess [...]

Alternative Energy

Medway School of Science – Research

The School of Science is active over a wide range of disciplines and a number of its researchers have roles within the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Collaborations in pharmaceutical and formulation sciences have led to links with Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline and BP. Research in remediation technologies, sustainability and alternative energy sources (such as [...]

Solar Power

Combined cycle – Fuel for combined cycle power plants

Combined cycle plants are usually powered by natural gas, although fuel oil, synthesis gas or other fuels can be used. The supplementary fuel may be natural gas, fuel oil, or coal. Biofuels can also be used. Integrated solar combined cycle power stations combine the energy harvested from solar radiation with another fuel to cut fuel [...]

Wind Energy

Bosch Rexroth – Products & Markets

Bosch Rexroth’s slogan is “The Drive & Control Company”. It manufactures products and systems associated with the control and motion of industrial and mobile equipment. The product lines include: * Assembly technology (framing systems, conveyor systems) * Electric Drives and Controls (servo drives, motion controls, CNCs, programmable controllers, and variable speed drives) * Hydraulics (pumps, [...]

Geothermal energy

Glossary of fuel cell terms – R

* – ACRONYMS Reactor : Reactor, see: bioreactor, membrane reactor and chemical reactor. Reagent : A reagent or reactant is a substance or compound consumed during a chemical reaction. Rectifier : A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC), a process known as rectification. Redox : Redox (shorthand [...]

Geothermal energy

Upstate California – History

Upstate California is a name for the more-rural region north of Northern California’s major urban areas. The term Northern California includes the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento. The region to the north of Sacramento has traditionally used the name Northstate to differentiate itself from the major metropolitan areas which are actually more centrally located [...]

Solar Power

Solar energy – Development, deployment and economics

Beginning with the surge in coal use which accompanied the Industrial Revolution, energy consumption has steadily transitioned from wood and biomass to fossil fuels. The early development of solar technologies starting in the 1860s was driven by an expectation that coal would soon become scarce. However development of solar technologies stagnated in the early 20th& [...]

Passive Solar

Microclimate – Introduction

microclimate is a local atmospheric zone where the climate differs from the surrounding area. The term may refer to areas as small as a few square feet (for example a garden bed) or as large as many square miles (for example a valley). Microclimates exist, for example, near bodies of water which may cool the [...]

Wind Energy

Energy – Energy in various contexts since the beginning of the universe

The concept of energy and its transformations is useful in explaining and predicting most natural phenomena. The ”direction” of transformations in energy (what kind of energy is transformed to what other kind) is often described by entropy (equal energy spread among all available degrees of freedom) considerations, as in practice all energy transformations are permitted [...]

Wind Energy

Clean technology – Cleantech

Cleantech is a term used to describe products or services that improve operational performance, productivity, or efficiency while reducing costs, inputs, energy consumption, waste, or pollution. Its origin is the increased consumer, regulatory and industry interest in clean forms of energy generation—specifically, perhaps, the rise in awareness of global warming, climate change and the impact [...]