Thursday, April 14, 2011

Solar Electricity - New spin on solar: Hot water and electricity in one system




Sonoma Wine Company in Graton, Calif., recently installed a unique solar array that generates both electricity and hot water in one system. SmartPlanet visits the wine producer's operations and sees the new hybrid unit developed by Vinod Khosla backed start-up, Cogenra.



In the News:




Google invests US$168 million in world's largest solar power tower plant
Gizmag
Solar power tower systems such as the ISEGS on the other hand focus a large area of sunlight into a single solar receiver on top of a tower to produce steam at high pressure and temperatures of up to 550 ° C (over 1000° F) to drive a standard turbine ...

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Eight Radical Ways to Cut Data Center Power Costs
PCWorld
Both salt- and freshwater cooling systems require one somewhat expensive component: a heat exchanger to isolate natural water from the water used to directly chill the data center. This isolation is necessary to protect both the environment and ...

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LEED and Thermal Energy Storage Systems
Green-Buildings.com
THERE WILL BE NO PEN STOCK AND WATER IN THE 20 METERS DEEP RIVER HAVING A VELOCITY OF 48 METERS PER SECOND WILL GO THROUGH THE GIANT TURBINES HAVING 20 METERS GATES AND WILL SPIN THE GENERATOR FOR THE GENERATION OF GREEN MARINE ELECTRICITY. ...




2011 Earth Hour Student Essay Winners
Bernews
We have solar panels. They make our hot water with the power of sunlight. At our house there is also a lot of wind. Maybe I could get my parents to buy a small windmill and that could make energy. I can make sure my house lights are off when I leave ...




msnbc.com (blog)

Recommended: New images show immediate aftermath of tsunami striking Fukushima ...
msnbc.com (blog)
Because nuclear power plants can be retrofitted with solar power photovoltaic electrical production which, instead of nuclear fuel rods generating the heat to boil water to produce steam.....Carbon element rods (non-radioactive) can accomplish the same ...







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