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New Seawater Desalinating Process in Development. Written by Sarah Rich. On July 22, 2013. In general, removing salts from water is an expensive. Energy intensive process. But a team of chemists at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Marburg in Germany are developing a new method to produce freshwater from briny that doesn’t involve reverse osmosis or thermal desalination. A small electrical field does the trick. As UT Austin states, researchers apply 3.0 volts to a plastic chip.
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Saving a Solar Archive. Written by Philip Proefrock. On October 5, 2013. Six decades of collected research and information about solar energy was nearly lost last month when torrential rains flooded parts of Boulder CO. The American Solar Energy Society. A non-profit organization supporting solar energy research and implementation is based on Boulder. The archives are now sitting in the organization’s executive director’s garage, but the organization has bigger plans in store. Written by Philip Proefrock.
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Using Osmosis to Generate Clean Energy
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Using Osmosis to Generate Clean Energy. Written by Philip Proefrock. On November 30, 2009. Solar Wind power. Wave power. Geothermal. Tidal power. If you’re a regular EcoGeek reader, you’re probably pretty familiar with the different major power generating alternatives to the burning of non-renewable fossil materials. But still, osmotic power generation. Is likely something you haven’t heard of before. Your first question is likely ‘How do you use osmosis to generate electricity? Since the osmotic process...
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The Surprising Green Lining at 2017 NAIAS. Written by Philip Proefrock. On January 10, 2017. Last year, we thought. At this point, it seems that the automotive manufacturers don’t feel a strong need to keep pushing the market to accept electric vehicles or to get them to understand the benefits. That has been established with consumers, and it is now a matter of finding the right vehicles to meet the demand that they have fostered. Flow Batteries for Household Power Storage. Written by Philip Proefrock.
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Cheap, Efficient Organic Flow Battery Materials
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Cheap, Efficient Organic Flow Battery Materials. Written by Philip Proefrock. On January 13, 2014. The science of power storage has a new variety of options and new materials to investigate thanks to some recent developments in the chemistry of materials used in flow batteries. Until now, flow batteries. The research undertaken by scientists at Harvard University has identified a range of organic compounds known as quinones. The AQDS materials are naturally abundant and very stable. They are potentia...
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Flow Batteries for Household Power Storage
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Flow Batteries for Household Power Storage. Written by Philip Proefrock. On March 31, 2016. Residential power storage options are starting to get more competitive with a flow battery. Being introduced to the market in Australia. Flow batteries have been something we’ve looked at for grid-scale storage. And the research into the technology. Has been making advances. But it has been primarily a utility-scale technology. The ZCell uses a zinc bromide flow battery developed by the parent company Redflow.
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Are Airships Efficient Enough for EcoGeeks?
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Are Airships Efficient Enough for EcoGeeks? Written by Philip Proefrock. On July 27, 2011. At EcoGeek, we are big fans of airships. A recent article at Txchnologist. Asks whether airships are poised to make a comeback in the commercial sector, but other recent articles question whether they truly make sense. Are airships a realistic possibility? Writing a commentary about his own article. Is even more critical of the idea of airships for transport. To the use of jets. It may be many years before old, use...
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Solar Roadways Set to Build First Solar Parking Lot
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Solar Roadways Set to Build First Solar Parking Lot. Written by Megan Treacy. On August 19, 2011. Solar Roadways, the company behind a technology that could transform the nation’s roads into a network of shatter-proof, energy-generating solar panels, has just a received a new $750,000 grant from the federal government. With that money, the team will get to work at developing a prototype solar parking lot that will fully put their technology to the test. September 3, 2012 at 8:17 pm. Neat idea. My onl...
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Finding the Green Cars at NAIAS 2013
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Finding the Green Cars at NAIAS 2013. Written by Philip Proefrock. On January 14, 2013. The environmental focus from the past few years of car design and marketing has largely evaporated in this year’s North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Even more than last year’s show. Green cars are comparatively few and far between in the displays at Detroit. 9 responses to “Finding the Green Cars at NAIAS 2013”. July 25, 2013 at 2:21 am. Before launch a car the engineers test this one very carefully and s...
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Hybrid Airship Being Readied for Flight
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Hybrid Airship Being Readied for Flight. Written by Philip Proefrock. On March 8, 2016. The “world’s largest aircraft,” the Airlander 10, is being readied for flights to begin later this year. The Airlander 10 is a massive hybrid aircraft that combines helium lift, aerodynamic lift, and direct thrust for flight. As we’ve noted before, we are big fans of airships. And even if there are tradeoffs in time and energy costs. Company information from Hybrid Air Vehicles. Cites a number of reasons. Pdf] is roug...
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