Category: Profession
Is it efficient to store power in batteries?
Category: Basic, Lifestyle, Profession, StorageAuthor : Admin September 1, 2016
Pretty much everyone around the world stores power in batteries. The battery industry is a large and growing industry. So, the batteries must have evolved so well that they are super efficient at stor...Read more
Can any agricultural waste be used to generate power?
Category: Agro Waste, Biomass Power, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin September 1, 2016
The world generates millions of tons of agricultural waste every DAY! A good portion of this waste is just…wasted. Left to rot, or worse, burnt! Instead, can all these agri and crop waste be put...Read more
Why is large hydro power not considered an alternative energy source?
Category: Advanced, Hydro, Profession, RenewableAuthor : Admin August 31, 2016
Large hydro refers to the conventional hydro power plant you and I have heard about – those large power plants with huge dams. Some of the large hydro projects are really massive – the w...Read more
Is geothermal energy the same as geothermal power?
Category: Advanced, Geothermal, Geothermal Heating, Geothermal Power, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 31, 2016
Outside of the professional industry circles, only a few people actually know what geothermal energy is all about. As a result, there is significant confusion, leading people to think that geotherma...Read more
Why are companies taking the trouble of putting up wind turbines in the ocean?
Category: Advanced, Offshore, Profession, WindAuthor : Admin August 31, 2016
You would have surely seen wind turbines on land. Did you know that we have not stopped with land? Some countries have started putting massive wind turbines in the ocean, sometimes as much a 20 miles ...Read more
Why isn’t geothermal power not popular worldwide?
Category: Advanced, Geothermal, Geothermal Power, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 31, 2016
If you have not heard the term Geothermal Power before, don’t blame yourself. You are in the majority. Geothermal power refers to power generation using naturally occurring hot springs or geyser...Read more
Can you explain in simple English what’s being done to combat climate change?
Category: Basic, Climate Change, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 30, 2016
Everyone seems to be talking about Climate Change, but the average Joe on the Road is left confused because nobody is telling him what’s being done in simple English. I will…try. You see, ...Read more
Are biofuels really good for the environment?
Category: Agriculture, Biofuels, Climate Change, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 30, 2016
Biofuels are fuels we get from plants. Thus they are fuels derived from renewable sources. They can replace the polluting diesel (through biodiesel) and gasoline (through ethanol) and play a signific...Read more
Can I burn plastics to generate energy? Is this an eco-friendly idea?
Category: Advanced, Management, Profession, WasteAuthor : Admin August 29, 2016
Plastics are everywhere. Plastics are useful. We cannot imagine our modern, comfortable life without plastics. But plastics are also a pain. Once disposed, they just don’t subtly slink away like...Read more
Can we use plant material to make plastics?
Category: Agriculture, Basic, Biopolymers, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 28, 2016
Most (almost all, actually) conventional plastics are made from petroleum – here’s a nice video on oil to plastics. With petroleum being a perishable resource, a question that arises is: ...Read more