Category: Renewable
What are micro-grids and what are their benefits?
Category: Advanced, Profession, RenewableAuthor : Admin September 3, 2016
For many city dwellers in developed or even developing countries, it is rare to be without electricity for a long time. Most of us are used to 24×7 power. This is possible mainly because of the e...Read more
What’s the biggest challenge facing renewable energy sources?
Category: Basic, Profession, Renewable, Solar, Storage, WindAuthor : Admin September 3, 2016
Until a few years back, one of the biggest challenges facing renewable energy sources was their cost of generation. Now, however, with the cost of solar power dropping fast, and the cost of fossil bas...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
How best can I power my house with renewable energy?
Category: Basic, Green Buildings, Lifestyle, PV, Renewable, WindAuthor : Admin August 31, 2016
Having renewable energy generated right at your home is all the rage today. Well, while you might be reading some fancy ideas about some exotic renewable energy sources you can use to power your home,...Read more
How can there be zero energy buildings?
Category: Advanced, Energy, Green Buildings, Lifestyle, Profession, RenewableAuthor : Admin August 26, 2016
Buildings consume almost 40% of all electricity generated. That’s a lot. At the same time, there are many buildings worldwide that claim to be zero energy buildings. But such claims to zero ener...Read more
Are large hydro power projects environment friendly?
Category: Advanced, Hydro, Profession, RenewableAuthor : Admin August 26, 2016
Large hydro projects represent an important source of renewable energy. Some of the large hydro projects are in excess of 500 MW capacity and with very good capacity utilization factors, providing a ...Read more
Can the entire world run on solar power alone?
Category: Basic, Profession, Renewable, Solar, StorageAuthor : Admin August 25, 2016
Image credit: Inhabitat Half the news reports we read today seem to be about solar power. It is as if the entire world will soon be running on solar power. Well, that kind of pops up the question: Ca...Read more
What technology is needed to make the entire world run on renewable energy?
Category: Lifestyle, Moderate, Profession, Renewable, StorageAuthor : Admin August 25, 2016
Renewable energy is hot news today. In the past few years, investments in renewable energy are actually outpacing investments into conventional and fossil fuel sectors. With such tremendous momentum...Read more
Doesn’t use of biomass for heating or power generation release CO2?
Category: Advanced, Bio, Biomass Power, Profession, RenewableAuthor : Admin August 23, 2016
We all have heard that use of biomass – instead of coal – for heating or power generation is a sustainable option. But use of biomass for heating/power generation also releases CO2. So, ho...Read more
What are the main avenues to generate power from biomass?
Category: Bio, Biomass Power, Moderate, Profession, RenewableAuthor : Admin August 1, 2016
In the last few years, biomass (If you are asking: What the heck is biomass? See here) based power generation has been seeing an increase the world over, as such generation is a carbon-neutral method ...Read more