Alligator Fat Could be Turned Into Very Efficient Biodiesel
23 August 2011 | Alternative Energy | 1 Comment
In recent years people were very busy with finding new ways to create cheap biodiesel. Now, even it may sound weird, researchers from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette announced that they found a way to produce biodiesel using Alligator lipids (fat).
Every year alligator skin and meat industry throws away over 15 million pounds of alligator fat considering it as a non-usable byproduct. But why we have to trow this fat when we could power our cars with it? Think about it. It may even become a very popular and successful brand among biodiesel producers.
How to Build a Homemade Solar Water Heater
12 August 2011 | Solar Power | No Comments
In a world where fossil fuels are running low and where electricity becomes expensive with each passing day, people have to adapt and start living independent of these resources. Considering all alternative energy sources available today, people should start implementing them in their lives, in their homes.
This is the reason why I chose to show you in this post the simplest way to build a solar water heater for your home.
Sun-Free Photovoltaics Open New Perspectives in Nano-Technology
31 July 2011 | Solar Power | No Comments
Have you ever imagined a photovoltaic system that produces electricity without sunlight? Even it’s hard to believe, MIT researchers developed such a photovoltaic system that can run only on heat. Using any source of heat, this system will be able to generate electricity, giving the necessary boost to the future of renewable energy.
On its surface, this photovoltaic system has billions of tiny nano-pits that can convert heat into precise wavelengths of light. The produced light enables the photovoltaic system to generate electricity from it.
New Fuel Cell-Based Charger Uses Soil Microbes to Produce Energy
11 May 2011 | Alternative Energy | No Comments
A team of researchers from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, managed to develope a cellphone charger that uses the microbes in the soil to generate electricity. This fuel cell-based charger could be a real solution in third world countries, where people still lack power.
According to Dr. Aviva Presser Aiden, the mind behind this project, this new device is not very hard to build (it could be built for even less than a dollar’s cost).
Water Powered Jetpack Provides Two Hours of Continuous Flight
5 May 2011 | Alternative Energy | No Comments
In recent years, we all heard about water powered cars or water powered bikes but have you ever imagined that people will be able to fly using a water powered device? I don’t! But now, Raymond Li comes with his Jetlev-Flyer and says: yes, this thing can provide up to two hours of continuous flight.
When he decided to buid this water-powered Jetpack many engineers told him it’s impossible. They didn’t belived that water will flow with such a high pressure that it can keep one person in the air. Talking about the stability of this jetpack in the air, scientists were also sceptics.