A microbial fuel cell enables the conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy when microorganisms react by catalysis.
The concept of a solar sail seems to be right out of a science fiction novel. However, this could become a reality as soon as 2014, when a NASA research team; ‘In-Space Demonstration of a Mission-Capable Solar Sail’, plans to launch a solar sail and prove the feasibility and significance of this technology.
By Kris Walker
5 Mar 2013
A wind turbine converts kinetic energy from wind into 'rotary mechanical energy' which is used for doing work. In sophisticated models, rotational energy is converted to electricity with the help of a generator.
By Kris Walker
22 Feb 2013
Energy and water share a very close relationship, a nexus, which if understood could solve water and energy problems.
By Kris Walker
6 Mar 2013
Geothermal heat pumps are otherwise known as water-source, ground-source, earth-coupled or geoexchange heat pumps.
Thermoelectric generators, or Seebeck generators, are devices that directly convert heat into electricity through a process called the Seebeck effect or thermoelectric effect.
By Kris Walker
20 May 2013
Feed in tariffs is a process implemented to encourage renewable energy technology investments. Also known as renewable energy payments and advanced renewable tariffs, they offer long-term contracts for those who generate renewable energy based on the cost of production involved in each of the technologies such as wind power, solar power and tidal power.
By Kris Walker
8 Feb 2013
The combination of performing annual agricultural activities and delayed long- term production of trees on the same plot of land is described as agro forestry.
By Kris Walker
11 Feb 2013
Tidal power is a kind of hydropower that generates electric power by converting the energy of tides.
By Kris Walker
22 Jan 2013
OTEC is an energy technology that makes use of the ocean’s temperature difference between the warm surface water and the cold deeper water.
By Kris Walker
15 May 2013