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Going Green

REFERENCES FOR “GOING GREEN”

  In dealing with the vast subject of Green Energy, a lot of time was spent on reading and researching.  Consequently, I had listed below the entire list of  references for all of “Going Green”:   REFERENCES: A.  Wikipedia Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SustainableEnergy” 1.  “The Twin Pillars of Sustainable Energy:  Synergies between Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy [...]

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Green Efficiency

GREEN EFFICIENCY

Our power needs will always require changing technologies and long-range thinking, but at the same time we must develop new strategies to save energy, helping us to move toward energy sustainability.  The supply and demand sides of our energy equation are both keys to our future electrical needs.  Technological development in the following areas are [...]

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Solar Power

SOLAR POWER

By using the energy from speeding photos originating from the sun, Solar Power cells configured in a Solar Panel create an electric current.  The photon energy from the sun is abundant, and has been powering the earth for billions of years.  Since the early 1960’s, scientists have been researching the use of the sun’s energy [...]

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Solar Heating System

SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS

Solar Heating Systems are an example of Second Generation Technology paying dividends in households today. Tons-of-thousands of homes heat their pools and water, using solar thermal collectors in a fluid system, at very low cost. These domestic systems use the sun to heat–or additionally heat–water, saving the energy cost to do it electrically, or by [...]

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Wind Turbines

WIND POWER

Wind Energy is related to Solar Energy due to the source of wind, which is uneven solar heating of the earth which cause air movement. WIND TURBINES To harness the energy created by wind, Wind Turbines are used.  Wind turbines are categorized into two types: traditional windmills (referred to as Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines, or [...]

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Electricity

ELECTRICITY

If  someone has a website devoted to their life’s work, they should start with their feelings on the subject.  The subject of electricity. Our Lives Depend on Electricity Electricity touches every aspect of our lives, every second of the day of those lives, and will continue to do so for the rest of our lives. [...]

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