Energy

How We Turn Solar Energy Into Electricity

Solar panels are becoming cheaper and more efficient. So how exactly do they work? Read More: Cheap solar cells made from shrimp shells http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150218191724.htm “Researchers have successfully created electricity-generating solar-cells with chemicals found the shells of shrimps and other crustaceans for the first time.” How Solar Got Cheap http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=398811199 “All my life, solar power has … Read more

Can A City Run On 100% Renewable Energy?

In 2014 Burlington, Vermont became the first city in the United States to run on 100% Renewable Energy. But how do they actually do it? What’s their secret? Thanks to Miguel Franco for helping to make this episode possible https://www.youtube.com/user/marioofsevenstars Special Thanks To: Neile Lunderville, Miro Weinberger, Mike Kanarick, Dave MacDonnell, Jon Clark and the … Read more

Geothermal Energy Options – How It Works

Geothermal Energy Options – How It Works Geothermal Energy Options is a full service geothermal heating and cooling company. We engineer, design and install residential and commercial systems and specialize in direct exchange geothermal. We are certified by BPI, IGSHPA, NYSERDA and part of Central Hudson’s Trade Allies and The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. All … Read more

Trump picks Rick Perry to head the Department of Energy

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Texas Governor Rick Perry to head the Department of Energy. In 2011, Perry famously forgot that it was a department he wanted to eliminate during a presidential debate. ————————————————– Follow BI Video on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1oS68Zs Follow BI on Facebook: http://bit.ly/1W9Lk0n Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ ————————————————– Business Insider is the fastest growing … Read more

Steam Drillers (Geothermal Energy Development)

Geothermal drilling is the process of creating boreholes in the earth to extract the earth’s heat. Geothermal Exploration is the exploration of the subsurface in search of viable active geothermal regions with the goal of building a geothermal power plant, where hot fluids drive turbines to create electricity. Exploration methods include a broad range of … Read more

The breakthrough in renewable energy (vpro backlight documentary)

It’s not in the papers but a silent revolution is moving across the world. Renewable energy is becoming cheaper than from fossil fuels. It means that progressively the choice for wind and solar energy is no longer an ethical one but an economic one. And this will speed up the transfer to renewable energy. In … Read more