Latest Blog

8Feb

Le Mans Brings Toyota and Audi Face to Face in Hybrid Racing

Categories: Green Technology & Efficient Solutions
No comments
Le Mans Brings Toyota and Audi Face to Face in Hybrid Racing

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on February 8, 2012.
Email, RSS Follow

When two almost legendary automakers compete against each other to steal the show at some event or other, sparks are set to fly all around the place. In about the same situation are Toyota and Audi, both setting high expectations at this year’s mid-June 24 Heures du Mans.

Read more
Tags:
8Feb

Concentrated Solar Startup Sets a New Efficiency Record

Categories: Green Technology & Efficient Solutions
No comments
solar

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on February 8, 2012.
Email, RSS Follow

Semprius, a startup that makes miniscule solar cells capable of capturing concentrated sunlight without costly cooling systems, announced this week that it had made the world’s most efficient solar panel.

The company’s solar panels use tiny solar cells made of gallium arsenide—the record-breaking solar module contains hundreds of such solar cells, each about the width of a line drawn by a ball-point pen, arranged under lenses that concentrate sunlight 1,100 times.

Read more
Tags:
7Feb

Solar powered battery chargers to help reduce grid energy consumption

Categories: Green Technology & Efficient Solutions
No comments
Solar powered battery chargers to help reduce grid energy consumption

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on February 7, 2012.
Email, RSS Follow

Over the last decade, the number of electronic gadgets in use across the globe has risen dramatically. With the growth of the personal electronics segment, the demand for electricity is growing at an unprecedented rate. However, since the infrastructure that produces and distributes electricity, called the grid, cannot be upgraded at the same rate at which the demand for the electricity is increasing, alternative methods of electricity generation are being investigated. Since around a third of the electricity produced is lost in transmission. This additional dependence on fossil fuels too can be lessened if more sustainable methods of electricity production like solar power are made more accessible to the public.

Read more
Tags:
7Feb

Germany Invests in Hydrogen Technology for Renewable Storage, Vehicles

Categories: Green Technology & Efficient Solutions
No comments
Germany Invests in Hydrogen Technology for Renewable Storage, Vehicles

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on February 7, 2012.
Email, RSS Follow

The tanks look like they could hold propane, gasoline or any other form of conventional energy.

But the storage tanks in Prenzlau, some 70 miles north of Berlin, hold energy produced from wind. A hybrid power plant sponsored by four large companies is being tested there to see if the plant’s wind-hydrogen-biogas technology will work.

The system takes wind energy and turns it into hydrogen, which allows it to be stored. First electricity is produced in three wind turbines, which is then used to produce C02-free hydrogen. This so-called “green” hydrogen can be stored and mixed with biogas in a combined heat and power plant, to be used as needed in times of higher demand.

Read more
Tags:
7Feb

Best solar powered watches for greener times

Categories: Green Technology & Efficient Solutions
No comments
Best solar powered watches for greener times

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on February 7, 2012.
Email, RSS Follow

Green is the way to go and now you can look for ‘greener times ahead’ by sporting an eco friendly and green watch. You no longer need to worry about your battery weakening, as you can power them with solar energy. Batteries keep getting disposed in the most inappropriate manner and eventually end up overspilling landfills. You can show your responsibility toward the environment by buying yourself a battery free watch. Not only are these solar powered watches eco friendly, they are visually cool too.

Read more
Tags:
7Feb

Net-Zero-Energy Home Unveiled in Las Vegas

Categories: Green Technology & Efficient Solutions
No comments
Net-Zero-Energy Home Unveiled in Las Vegas

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on February 7, 2012.
Email, RSS Follow

A number of energy-efficient homes and communities are currently in the process of being tested, but a Los Angeles-based company is going one small step farther. KB Home presented its first net-zero-energy home in an event in Las Vegas, and it’s not just experimental. The home, called the ZeroHouse 2.0, is available to consumers (in certain areas, including Vegas).

Read more
Tags:
7Feb

Twin Solar Thermal Plants Commence Operation in Spain

Categories: Green Technology & Efficient Solutions
No comments
Twin Solar Thermal Plants Commence Operation in Spain

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on February 7, 2012.
Email, RSS Follow

Two identical 50-MW solar thermal power plants just went into operation in Spain in January. They, the Valle 1 and Valle 2, are located in San José del Valle in Cadiz (in the South of Spain). They are being operated by Torresol Energy, and the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the two projects, as well as 100% of the technology and engineering, were provided by SENER, which now has 24 solar thermal power plants representing 1,500 MWe of power installed or under construction in Spain, US and India.

Read more
Tags:
6Feb

MIT Researchers Find a Way To Make Solar Panels from Grass Clippings

Categories: Green Technology & Efficient Solutions
No comments
MIT Researchers Find a Way To Make Solar Panels from Grass Clippings

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on February 6, 2012.
Email, RSS Follow

What if generating solar energy at home required little more than mixing some grass clippings with inexpensive chemicals? That’s exactly what MIT researcher Andreas Mershinhas found to be the case. The scientist says creating a solar cell could be as easy as mixing any green organic material (grass clippings, agricultural waste) with a bag of custom chemicals and painting the mixture on a roof. Once the efficiency of Mershin’s system is improved, this type of solar technology could make cheap energy available in rural places and developing countries where people don’t have access to affordable energy. Read on to see a video of Mershin’s findings

Read more
Tags:
6Feb

Human Waste-Powered Robots May Be Future of Machines

Categories: Green Technology & Efficient Solutions
No comments
Human Waste-Powered Robots May Be Future of Machines

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on February 6, 2012.
Email, RSS Follow

Human waste might someday turn human urine or waste into useful electricity for radios or space robots

Today’s robots that fly, jump or roll around must refuel or recharge as does any gadget that runs out of energy. Tomorrow’s new generation of self-sustaining robots might keep going nearly forever by grazing on dead insects, rotting plant matter or even human waste.

Read more
Tags:
6Feb

Urban Landscape: A solar powered info station

Categories: Green Technology & Efficient Solutions
No comments
Urban Landscape A solar powered info station

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on February 6, 2012.
Email, RSS Follow

Solar power is one of the greenest sources of energy. We have seen solar powered gadgets, cars, houses etc. but this concept by Matteo Straforini is a solar powered info point where you can get information about a city. It is an urban design to make easy and ergonomic consulting. The solar panels are installed on the sail of the structure and it can rotate, following the sun’s inclination completing a rotation of 180°, just like a sunflower. A touch screen on the dashboard allows the user to access the menu, which contains different categories for browsing.

Read more
Tags:
« Older posts
Newer posts »
« Older posts
Newer posts »