Tag Archives: renewable energy

We have been talking in a previous post about the Green Week in EU this week taking place from 24 till 27 of May.  Among all activities that had taken place till now, the presentation of Solar Impulse has been one of the main attraction and has drawn more attention among the audience. The founders Betrand Piccard and André  Borschberg presented yesterday the first aircraft powered  only by solar energy. In the event, it has ...

The greenest office building in the world has opened its doors in Incheaon, South Korea. It is a construction that emits zero carbon and uses only renewable energy. The offices are dedicated to the research on climate change and bring together the government commitment of reducing greenhouse gases. The building has 2500 square metres and it has been launched by the minister of  National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER). It is a new reference for the following buildings that ...

Adam Boese is the owner of the gym Green Microgym in Portland, Oregon. He has designed static bicycles and treadmills that convert the work out when users pedal or run into electricity and then the electricity is fed back into the building. This is possible thanks to generator that creates the electricity while you are sweating! Most users will generate between 50 and 150 watts while the exercise during half an hour, enough energy to power a mobile ...

The Bosque Village is an eco-tourist dream. It is a combination of camping, artistic retreat centre, permaculture farm and eco villages that give courses as well. It works sustainably without modifying the ecosystem and without the facilities of the city: they use rain water for most of its water needs, except for drinking, solar power or composting toilets. It is a living green place with outdoors entertainment, personal development and creative activities. It is located in a remote ...

German government has given an award to Intel for the development of the 48-core concept vehicle, the Single Chip Cloud Computer. They have won the prize for Climate and Environment in the “Environmentally Friendly Technologies.” Intel is one of the largest purchasers of renewable energy and it is really needed  since  it is said that information technology nowadays causes carbon emissions comparable to that of civil aviation. Green computing or Green IT is necessary and that is the goal of Intel ...

As it says in the Japan Wind Energy Association,  there was not wind turbine damaged during the earthquake,  tsunami and nuclear accident in Japan. Tsunamis  and earthquakes are quite common in the history of Japan so they have added 22 MW in 2010 and there are 2,304 MW installed throughout the country. The company  EcoPower operates more than 109 wind farms across Japan mostly in coastal areas. They had to stop their operations during the earthquake, but after that, all ...