Gatordiesel: put an alligator in your tank!
While concerns remain about the use of soybeans and other crops for biofuel production – an inevitable increase in prices of agricultural commodities – Scientists have identified a new source of most unlikely to produce biodiesel:...Read More
Pythagoras Solar develops solar energy accumulating windows
The Israeli company Pythagoras Solar created a photovoltaic glass unit that produces solar energy for office buildings.
“The window is innovative because it uses solar cells that allow the solar energy be part of the next generation of...Read More
Energy storage by the blue-green algae
Cyanobacteria, formerly called “blue-green algae” are micro-organisms capable of producing under normal conditions, stocks of energy enabling them to survive under stress, such as during a prolonged time in the dark. This storage...Read More
Wind turbines inspired by schools of fish
The fluid dynamics in the movement of a school can apply to a wind farm. The model uses wind farm wind turbines with vertical shafts.
Engineers in California were inspired by the collective movement of these aggregations to design marine wind...Read More