Thermoelectric generators, or Seebeck generators, are devices that directly convert heat into electricity through a process called the Seebeck effect or thermoelectric effect.
By Kris Walker
20 May 2013
Feed in tariffs is a process implemented to encourage renewable energy technology investments. Also known as renewable energy payments and advanced renewable tariffs, they offer long-term contracts for those who generate renewable energy based on the cost of production involved in each of the technologies such as wind power, solar power and tidal power.
By Kris Walker
8 Feb 2013
The combination of performing annual agricultural activities and delayed long- term production of trees on the same plot of land is described as agro forestry.
By Kris Walker
11 Feb 2013
Tidal power is a kind of hydropower that generates electric power by converting the energy of tides.
By Kris Walker
22 Jan 2013
OTEC is an energy technology that makes use of the ocean’s temperature difference between the warm surface water and the cold deeper water.
By Kris Walker
15 May 2013
Thermal depolymerization is an industrial process of breaking down various waste materials into crude oil products. In this process, the materials are subjected to high temperatures and pressure in the presence of water, thereby initiating hydrous pyrolysis.
By Kris Walker
23 Jan 2013
Christmas time is here and as usual there seems to be no end to decorating Christmas trees, the season’s main attraction. Every year, a large number of Christmas trees cherished in our homes for several weeks find themselves piled up in a landfill post Christmas.
By Kris Walker
21 Dec 2012
With environmental concerns increasing every day, scientists are frantically trying to find various solutions to reduce pollution.
By Kris Walker
17 May 2013
Climate change and environmental degradation are most likely to be the factors that led to people starting to design and construct green houses or homes constructed purely out of everyday waste/recycled materials.
By Kris Walker
4 Jan 2013
The Times Square Ball located at the top of the One Times Square building and is used during New Year's Eve celebrations in New York. The ball is lowered down a flagpole annually on December 31 at 11:59 p.m. EST to indicate the start of the New Year.