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BIOMASS

Spotlight: Regional Bio-fuels Technical & Knowledge Center (CHIBAS)

Spotlight: Regional Bio-fuels Technical & Knowledge Center (CHIBAS)

CHIBAS (a research center on bio-energy and sustainable agriculture, www.chibas-bioenergy.org) is a not-for-profit organization based in Haiti.  It is an institute founded with the goal...

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

GEOTHERMAL POWER STATIONS- ORMAT Group, USA

GEOTHERMAL POWER STATIONS Lucien Y. Bronicki, Chairman ORMAT Group http://www.ormat.com I.. Introduction II. Current Geothermal Energy Utilization III. Current Uses and Commercial Status IV. The Ultimate Potential V....

HYDROPOWER

APPLICATION: Hydropower-Electricity Generation

DESCRIPTION:  There are many types of turbines used for hydropower, and they are chosen based on their particular application and the height of standing water...

Nuclear Energy

Leading sustainable development

Nuclear Energy- Leading sustainable development No matter how many regional alliances Jamaica enter into, or free trade agreements we ratify - the main thing that...

Wind

‘Wind bags’ tested in Nottingham under energy plan

Wind bags which would store excess energy from wind turbines as compressed air under the sea are being tested by a Nottingham University professor. Seamus Garvey’s...

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion

TECHNOLOGY: Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)

The vertical temperature distribution on the open ocean can be simplistically described as consisting of two layers separated by an interface. The upper layer is...

Wave Energy

TECHNOLOGY: Wave Energy

APPLICATION: Electricity Production DESCRIPTION:  There are three approaches to capturing wave energy: These are: •    Floats or Pitching Devices; these devices generate electricity from the bobbing...

Tidal Energy

Marine power schemes given cash boost

Three Scottish companies have won a multi-million pound funding boost to help prove the commercial viability of their marine power devices. The Oyster wave device has...