With President Barack Obama now at the helm of the United States, people are wondering just what will happen to the country. After all, it is in an economic crisis at present and the President does need to focus on things that will help the country make its way back to its prime.

One of the things that the new President is doing is looking at alternative energy as a good source of power. Instead of shelling out billions of dollars on how to further improve production of fossil fuel that the country has, he is instead aiming at how to further develop renewable power. And that is where he is putting his money in.

Renewable power does include solar power as well as the energy we all can get from the wind. But that is not all, according to this report I came across earlier, Obama is also looking at biofuels.

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Obama Looks At Alternative Energy

Eddie Austin is the head and the CEO of the mentioned solar company and on this, he said, “We look forward to increasing our project base in Brazil through the development of solar resources for these important facilities. These hospitals expect to significantly reduce their dependence on traditional electric power by generating solar power at their facilities.”

Now with such a project, it seems like Brazil is sure on its way to becoming ‘disconnected’ from the grid and that would be a good thing, don’t you think so?

Source: San Antonio Business Journal

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Sunrise Solar Tapped

This is a real good way to teach and promote renewable energy and how to conserve energy. A school which has been granted solar panels or which has been given wind turbines could have kids experience first hand what these alternative energy tools actually do.

Sean Marchetto is the science consultant of the Catholic School District in Calgary. On this, he says, “This is an example of stewardship in action.” And he is right. A lot of students have been able to easily absorb what these solar panels and wind turbines are all about.

Source: Calgary Herald

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Solar And Wind Power In Calgary Schools

According to the plans that Obama has listed, he is going to take the road towards putting in more of the nation’s budget into research. That way, there would be more knowledge on energy. He is also looking at having electric utilities moving towards renewable power.

Lyndon Rive is the president of SolarCity, a company that is into solar power and solar power technology. On this, Rive said, “This is a gift. We could not ask for a president who’s more focused on energy independence and renewable power.”

On the other hand, there are also those who may be frowning and feeling a wee bit nervous about what is happening and what is about to happen. This is the oil industry.

Source: SFGate

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Obama Just May Be Alternative Energy’s Ally

Though we have heard of solar-powered streetlights already, we still have not heard of solar streetlights in the Philippines. This is the first time in fact that I have heard of such being installed in the country.In a report, Raquel Naciongayo, the officer of Pasig City’s Environment and Natural Resources department, had mentioned that they are installing such so as to help lessen expenses on energy. At present, they had already installed 27 streetlights and these can be found in the Central Business District and in parts of Barangay Kapitolyo.

Naciongayo had mentioned, “During the day, the streetlights would charge up through the solar panels situated on top of the post with its battery, convert and store that energy, and automatically turn on at night, running from 6 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. With global warming and energy issues now a worldwide problem, we have to do our share for the environment.”

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Pasig City Gets Solar Streetlights

That is the way things are going for most institutions. And in schools, they are already using solar power to be able to show to the students just how friendly this kind of technology is.

One of the newest schools to use solar power is the University of Nevada. They had already put in solar panels and these would be lighting up the Joe Crowley Student Union. Officials say that the solar project would be able to create 28 kW for power. In a year, that would be around $5000 savings in electricity. A huge amount, I know.

Thanks to the Black Rock Solar, the solar project became reality. The university did not have that much funds to put in their own solar panels. But with Black Rock Solar entering the scene, the student union now gets to benefit from the free power from the sun.

Source: SignOnSanDiego.com

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Solar Panels In The Student Union

No they are not hiring teachers to help teach children about solar power. Instead, their way of educating these students is through a curriculum that they had created themselves. They are calling it “Learning About Solar Power” and it seems like a real good guide to help teachers teach children about solar power and everything related to it.Dr. Laura Martin is the senior director for Arizona Science Center’s science interpretation on the curriculum from SunEdison, she shared, “A program like this, from the real-world,brings solar energy to life for students and also really allows them to develop an understanding of how energy profoundly affectstheir lives. This is technology being developed today for use now and in decades to come.”

On the end of SunEdison, Jigar Shah, one of the heads at the company, shared that his interest in solar power came when he was a teenager and so he believes that the curriculum is a good way to teach these students. The program would also help develop interest in these children.

Source: Market Watch
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SunEdison To Help Teach On Solar Power

For this Halloween Season, do youself a favor and watch this video to discover what sort of vampire is in your house today.

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The Real Vampire And It Is In Your House

An Ultracapacitor, sometimes called electric double-layer capacitors or supercapacitors are just just like any other capacitor but have a very high energy density.  It can store huge amounts of energy for its size.   If you are familiar with the usual electrolytic capacitor,  think about a device than can store a thousand times more energy.   Most electrolytic capacitors have a value in micro farads, but a typical ultracapacitor has a value in  10, 100, or sometimes thousands of farads.

One may also think of ultracapacitors as a super battery.   Normal rechargeable batteries such as Nicd and NiMH have very slow charging times.   What’s great about an ultracapacitor is that it charges very quickly just as an ordinary electrolytic capacitor does.    It can also discharge high amounts of power very quickly unlike normal batteries.

Such properties of Ultracapacitors made it a very suitable for applications such as for motor startup, and  regenerative braking.   Someday,  I won’t be surprised to see  Ultracapacitors replace batteries in all-electric cars (EV) and plugin hybrids.

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What is an Ultracapacitor?

Reserachers have devised a new system that encompasses a grid of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) placed on the bottom of the river, the undulating movement of which will generate electricity. The electrical current generated would pass to substations along the river bank, ultimately charging a group of batteries. The city is looking to harness enough power from the river to cover 20-40% of its needs.

Very nice, right? If areas with bodies of moving water could do the same, the world would probably be greener. And come to think of it, the world is mostly made up of water. So if we all knew how to hone the power from such, just think how we all would be living in a better Earth.

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Power From The Water