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Coastal cities to compete with Electric cars for water. Ch3

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:00:03 +0000

Cape Town and other coastal cities, and inland cities too will be looking to desalinate sea water for their survival. The amount of power needed to desalinate the volume of sea water equal to the amount of water in our dams will be huge. This will be a figure far larger than [...]

Solar Pumps replace Windmills in Western Range

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:05:44 +0000

ALCOVA, Wyo. — The pump installer toppled the old windmill in about an hour, first climbing up the wobbly 27-foot tower to stop the broken mill’s whirling blade and then pulling the underground pipe to make way for a new solar-powered electric pump.

Iconic mechanical windmills of metal and wood have pumped life into [...]

Listen to Music from the Sun

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:48:54 +0000

Listen to solar sound. Musical sounds created by longitudinal vibrations within the Sun’s atmosphere have been recorded and accurately studied for the first time by experts at the University of Sheffield, shedding light on the Sun’s magnetic atmosphere.

The video shows giant magnetic coronal loops, which are responsible for huge atmospheric explosions that occur [...]

The Western Cape is a Leader in the Renewable Energy sector

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:06:18 +0000

The Western Cape is a leader in the renewable energy sector, being the first province to have a Sustainable Energy Strategy and a Policy for Solar Water Heaters in place. The province current electricity consumption is approximately 3500 megawatts (MW). To ease the strain on energy demand currently, the province has set [...]