Friday, 1 April 2016
Windows of Skyscrapers to Produce Energy
Penn Energy Editors article of March 28, 2016, talks about a new solar energy technology that can create energy from transparent coatings placed on glass or plexiglass. The current research shows that this coating, when applied to the windows of skyscrapers, can generate 50 times more energy than traditional rooftop solar because of the surface area being covered.
Geothermal Sector Begins Heating Up in Mexico and Zinc Extraction from Geothermal Plants
Bloomberg's BNA article written by Emily Pickrell March 22, 2016, suggests that there could be a rapid expansion of Mexico's geothermal power capacity. Since passing new regulations this year thirteen new permits have been issued, for the exploration of new sites.
Mexico has five Geothermal Power stations all located in south Mexicali, Baja California, (32.413129, -115.252069). This is just across the border from the Cal Energy geothermal plants that are located at the bottom of the Salton Sea. This geothermal electric plant uses 40% of its output to power an adjacent zinc recovery plant, that extracts this mineral from the geothermal brine coming from the plant before it is reinjected. It is anticipated that the plant will extract 30,000 tons per year.
Mexico has five Geothermal Power stations all located in south Mexicali, Baja California, (32.413129, -115.252069). This is just across the border from the Cal Energy geothermal plants that are located at the bottom of the Salton Sea. This geothermal electric plant uses 40% of its output to power an adjacent zinc recovery plant, that extracts this mineral from the geothermal brine coming from the plant before it is reinjected. It is anticipated that the plant will extract 30,000 tons per year.
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Geothermal Mapping taking place in Munich Germany
An Press Release from the DMT March 29, 2016 describes the largest inner-city survey of deep underground geothermal resources. They anticipate being able to switch to fully renewable energy by 2040.
From the video above you can see the technology being deployed to do this survey are vehicles that use geophones to create three-dimensional results. It is an environmentally friendly way to do this kind of survey in a built up area.
Philippines: Drilling for 20 MW Mabini Geothermal Power Project to Start Soon
The Standard, business news indicates more geothermal drilling will take place in the Phillippines Batangas province. The International Geothermal Association ranks the Philippines as second in capacity to the US for Geothermal Energy at the moment, followed by Mexico. The Philippines will currently have 16 Geothermal Electric production facilities with a capacity of 2733.56 MW.
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The Danger of Runaway Antarctica
The New York Times Editorial Board article of March 31, 2016, highlighted a number of critcal points about climate change underlining our need to move to renewables at a much faster pace.
"Now comes another scary prediction: If carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels continue unabated, the vast West Antarctic ice sheet could begin to disintegrate, causing the sea to rise by five to six feet by the end of the century, destroying coastal cities and low-lying island nations and creating environmental devastation within the lifetimes of children born today."
More frightening than these scientific revelations are the US elected officials that are racing in the opposite direction. Members of the Congress that doing their best to promote the increased use of Fossil Fuels. Despite this the US Geothermal Technologies Office is working on the acceleration of adoption of clean energies.
"Now comes another scary prediction: If carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels continue unabated, the vast West Antarctic ice sheet could begin to disintegrate, causing the sea to rise by five to six feet by the end of the century, destroying coastal cities and low-lying island nations and creating environmental devastation within the lifetimes of children born today."
More frightening than these scientific revelations are the US elected officials that are racing in the opposite direction. Members of the Congress that doing their best to promote the increased use of Fossil Fuels. Despite this the US Geothermal Technologies Office is working on the acceleration of adoption of clean energies.
The Rise in Sea Levels Could Be Almost Double Previous Estimates
Story by John Dyer in Vice News
Some key points made in the article are as follows:
"All the big airports from here to Boston are built on land near the water," said Larry Atkinson, an oceanographer at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, a seaside city that's among the most vulnerable in the United States to higher sea levels. "It takes 50 years to move an airport. We should start thinking now."
The rising waters won't stop either. If greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated at current levels, the study predicts disappearing ice will add an additional 49 feet to sea levels by 2500
Anthony Carpi, an environmental scientist and dean of research at John Jay College in New York City, pointed out the Antarctic contains 90 percent of the world's fresh water — and the alarming results of the study show how previous sea level forecasts haven't adequately taken temperature trends in the South Pole into account.
This image, which was originally posted to Flickr.com, was uploaded to Commons using Flickr upload bot on 07:20, 13 November 2008 (UTC) by Nguyễn Thanh Quang (talk)
Some key points made in the article are as follows:
"All the big airports from here to Boston are built on land near the water," said Larry Atkinson, an oceanographer at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, a seaside city that's among the most vulnerable in the United States to higher sea levels. "It takes 50 years to move an airport. We should start thinking now."
The rising waters won't stop either. If greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated at current levels, the study predicts disappearing ice will add an additional 49 feet to sea levels by 2500
Anthony Carpi, an environmental scientist and dean of research at John Jay College in New York City, pointed out the Antarctic contains 90 percent of the world's fresh water — and the alarming results of the study show how previous sea level forecasts haven't adequately taken temperature trends in the South Pole into account.
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