Archive for May, 2022

Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy?

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http://www.ted.com Nuclear power: the energy crisis has even die-hard environmentalists reconsidering it. In this first-ever TED debate, Stewart Brand and Mark Z. Jacobson square off over the pros and cons. A discussion that’ll make you think — and might even change your mind.

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Wind Power Physics

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Basic Physics of Wind Turbines. Good Turbines, Bad Turbines, How to tell what is a good turbine or bad turbine usually comes down to basic physics.
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Nuclear 101

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Nuclear 101

Nuclear energy is released from the nucleus of atoms through the processes of fission or fusion.
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How Big Can Wind Turbines Get?

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[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/268363/installed-wind-power-capacity-worldwide/
[2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-denmark-windpower/denmark-sources-record-47-of-power-from-wind-in-2019-idUSKBN1Z10KE
[3] https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/10/denmark-wind-windfarm-power-exceed-electricity-demand
[4] https://renewablesnow.com/news/wind-produces-325-of-irelands-power-in-2019-689351/
[5] https://www.ge.com/renewableenergy/wind-energy/offshore-wind/haliade-x-offshore-turbine#:~:text=The%20Haliade%2DX%20offshore%20turbine,seven%20points%20above%20industry%20standard.
[6] https://www.compositesworld.com/articles/wind-blades-progress-and-challenges
[7] https://www.lmwindpower.com/
[8] https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/524/1/012087/pdf#:~:text=Introduction%20The%20maximum%20rotational%20speed,of%20the%20blades%20%5B1%5D.
[9] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1471084605003264
[10] https://share-ng.sandia.gov/news/resources/news_releases/big_blades/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405896317307218

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Awesome Low Head High Flow Grid Tie Micro Hydro 530 watts!

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I travel to a summer home in the mountains of Western North Carolina to meet Bill. He has come up with a way to pull a lot of water over a dam and into a permanent magnet alternator. He feeds the power to the house to supplement what is used. Bill is using Langston Alternative Power for his setup and makes around 500 watts.
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The interesting thing about this micro hydro setup is the way that the system is started. There is a lot of water that needs to flow over a dam. To get this system going Bill uses a simple shop vac to pull the water over into the 6″ pipe.

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With simple materials and an electric motor, you can create your own free electric energy, which can be used to light bulbs, charge phones, batteries … In the video is a model Pretty unique picture for the above idea, see and comment on your own opinion.
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How a Geothermal Plant Works

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http://calenergy.com (http://AlternativeEnergy.com posted). Much more information on geothermal at http://AlternativeEnergy.com

Micro Hydropower : Turbulent Turbines

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Hydropower has been with us for millennia, but the 20th Century race to build huge centralised hydropower dams in many parts of the world has caused untold environmental damage. Now a new micro-hydropower technology is working with the natural flow of water and wildlife rather than against it, to bring much needed constant baseload power to off grid areas in remote areas of developing nations.

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How a Geothermal plant works by CEGA

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How can we transform heat from the underground into electricity?
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Geothermal Energy Could Heat Homes And Reduce Our Dependence On Fossil Fuels | Mach | NBC News

Geothermal energy uses the natural warmth below the surface of the Earth to heat water which can then be used to heat houses. It’s a clean and reliable. But, can there ever be enough buy-in to use it to radically change how we power our world?
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Rain Gutter POWER #1 – How to Harvest Free Energy From Your Roof with a Hydro Electric Generator!

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A lot of people wonder if there’s any power in the rain falling on our roofs. This video series starts with the theory of how much power is available then attempts to achieve it in practice. It was a lot of fun to BUILD, hopefully you enjoy it and learn something in the process.

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Harvesting hydro power from rain gutters! It sounds impossible but it works. This is part 1 of a video series on the theory and implementation of capturing hydro-electric power from the roof. For part 2 click here:

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This video gives an overview of a 500 W hydro power system in central Virginia with a spinning, no-clog water intake.

Nuclear Physics: Crash Course Physics #45

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It’s time for our second to final Physics episode. So, let’s talk Einstein and Nuclear Physics. What does E=MC2 actually mean? Why is it so useful to us as physicists and humans? In this episode of Crash Course Physics, Shini sits down to go over the basics of it all.

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