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Energy Balance: Hydrogen Powered Ship. - 0 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 30 Jan 08 - Cached
  • Iceland is about to launch its first hydrogen-powered ship ... well, at least the lights on it are powered by hydrogen. Of all nations, Iceland is probably the best provided-for in terms of sustainable energy, since it sits on the north Atlantic Ridge, and can draw ample geothermal energy from the molten lava that flows underneath it.
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Shipping Efficiency - 1 views

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shared by Phil Slade on 10 Dec 10 - No Cached
  • Phil Slade on 10 Dec 10
     
    "Shippingefficiency.org is a free-access, beta data-hub designed for ship owners, operators, charterers, ports, insurance companies, shipbrokers and other stakeholders, to factor in vessel efficiency information when making business decisions"
  • Hans De Keulenaer on 12 Dec 10
     
    Good catch Phil, and nice efficiency.
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Making waves | Economist.com - 0 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 25 Dec 07 - Cached
  • ACROSS the road from a golf course and next to a verdant, cow-filled field in Whetstone, a village about as far from the sea as it is possible to get in England, there is a ship's engine-room in a barn. The area is dripping with history—Frank Whittle, one of the inventors of the jet engine, used a neighbouring shed for his project—but this is not some clanking historical curiosity, such as a steam engine rebuilt by an amateur enthusiast. The whirring gas turbine and whining motor being put through their paces in bucolic Leicestershire are at the cutting edge of maritime engineering. The electric drive being tested there could represent the next leap forward in ship design, as significant a technological shift as the one from sail to steam power in the 19th century.
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Tesla passes U.N. battery tests - 0 views

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shared by davidchapman on 08 Aug 07 - Cached
  • davidchapman on 08 Aug 07
     
    The lithium ion car battery created by Tesla Motors has passed a battery of certification tests that effectively remove another hurdle in the path toward selling products. Because they can burst into flames, lithium ion batteries are classified as dangerous goods, according to Erik Toomre, Director of Manufacturing Programs. "Before we ship it to the public, we have to demonstrate that it is safe," he said.
  • davidchapman on 08 Aug 07
     
    The lithium ion car battery created by Tesla Motors has passed a battery of certification tests that effectively remove another hurdle in the path toward selling products. Because they can burst into flames, lithium ion batteries are classified as dangerous goods, according to Erik Toomre, Director of Manufacturing Programs. "Before we ship it to the public, we have to demonstrate that it is safe," he said.
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Fair wind for offshore renewables - 0 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 09 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • The task force recommendations include: creating a national database of survey data, with information from DECC, The Crown Estate and, at the appropriate time, developers - to reduce duplication and minimise cost and time introducing common standards in data collection and assessment to ensure developers can use methodologies consistently and with confidence using mandatory multilateral consultation to engage other sea users (fisheries, shipping, recreational users, communities, etc) at the earliest opportunity, before applications increasing resources in Marine Scotland (on cost-recovery basis) to provide required environment specialists for efficient scoping and application processes prioritising early work to identify potential sites for new test facilities, including deep water offshore wind technologies
  • Hans De Keulenaer on 09 Feb 12
     
    Offshore is promising, but still early days.
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Deep-Water Wind: In the Wind, Out of Sight | EcoGeek | Wind, Turbines, Turbine, Power, ... - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 26 Feb 08 - Cached
  • A Norwegian company called Sway is developing a deepwater system that will allow turbines to be situated farther out to sea where winds can be steadier and stronger, and where the turbines are hidden from all save a few passing ships.
  • Colin Bennett on 26 Feb 08
     
    A Norweigan company, SWAY A/S, is developing a deepwater wind turbine system. It seems that this system may offer a technical solution to two issues which are related to wind.  These  issues are that turbines are an eyesore for some and that of positioning turbines to receive a consistent wind flow. By enabling turbines to be placed far out to sea SWAY theoretically overcomes the eyesore issue. Also, wind flow may be more consistent in the open ocean and therefore a more approporiate environment to harvest consistent wind.
     
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Five Trends to Watch in the Renewable Energy Industry - 0 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 18 Mar 08 - Cached
  • Growth in the renewable energy industry is set to reach more than US $250 billion by the year 2017 with the electric car, sustainable cities, non-U.S.-based energy firms, geothermal energy and the greening of the shipping industry helping to lead the way. That's the prediction made by Clean Edge in its Clean Energy Trends 2008 report released on Wednesday.
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The Oil Drum | Alternative Wind Power Experiments - SkySails and Airborne Wind Turbines - 0 views

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shared by Colin Bennett on 14 Jan 08 - Cached
  • Wind power is currently the fastest growing renewable energy source (in terms of capacity - solar has a faster percentage growth rate), and looks like remaining so into the next decade. While most attention is focussed on the mainstream approach of generating power using large wind turbines - both onshore and, as Jerome recently looked at, offshore - there are a wide range of alternatives being considered for harvesting energy from the winds. In this post I'll look at 2 approaches that have received some attention in the press recently - attaching kite sails to ships and airborne wind turbines
  • Hans De Keulenaer on 07 Feb 08
     
    To be explored after we've fully exploited energy efficiency's potential, and all the onshore and offshore technologies we can think off. But the market will take care of this automatically, unless the EU comes up with the idea of a kite directive ...
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Ben & Jerry's May Make Warm Ice Cream to Reduce Emissions · Environmental Lea... - 0 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 29 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Unilever, maker of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, is pondering how to make an ice cream that is made, shipped and sold warm, with the consumer taking the final step of actually freezing the product.
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US marines in Afghanistan launch first energy efficiency audit in war zone | Environmen... - 0 views

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shared by Hans De Keulenaer on 21 Aug 09 - Cached
  • US marines in Afghanistan run through some 800,000 gallons of fuel a day. That's a higher burn rate than during an initial invasion, and reflects the logistical challenges of running counter-insurgency and other operations in the extreme weather conditions of Afghanistan.
  • The costs of shipping water and fuel to the troops is also becoming unsustainable. The price of a gallon of petrol in a war zone can cost up to $100.
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