energy production

World’s first salt power plant opens tomorrow

by thomas on November 23, 2009 (Feature image by Statkraft)

Osmotic power membranes coiled up inside pressure vessels

Starting tomorrow, the world’s first power plant generating power from salt water will be opened at Tofte in Norway. Back in May, I did a little roundup of various ways to get power from water. One of the more experimental technologies I mentioned was salt power – or osmotic power, which is the more precise [...]

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Greener energy production: Run your dishwasher at night

by thomas on May 22, 2009

You can help reduce the needed energy production from dirty coal and other non-renewable resources – just by running your dishwasher and other appliances at night. The demand for electricity is higher in the daytime than at night, particularly during office hours. The increase in demand starts in the morning when people and businesses switch [...]

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Solar energy and the ways it can be used

by thomas on April 28, 2009

Last week, in my roundup of renewable energy sources, I promised to give each source a closer look in future posts. Let’s start off with the Sun and its abundance of solar energy. As noted in my previous roundup, the Sun radiates almost inconceivable amounts of energy in our direction. If we could utilize even [...]

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