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| Article Title | Author | Company | eMag Issue | Article Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Fusion | Florian Ion Petrescu | Bucharest Polytechnic University | Aug 2012 |
Research into controlled fusion, with the aim of producing fusion power for the production of electricity, has been conducted for over 60 years. It has been accompanied by extreme scientific and technological difficulties, but has resulted in progress. At present, controlled fusion reactions have been unable to produce break-even (self-sustaining) controlled fusion reactions. Workable designs for a reactor that theoretically will deliver ten times more fusion energy than the amount needed to heat up plasma to required temperatures (see ITER) were originally scheduled to be operational in 2018, however this has been delayed and a new date has not been stated. |
| The Army's $7 Billion Renewable Energy Contracts | Robert Tritt | McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP | Jun 2012 |
The military services want the private sector to design, build, own and operate the alternative energy generation capacity and sell the energy to the military services. |
| Potentially incorrect beliefs currently prevalent in the Solar Energy Industry | Richard Leverton | Hybridyne | Jun 2012 |
It is entirely technically reasonable to amortize the financing of a well engineered solar array over 30-40 years, not just 20. |
| The Port of the Future: The Potential of Fuel Cells to Green Our Nation’s Ports |
Contributed by | Fuel Cells 2000 | Aug 2012 |
Fuel cells can help resolve many issues facing ports. By deploying this clean and modern technology, ports can reduce pollution and increase operational efficiency. Fuel cells generate electricity using electro-chemical reactions, not combustion, so there are no polluting emissions, only water and heat as by-products. |
| Anything Can Go Wrong on a Solar Farm | Maureen McHale for | ESA Renewables | Aug 2012 |
Here are 16 of the potential failures or damages that can occur on a solar farm and how they could impact operations if not addressed in a timely manner. |
| It’s Massive Yet Tiny | Len Calderone for | AltEnergyMag | Dec 2012 |
A 14 x 14” MYT engine has 850 cubic inches of displacement and weighs 150 pounds, compared to a conventional engine, which would weigh 3,000 pounds to produce the same power. The engine needs no oil, as the biofuel is the lubricant due to the high lubricity of biofuel. With every tank of fuel, the engine is circulated with more than 20 gallons of fresh engine oil compared to 5 quarts of engine oil circulating over 3,000 miles in conventional engines. You can now skip changing oil forever and have an engine with longer life. |
| Magnetic Energy | Len Calderone | Jun 2012 |
Is a perpetual magnetic generator impossible? Maybe, but there have been several patents issued on this theory and as the cost of energy keeps rising, more scientists will be searching for ways to make a working practical perpetual magnetic generator. | |
| How to choose and implement current sensors | Pierre TURPIN | LEM Energy & Automation division | Jun 2012 |
Many new installations benefit from solid core transformers, and split core technology is not designed to compete with these. However, existing machines and building equipment have no way to add solid core devices without a costly shut-down of the system. New materials and technologies equip advanced split core current transformers for immediate retrofitting of high-performance and cost-effective condition monitoring, power metering and facility supervision systems. |
| Why is vanadium important to the renewable energy sector? | Bill Radvak | American Vanadium Corp. | Dec 2012 |
Lithium vanadium phosphate batteries add vanadium to the cathode of electric vehicle batteries. The result is a power source capable of producing more than six times the power of the typical lithium-ion batteries in such electric vehicles as the Chevrolet Volt or the Nissan LEAF (210 watts of power as opposed to 33 watts). |
| Real World PV Solar System Installation - Part 1 | Bob Hetherington | AltEnergyMag.com | Aug 2012 |
AltEnergyMag is having a residential PV system installed and monitoring the process. This is part 1 of a series of articles we will publish along the way in order to demonstrate and explain a real world project for our readers to follow and learn from. |
