The dream of developing a method of obtaining nuclear fusion has been a long-standing one for physicists, ever since the idea was first proposed. Basically, cold fusion is the opposite process of nuclear fission, the method that is currently used in atomic power plants to produce electricity. These facilities split a... |
24 March 2009
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Keeping the flow of plasma – an electrically-charged stream of gas heated at millions of degrees – has been a major obstacle in the path of developing a sustainable nuclear fusion reaction, as turbulences and drops in temperature interfered with the difficult process of merging the similarly-charged nucle... |
4 December 2008
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The new geothermal plant that opened Thursday, November 6th, is the first modular plant of its kind, meaning that its building time only lasted for about 6 months. This is a very short term for such an undertaking, as regular thermal power plants usually take about 5 to 7 years to plan and build. Raser Technologies I... |
10 November 2008
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There are dozens of sites like this throughout England – small hydroelectric plants, some more than 100 years old, that have been abandoned for more than 5 or 6 decades. Authorities now seem to have found a new use for them, namely that they can still produce renewable electricity, even though they've been... |
31 October 2008
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The most ambitious water-harnessing project ever designed, scheduled to become fully operational by 2012, will generate enormous amounts of electrical power, to be distributed in the national power grid. Once closed, it will flood the valley behind it over a distance of more than 185 miles (almost 300 kilometers), wi... |
24 October 2008
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Over the last few years, Ethiopia was hit by several drought waves, which relentlessly crippled the nation's electricity production, seeing how most regions are powered up by hydroelectric power plants. That's why national authorities recently inked a deal with the French company Vergent, which is to begin ... |
22 October 2008
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Instead of the extended wind turbine fields we are accustomed to, the U.S. could see its most important buildings, such as hospitals, schools and public offices powered-up by wind turbines of unusual shapes. They are much reduced in dimension and reportedly more efficient than their large propeller-like counterparts.... |
11 October 2008
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