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Greenhouse | Solyndra. Solyndra Agricultural Solar Products The rapidly expanding use of agricultural shelter structures in warm climates offers an exciting opportunity for greenhouse and shade structure rooftops to generate clean energy from the sun while optimizing plant growth. Greenhouses topped with Solyndra panels allow more light through than a traditional flat panel application and benefit from the light weight of the panels. Benefits of Solyndra Greenhouse Applications Uniform overhead shading and lighting at crop surfaceRapid installation, light constructionConfigurable, seasonal shading with addition of reflective clothQuality construction, 20+ year life Benefits of Agricultural Solar Dual land useAdditional revenue stream for farmersDistributed powerTax incentivesReduced electricity bills A Unique Application for Agricultural Greenhouses Greenhouse manufacturers can easily integrate Solyndra panels onto the roof of a greenhouse or shade structure.

Top 10 Solar Technologies to Watch Out For. Solar Energy Published on October 11th, 2009 | by Derek Markham Solar power technology is moving forward by leaps and bounds, with some new advancements being built out into usable installations virtually every day. Design concepts once thought to be ‘pie in the sky’ ideas are being implemented, and making a simple solar panel array look like old-school technology. While it may be some time before you see some of these solar technologies in use, chances are it will be sooner rather than later, so keep your eyes on these: 1. 2. “The idea is to use solar panels to power the electrolyzer to produce hydrogen which would be stored in tanks. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

As a bonus solar technology to watch out for, CoolEarth’s solar balloons are made with metallic plastic films, with half of the balloon being transparent, which lets the sunlight in to be concentrated on a small high-efficiency solar panel. Tags: solar technology About the Author. Vertical farming: Does it really stack up? WHEN you run out of land in a crowded city, the solution is obvious: build upwards. This simple trick makes it possible to pack huge numbers of homes and offices into a limited space such as Hong Kong, Manhattan or the City of London. Mankind now faces a similar problem on a global scale. The world's population is expected to increase to 9.1 billion by 2050, according to the UN. Feeding all those people will mean increasing food production by 70%, according to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation, through a combination of higher crop yields and an expansion of the area under cultivation.

Such is the thinking behind vertical farming. Better still, says Dr Despommier, the use of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides can be kept to a bare minimum by growing plants indoors in a controlled environment. A wide variety of designs for vertical farms have been created by architectural firms. The necessary technology already exists. Let there be light Vertical, but only three metres tall. New printer produces 3D objects on demand. Imagine a machine which accepts CAD drawings, then produces a three dimensional prototype within a few hours for $100 - it now exists.

The successful implementation of the technology points the way to this technology eventually finding its way into local bureau which produce while-you-wait samples as a service, and eventually to the home where designs could be downloaded from the internet and manifested at whim. View all Z Corporation now has several models of 3D printers that produce physical prototypes quickly, easily, and inexpensively from computer-aided design (CAD) and other digital data.

In the same way that conventional desktop printers provide computer users with a paper output of their documents, 3D printers provide 3D CAD users a physical prototype of real world objects such as a mobile phone, an engine manifold, or a camera. The ZPrinter System completes the product line, which includes the Z406 Full Color 3D Printer and the Z810 Large Format 3D Printer. T-box concept to capture wind energy from trains. The T-box concept would be installed between railway sleepers, and would harness the wind of passing trains to generate electricity (All images courtesy of Qian Jiang) Image Gallery (9 images) As anyone living near railway tracks will tell you, speeding trains generate quite a bit of wind as they whoosh past. Industrial designers Qian Jiang and Alessandro Leonetti Luparini have come up with a device that's installed between the sleepers on a track, and as the train passes overhead, the wind drives a turbine to generate electricity.

The T-box devices could be placed along railway or subway lines, and make good use of an otherwise wasted resource. View all Unlike innovations such as the Solar Roadways project and Solar Wind concept, the T-box device wouldn't have to depend on a natural energy source, but instead one that is produced as a consequence of human activity. Of course, keeping these babies clean and safe could be a problem. Via Yanko About the Author Post a CommentRelated Articles. Wysips technology can turn any surface into a PV power plant. Wafer thin and flexible - Wysips film technology allows light to pass through a semi-cylindrical lens onto thin strips of photovoltaic cells below, while also allowing the surface underneath to show through Image Gallery (4 images) Mobile phones sporting photovoltaic panels are nothing new but thanks to some lens wizardry, a French company recently showed off a prototype phone where the touchscreen display itself housed the solar-soaking cells.

Similar to the lenticular optics which sends slightly different images to each eye for glasses-free 3D viewing, Wysips technology allows light to pass through a semi-cylindrical lens onto thin strips of photovoltaic cells below, while also allowing the surface underneath to show through. The developers say that many surfaces could potentially become self-sufficient power producers. The idea for Wysips is said to have been inspired by the holographic process used on book covers, where the image changes depending on the viewing angle. Fruit fibers used to create 'green' plastic for cars. A research team from Brazil has developed a new form of plant fiber-based plastic that is claimed to be almost as stiff as Kevlar and stronger, lighter, and more eco-friendly than plastics currently in use (Image credit: Peter Bubenik) A research team from Brazil has developed a new form of plant fiber-based plastic that is claimed to be stronger, lighter, and more eco-friendly than plastics currently in use.

Team leader Alcides Leão says that some of the so-called nano-cellulose fibers can be almost as stiff as Kevlar, but that the plastic differs from many in widespread use because the source material – such as pineapple and banana – is completely renewable. The researchers say that current production efforts are centered around the manufacture of automotive plastics, but future development could see steel and aluminum being replaced. Ordinary-sized cellulose particles extracted from wood and then ground up have been used for centuries in the manufacture of paper. About the Author. CO2 scrubber turns carbon emissions into building materials. The CO2 collecting smokestack with Michigan Tech chemical engineering PhD student Brett Spigarelli (Photo: George Olszewski) Students at Michigan Technological University have designed and constructed their own mini-smokestack to showcase a new method for scrubbing carbon dioxide from emissions.

The approach is similar to SkyMine technology, but instead of producing sodium bicarbonate as a byproduct, it turns captured carbon into a solid material that could have applications as a construction material. The students are being discreet with some of the detail due to patents pending but have demonstrated a percolating 11 foot bench model. The smokestack is packed with glass beads, where a proprietary liquid drips down from the top as carbon dioxide bubbles up from the bottom. As the gas floats to the top, the CO2 is soaked up by the liquid, halving the emissions.

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History has shown us that the motivations for war are different for those ordering the war than for those undertaking the war and a startling new study has found that more than 80 percent of the world's major armed conflicts from 1950-2000 occurred in regions identified as the most biologically diverse and threatened places on Earth. View all The study compared major conflict zones with the Earth's 34 biodiversity hotspots identified by Conservation International (CI). News - Research. {*style:<ul>*} {*style:<li>*} {*style:<h3>*}Calls to protect children from digital marketing of food{*style:</h3>*}{*style:<br>*}A new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe calls for urgent... {*style:<a href=' more{*style:</a>*} {*style:<br>*}{*style:</li>*} {*style:<li>*} {*style:<h3>*}Trump and the triumph of hopeful nihilism{*style:</h3>*}{*style:<br>*}For many US voters, the election of President Donald Trump is a worrying step backwards.

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Quality Clothing Manufacturer, CMT Unit, Textile Supplier Search. Sustainability : Grants & Fundraising Directory for nonprofit organizations and schools. Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas. Ver Fotos En el 2012 el PROCODES se ejecutó en 208 Regiones Prioritarias (RP), de las cuales 145 son Áreas Naturales Protegidas y 63 otras Regiones Prioritarias para la Conservación, en 31 estados de la República y el Distrito Federal. Para el presente ejercicio fiscal 2012 el PROCODES tuvo autorizado un monto de 210.0 millones de pesos. Al mes de diciembre de 2012 el PROCODES tuvo un ejercicio financiero del 98.03%. Asimismo, se beneficiaron a 44,280 personas de las cuales, 22,257 son hombres y 22,023 (49.74%) son mujeres, en 1,326 localidades de 405 municipios en 31 estados de la República Mexicana y Distrito Federal. La población indígena atendida fue de 14,839 que representa el 33.51% de la población beneficiada de manera directa.

La distribución de beneficiarios directos del PROCODES, por tipo de apoyo, al mes de diciembre fue la siguiente: Se realizaron 2,050 proyectos. Gardens and Exhibits at The Water Conservation Garden. Welcome to ECOLIFE Foundation. //Phosphorescence _ Pop Music Centre _ Kaohsiung Taiwan. BiothingAlisa Andrasek + Jose Sanchez_ principal designersdesign team: Elizabeth Leidy – Alicia Nahmad – Denis Vlieghe – Rajat SodhiCompetition Entry 2010 – Phase 1 – 80,000 sq meters + 20,000 sq meters open air public space Sonar phosphorescence: A new version of iconic resonating within the current cultures.

Guided by the iconic features of pop culture such as exuberant colors and light, Phosphorescence explores the possibilities of bringing such polychromatic shimmer qualities to the site. As contemporary scientists marking brain neurons with phosphorescent glow to open new dimensions of our knowledge of the brain, we simultaneously sampled electrified lightscape of Taiwanese streets and night markets. 2 types of organizational systems distribute other sub-systems within a project. In place of inflexible totalizing master plan logic we are proposing resilient adaptive mathematical logics designed for inter-systems crossing at multiple scales.

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