May 26

EnviroMission Limited (www.enviromission.com.au) produced this 5 minute video on the pilot plant in Spain. It is an older video (2000) but gives a decent understanding of the solar tower concept.

EnviroMission, Ltd. (US Market: EVOMY, Australian Exchange: EVM) is a renewable energy developer of sustainable “green” energy solutions for the energy market. EnviroMission aims to be one of Australia’s leading producers of clean renewable energy. EnviroMission holds the proprietary rights to Solar Tower technology, a large-scale renewable energy technology based on simple fundamentals of physics — hot air rises. Solar Tower technology has the potential to offer competitive renewable energy with equal reliability to fossil fuel generators.

A single 200MW Solar Tower power station will provide enough electricity to power around 400,000 households. The energy output will represent an annual saving of more than 1,960,000 tonnes of greenhouse CO2 gases from entering the environment when compared to brown coal emissions in Victoria. The greenhouse savings equate to the removal of approximately 500,000 cars from the road. The Australian Solar Tower project consists of six distinct phases, the first two of which (project optimization and pre-feasibility commercialization) have already been completed. The third phase (final feasibility), paving the way for the implementation of the next three phases (final design, construction, and commercial operation).

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May 26
Biomass energy
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May 26

Discovery Channel Program on Plexus Bio Energy Healing

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May 25
Offshore Wind Farms
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Offshore wind farms are becoming an increasingly popular idea, right across the world. This is down number of factors that all contribute to the argument of constructing wind turbines out at sea.

Until the idea of placing turbines out at sea came along, the placement of wind turbines was usually decided upon by a locations average annual wind speed. The disadvantage of this method of deciding where to construct turbines, rests upon the fact that where there is a high wind speed on land, there could very well be houses or businesses nearby.

Most people agree that wind turbines are a very sustainable and cost effective method of generate renewable energy, yet a large amount of people who think that, wouldn’t take too kindly to a large wind turbine or wind farm been placed within half a mile of their home.

Wind turbines are described to sound like jet engines, and when you get close to one, you can really make out this comparison. This is a huge problem when developers request planning permission, and usually village and/or town meetings will be held, followed by petitions of large numbers against the development.

So, wind turbines placed out at sea currently seem like a very good option, as the wind is quite constant, of a significant energy, and no-one is around to hear the output of noise. The main problem associated with this development method is the dangers and technological skill needed to construct large turbines in the seas.

Many more countries are turning to the idea of building wind turbines out to sea, in a bid to generate more natural energy. This idea is especially welcomed by smaller countries who want to save land space while still allowing power industries to develop.

Offshore wind farms are set to play a very significant part in the future of our society, along with other renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, and especially geothermal energy. If you want to do something good for your environment, why not go small scale, and just implement one of the technologies to give a boost to your home electricity supply.

http://www.clean-energy-ideas.com/wind_turbines.html

James Bratley
http://www.articlesbase.com/environment-articles/offshore-wind-farms-110609.html

May 25

At minimal effort and cost, “Small Solar Energy Power” System easily enables you to produce your very own power-supply sys. Amazingly or not, this technique requires no more than a weekend to get it done. Read this article right now and hear more about the benefits that it provides.

Short overview

The concept behind this “Small solar energy Power” System is quite simple – there are few excellent guides on the Net that demonstrate how to assemble professional Solar-Cells by using materials that can be found at any local hardware store. Choosing a guide is probably one of the most important actions you need to take; make sure it uses simple english without being too much ‘techi’, also, does it offer video tutorials, illustrations, and tech support? Anyway, here are several tips & benefits to help you better understand this topic.

Benefits

By using this highly effective solution we benefit from the following:

* Cuts down on the usage of non-renewable enr. resources.
* Increases the value of your home by thousands.
* No need to remember to switch off the lights each time we leave the room.
* No more power-interruptions.
* Extremely easy to be implemented by almost anyone.

Advice

Pulling yourself “off the grid” all at once isn’t recommended – do it gradually and slowly, use your new sys. while keeping the ‘Main-Grid’ as backup for possible extreme electricity usage.

On the bottom line

If we want to summarize the following article we can clearly say that “Small Solar Energy Power” System easily enables us to ‘erase’ our elec. expenses from our monthly budget. It wouldn’t be that hard to find other great benefits provided by this special invention, simply because it offers so many important opportunities. It is highly recommended to try it so you could truly experience the various opportunities that it brings.

Jason Gilford
http://www.articlesbase.com/diy-articles/quotsmall-solar-energy-powerquot-system–youll-be-surprised-724791.html

May 25

It is no doubt that most citizens are bothered by the problem of huge energy cost every month. And all of us know clearly that without energy, we can barely live a single day! Is there a perfect way to solve our problems? Mr. Michael Harvey helps us find a way in his wonderful e-book—Earth 4 Energy.
Earth 4 Energy is a thorough e-book which will help you to build up your energy system step-by-step by your own hands and in your own way!
With the rapid spread of the wave of renewable energy, there appear various books that introduce how to set up an energy device. However, undoubtedly, Earth 4 Energy is the best choice. Not only because it proved itself on the market in the first place, but also it has far more detailed information than its competitors as well as great reputation in the alternative world.
With simple and doable instruction, massive explanation of photos, illustrations and diagrams plus an assistant video containing the whole process, you are able to DIY a solar panels or wind turbine as your wish. Furthermore, Earth 4 Energy has fine service afterwards. You can send e-mails whenever you come across with problems in making the device, and will get satisfied answers in short time. In addition, you can sign up to attend the forum to communicate with other guests.
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May 25

Volvo launched FlexiFuel cars powered by renewable bioethanol on some European markets. The green range is extended to include the new Volvo C30, which will be featuring eco-optimised FlexiFuel power.

“Interest in ethanol as a vehicle fuel is growing in Europe,” says Gerry Keaney, Senior Vice President Market, Sales and Customer Service at Volvo Cars. “We are therefore expanding our range with additional models on a total of 9 markets. First to get Volvo’s FlexiFuel cars outside Sweden will be Britain, Ireland, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Norway.”

“It’s very encouraging that the market is expanding and that political initiatives are being taken,” continues Gerry Keaney. In France, the government has announced its plan to build 500 fuel stations for E85 this year. E85, a mix of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, will be produced locally from agricultural products like sugar-beet and several grains. At present, there are 23 plants producing ethanol in Europe and said number is expected to rise to more than 60 next year. In said territory, about 1.8 million liters of ethanol are produced every year and this capacity is expected to increase threefold in 2008.

Ethanol, an entirely renewable fuel, is produced from about any biomass source. One method of generating ethanol is through fermentation of sugar. Ethanol is also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol however, in common usage it is referred to simply as alcohol. As a vehicle fuel, ethanol creates very little pollution when burned.

According to the Renewable Fuels Association, as of November 2006; 107 grain ethanol biorefineries in the United States have the capacity to produce 5.1 billion gallons of ethanol annually. There are additional 56 construction projects underway in the US to boost ethanol production. They are expected to add 3.8 billion gallons of new capacity in the next 18 months.

Growth in American fuel ethanol production is attributed largely to financial incentives that exist when oil prices are in excess of a certain level, as ethanol typically costs under $1.50 per gallon to manufacture and is exempt from the $0.52 per gallon federal gasoline tax. Nonetheless, the biggest national fuel ethanol industries are in Brazil.

The C30, S40 and the V50, three of nine Volvo models, are now available in an environmentally optimized FlexiFuel alternative. These cars are powered by a four-cylinder naturally aspirated engine that is capable of producing 125 horsepower. Bioethanol and gasoline are both filled in the same 55 liter tank. Volvo engine parts like fuel hoses, gaskets and valves are enhanced to stand the corrosive properties of ethanol. Also, the injection valves are reinforced and made larger to accommodate more fuel needs. E85 has lower energy content hence more fuel is injected into the engine. In addition, the cars also come with an updated software calibration designed for ethanol power. To monitor the mixture of fuels and to automatically blend ignition and injection, the automaker use sophisticated engine management system to do the tasks efficiently.

“A renewable fuel will not, on its own, be able to replace today’s fossil fuels, and the range of alternative fuels will probably be far wider in the future. Many different fuels and technologies will therefore be developed in parallel. Ethanol reduces dependency on fossil fuels and Volvo’s FlexiFuel programme thus makes a vital contribution to our strategy of environmental sustainability,” concluded Gerry Keaney.

Volvo Cars is expecting to sell 7,000 FlexiFuel cars this year; most are to be sold in Sweden.

Glady Reign
http://www.articlesbase.com/cars-articles/volvo-cars-expands-flexifuel-range-101636.html

May 25

This is the technical meaning of “healthy fat.” Your body needs these fats to function properly, yet it doesn’t produce it on it’s own.

Flax seed oils is the form in which the oil was extracted from the seed. Omega-3 fatty acids which contain the majority of flax seed health benefits are very susceptible to heat.

Flax seeds are basically available everywhere. You can purchase then at a health food store to a place were you buy natural foods sold in bulk. Although drugs have very important clinical uses, they are only part of the solution. A comprehensive approach to treating cognitive disorders should include foods and supplements that benefit the overall health of brain cells.

Studies of animals, too, suggest some anti-cancer benefit from flaxseed.

Cancer Is An Energy

Einstein, a genius scientist of the 20th century, and central to the new energy physics, stated that ‘a problem cannot be solved by the same mind set that created it’. Cancer is a case in point. Cancer is a dis-ease that stems partly from the products of the mechanistic, anthropomorphic and exploitative philosophy at the heart of our culture, which we tend to ignore. Its effective treatment demands that we see ourselves in a different light and act accordingly.

Medicine is extremely slow to move from a mechanistic and physical philosophy to a more energetic model, like the Gaian paradigm that values all life forms as connected. A philosophy of medicine that is over-reliant on logic and limited mainly to drugs and surgery is fundamental flawed. Acts of logic always rely on analysis, that is breaking down a ‘whole’ into its constituent parts, and examining each minutely. Reductionist approaches fail to see the connectivity and relatedness of all things. As a result this philosophy is offering us ‘cures’ to cancer that are often as dangerous and destructive as the disease itself.

Flax Seed muffins pregents Cancer? Find Flax Seed Recipe today! Omega-3 for health! Nobel prize-winner Carlo Rubbia maintains that only a billionth of the world is actually made of matter and the rest is made of energy. The new sciences are challenging the way we perceive the world and as a result the way we relate to our bodies. Dr. K. Scott-Mumby is author of Virtual Medicine and an allergy specialist in the UK writes: Science is proving that we exist as regulated and informed energy. Disease can now be redefined as a disruption, cessation or distortion in the information and energy fields. Its time for medical practitioners to join the party.

Classical science has reached the end of what it can explain in reductionist terms. Issues such as whether light is a particle or a wave, or whether or not water has a memory (an issue central to the ‘proof’ of homeopathy), are moving modern science to a quantum level that deals with fields of energy. Medical science is still stuck in a very physical universe, where the objective is to ‘excise the lump’ almost regardless of where it came from and individual conditions of the patient and their experiences.

New sciences such as the chaos theories point a way forward into handling the complexities of whole systems that work together, in synergy. Unfortunately our medical systems and practises are still too often based on philosophy formulated in medieval times.

Because all interventions in a medical process have to been ‘proven’ as workable (using scientific double-blind testing methods) before doctors will recognise their validity (if they then do the research), medical science mostly marginalises or ignores healing alternatives that can provide only ‘anecdotal evidence’. Multiple simultaneous treatments of different types and ‘levels’ tuned for one patient are un-testable by a reductionist philosophy and therefore ignored by mainstream medicine. In addition to this regulatory pressures force researchers and companies to test their drugs on patients with advanced cancer – when the dis-ease is much more difficult to treat and when the chances of success are modest – this means that potentially useful treatments are discarded as worthless. Omega-3 fatty acids are long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (18-22 carbon atoms in chain length) with the first of many double bonds beginning with the third carbon atom (when counting from the methyl end of the fatty acid molecule). Read on for more details on flax seed benefits.

The lignan constituents of flaxseed (not flaxseed oil) possesses in vitro anti-oxidant and possible estrogen receptor agonist/antagonist properties, prompting theories of efficacy for the treatment of breast cancer.

There are many benefits to adding flax seeds to your diet. Well for instance they can get rid of your constipation problem.

Flax Hull Lignans are very beneficial for many health conditions. Studies have shown that SDG or lignan (secoisolariciresinol diglycoside, but for simplicity this substance will be referred to as lignans)

But that should come as no big surprise, since any highly unsaturated oil will do that, particularly if substituted for saturated fats. Traditional research methodology, or ‘quantitative research’ is central to science and other methodologies are not usually acceptable. ‘Qualitative research’ is equally, if not more important at the present time in reference to cancer. Other medical systems, such as Chinese or Ayurvedic medicine, Homeopathy or Naturopathy use far subtler tools in both diagnosis and treatment. They are based on seeing the patient as a whole being and often use multiple interventions on several levels, simultaneously in the treatment of dis-ease. Because they work at the level of an individual patient, and from a different philosophy of medicine, it is almost impossible to analyse them with the tools of reductionist science.

Our present rash of immune attacking diseases calls for a different kind of response than just drugs and surgery. A new medicine that combines established scientific excellence with traditional, alternative and natural treatments is needed. One that recognises humans as feeling, vibrant, energetic, spiritual beings as well as physical and mental. There are dramatic developments in the treatment of cancer using energy systems, but information on this is actually suppressed. There is a movement towards an integrated medicine as more orthodox practitioners are starting to join in, led mostly by their patients. >From an energy point of view, when the human body is weak or unbalanced it oscillates at different frequencies than when it is healthy. This less harmonious frequency shows a state of cellular, energetic imbalance in the body. The physical body that is weakened in this way often needs help to shift to the needed frequency, which strengthens the immune system.

Some experienced medical doctors can make an intuitive diagnosis based on experience and can sometimes tell in a second or so what ails their patient. Posture, skin condition, nail, teeth and tongue all give clues, but experienced doctors may also intuitively pick up clues about their patients from energy and vibrational levels in a similar way to a gardener tending plants or a wild animal hunting its prey.

But modern doctors simply do not have the time for the level of attention given in many complementary and alternative therapies. This is one of the reasons alternatives are more popular than ever. Professional detachment is an essential part of the doctors’ repertoire and it protects them in part from the huge amount of need they encounter in day to day work.

Given the track record of orthodox medical science into whole person medicine, it may well be another 200 years or so before it is able to assimilate the new quantum sciences in relation to the human body. For those people with cancer now, there are a deliberately limited range of options available from orthodox medicine.

There is nothing as profitable to a drug company as a patient who is forced to take some drug for the rest of his life – heart medications fit in that category.

In this Omega-3 benefits and facts section you will learn the basics about omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFA) from fish oils and their function in our bodies. Flax seed oil is extracted from the seeds of the flax plant. Flax seed oil and flax seed contain substances that promote good health.

Randomized clinical trials have shown that omega-3 fatty acid supplements can reduce cardiovascular events (death, non-fatal heart attacks, non-fatal strokes). They can also slow the progression of atherosclerosis in coronary patients.

Omega 3 benefits are wide-ranging and proven by clinical studies. Understanding the best omega 3 sources means you can include more of these healthy foods in your daily meal planning.

Jeannie Frantree
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/cancer-is-an-energy-128796.html

May 20

Home wind power is one of the best ways that you could possibly go if you are looking to save money and help the environment at the same time. The wind power industry is booming and you should get in on it as soon as possible. In this article, I am going to tell you why wind power is so great and how you can get started with your own very easily.

The first reason why wind power is growing so quickly is because it is totally renewable energy. This means that the energy comes from a source that will never run out. There will always be wind power available, because there will always be wind available. This is what makes wind power so attractive to many home and business owners.

Solar power has long been a very popular form of renewable energy, but wind is actually starting to take preference. Many governments from countries all over the world are looking at wind as a legitimate source of energy in today’s tough world economy.

The second reason why it is so great is because it is extremely accessible. Literally anyone can buy some materials, get some windmill plans, and starting building a home windmill that will power their home or business. The process is simple and millions of people all over the world have already started doing this.

Sure, some places in the world have more wind, but for the most part anywhere in the world can have access to wind power.

One more reason why wind power is so highly recommended is because it does absolutely not harm to the environment. Our society is becoming Greener every single day. This means that people are becoming much more environmentally conscious and adjusting their lifestyles accordingly. Power companies often release harmful toxins and gasses into the atmosphere. If you can eliminate your dependence on the power companies, you will be doing the Earth a great favor.

Also, with home wind power, you have the opportunity to save tons of money! Think about what your power bill is every month…now think about how much money you would be saving if you could reduce that bill. It is very common to reduce a power bill by 70% very easily with a home windmill. In many cases, people actually eliminate their electricity bill totally.

This is what draws a ton of people to home wind power. It’s ease of use and savings potential is just too good for the average person to pass up.

The world of home wind power is very exciting. I know I have gotten involved and I have really reaped the benefits of this great type of renewable energy. There are a few things you need to know before getting started, but they can all be learned fairly easily.

I recommend finding an online resource that will teach you everything you need to know before you get started. This will help you to save lots of time and money in the long run.

Cory Sanders
http://www.articlesbase.com/diy-articles/home-wind-power-information-you-really-should-know-717393.html

May 20

Have you ever wanted free electricity? The Earth 4 Energy is the most complete alternative energy system available today who claim to offer just that. This system works based on a simple concept and you don’t need any prior experience to build your own wind power generator or building your own solar panels.

If you are wondering what is the cost that you need to pay for this  Electricity Generator, you wouldn’t believe if I tell you that cast’s under $200! You will be capable to powering p of your home and the cost of the guide and the materials could easily be covered by the savings you’ll be making on your electric bill within just a couple of months. Everything after that will be savings and earning. Solar power for your home is not only going to save you a lot of money, it’s also going to help the environment. This is something you can do to play your part in saving the earth!

Alternative sources of energy are ideal for today’s households because both solar and wind power are renewable. This means they are not limited in the way fossil fuels are and can be used over and over again. You will be doing your part for the environment when you are using clean renewable energy. These sources of power are not harmful to the Earth and do not expel harmful carbon into our atmosphere. Many people talk about caring about the environment, you will be walking the walk as well.

This guide is definitely a good buy if you want to power your home with your own renewable energy. It’s everything you need to get started with your building. Oh yeah, and the Earth 4 Energy guide can be downloaded online immediately  so you can be reading the guide within minutes from right now, and it’s also 100% guaranteed so there’s absolutely no risk involved in purchasing it now.

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