Some Exciting New Green Energy Ideas
By James Donahue
April 4, 2017
In spite of efforts by President Donald Trump and his gang of climate change deniers, the world is shifting rapidly away from dependence on fossil fuels. Researchers are discovering better ways to utilize green renewable energies and make them less costly than coal, oil and natural gas.
This is good news for workers in the green energy fields because it means more and better paying jobs. It also means that transportation, industrial and home heating and operational costs are dropping at a time when corporate and banking institutions are building massive wealth at the expense of the working class. In spite of the corporate capitalistic greed now controlling the Washington mindset, creative minds are busy finding ways to circumvent the political demands now attempting to enslave the masses.
Two very interesting stories popped up in the news in recent days to make our point.
Researchers in Japan have found a way to increase the efficiency of mass-produced solar panels, thus making solar energy even more attractive than it has been from the start. The workers at Japan’s Kaneko Company discovered that layering silicon inside individual cells minimizes band gaps, thus creating thin-film heterojunction optimization that raises efficiency of the cells to 26.6 percent.
Other panels have been created that reach efficiencies of over 40 percent, but their production cost to date is too high for them to be considered for mass production for home use. The Kaneko produced cells now promise to be among the best solar panels for use in homes and small businesses. They are the new industry standards because of their reliability and relatively low cost.
In Germany several universities are working with private engineering firms and the government on a plan to turn abandoned coal mines into giant battery stations to store power from solar panel fields, wind generation and hydroelectric systems. Thus the old mines are soon going to become giant natural storage batteries that researchers say they think will be capable of storing and providing constant energy to as many as 400,000 homes, each.
The first mine to be turned into a battery is the Prosper-Haniel hard coal mine located in the northwest part of Germany. The mine is due to close in 2018. The conversion to a clean energy storage facility will be launched at that time. If successful . . . and engineers see no reason why it cannot be done . . . similar coal mines all over the country will be going through similar conversions.
In spite of the resistance by climate change deniers and corporate-owned coal and oil companies, clear thinkers all over the world are preparing to meet the crying need for changes in energy demands. If the shifts can occur fast enough it may not be too late to save our planet and the remaining life forms still on it, including the human race.
By James Donahue
April 4, 2017
In spite of efforts by President Donald Trump and his gang of climate change deniers, the world is shifting rapidly away from dependence on fossil fuels. Researchers are discovering better ways to utilize green renewable energies and make them less costly than coal, oil and natural gas.
This is good news for workers in the green energy fields because it means more and better paying jobs. It also means that transportation, industrial and home heating and operational costs are dropping at a time when corporate and banking institutions are building massive wealth at the expense of the working class. In spite of the corporate capitalistic greed now controlling the Washington mindset, creative minds are busy finding ways to circumvent the political demands now attempting to enslave the masses.
Two very interesting stories popped up in the news in recent days to make our point.
Researchers in Japan have found a way to increase the efficiency of mass-produced solar panels, thus making solar energy even more attractive than it has been from the start. The workers at Japan’s Kaneko Company discovered that layering silicon inside individual cells minimizes band gaps, thus creating thin-film heterojunction optimization that raises efficiency of the cells to 26.6 percent.
Other panels have been created that reach efficiencies of over 40 percent, but their production cost to date is too high for them to be considered for mass production for home use. The Kaneko produced cells now promise to be among the best solar panels for use in homes and small businesses. They are the new industry standards because of their reliability and relatively low cost.
In Germany several universities are working with private engineering firms and the government on a plan to turn abandoned coal mines into giant battery stations to store power from solar panel fields, wind generation and hydroelectric systems. Thus the old mines are soon going to become giant natural storage batteries that researchers say they think will be capable of storing and providing constant energy to as many as 400,000 homes, each.
The first mine to be turned into a battery is the Prosper-Haniel hard coal mine located in the northwest part of Germany. The mine is due to close in 2018. The conversion to a clean energy storage facility will be launched at that time. If successful . . . and engineers see no reason why it cannot be done . . . similar coal mines all over the country will be going through similar conversions.
In spite of the resistance by climate change deniers and corporate-owned coal and oil companies, clear thinkers all over the world are preparing to meet the crying need for changes in energy demands. If the shifts can occur fast enough it may not be too late to save our planet and the remaining life forms still on it, including the human race.