Green Technology

 

An Arizona State University student has a novel design to mount HORIZONTAL wind turbines on overhead highway signposts.  By modifying the existing signposts they can be become wind energy sources. See mocked up picture at RIGHT >>>

" ... estimates ... on the highways outside of Phoenix, ... each turbine would produce enough energy annually to power a 700-square-foot apartment. ..."

The idea is that the breeze from the moving cars and the wind can generate "free energy" for the grid - and not require any additional energy use by cars and trucks.  In Arizona many of the highways have a 70 mph speed limit.

 

Via:  DVICE LINK

Posted by Green Dude at 10:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

ASU develops engineers to focus on challenges that include solar renewable energy, other mega-trends, and global problems.  …

…   “These include such objectives as engineering better medicines and more advanced tools for scientific discovery, improving urban infrastructure, providing energy from fusion, defending against threats of nuclear terrorism, securing cyberspace, making solar-energy generation more economical and developing innovations in personalized learning.”   …

Via Arizona State Univ: Engineering Education (Link).

Posted by Green Tech at 09:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Arizona State University will facilitate the NAE Grand Challenge Summit where leading talent will tackle challenges such as solar energy economics. ... "On April 8 and 9 at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, experts will explore critical needs to develop new medicines and biomedical technologies, make solar energy economical, find better ways to manage and recycle the increasing amount of waste materials produced by growing nations, and transform education to prepare the next generations for facing these and other challenges. "

http://bit.ly/8ZWzya

Continue reading "Solar Energy Technology Challenge" »

Posted by Green Tech at 04:39 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

ASU researchers collaborate with other scientists to focus on the elemental steps of photosynthesis to develop new strategies for renewable energy. ...

... "Firstly, an understanding of how these complex processes work in Nature is crucial to future fundamental research in photosynthetic reaction centers, and this discovery may well be universal. Secondly, the use of two charge separation devices working cooperatively to maximize efficiency is a design theme that may well be applied in future efforts to create artificial photosynthetic devices. " ...

Via ASU: http://bit.ly/aaCGQd

Posted by Green Tech at 08:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

" ... evolved from over 30 years of environmental research conducted by the Center for Environmental Studies at Arizona State University (ASU).... conducts research, education, and problem-solving related to sustainability, with a special focus on urban environments. ... initiates and nurtures work on issues of sustainability across ...  ASU, and collaborates with other academic institutions, governments, businesses and industries, and community groups locally, nationally, and globally."


"Greater Phoenix is one of the fastest-growing urban environments in the US, ...  is a preeminent laboratory for solving problems that face urban areas ... strive to discover new knowledge and develop new solutions for our own region, we also provide models and solutions that can work in Los Angeles, New York, Dubai, and Beijing."

 

Via:  Arizona State University  LINK

Posted by Green Dude at 05:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)