Energy: Creative alternative energy solutions

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Wind Energy I: Giant Kites (1/8)

German company Nature Technology Systems (NTS) develops unconventional wind energy systems. Instead of towers and turbines, they use giant kites ... more
Wind Energy II: Floating Offshore Turbines (2/8)

In 2009, StatoilHydro installed the world's first large-scale floating wind turbine in water depths of 220 metres off the coast of Norway. The wind ... more
Bioenergy: Organic Waste Reactors (3/8)

Organic waste like dead plant material, manure, or kitchen waste can be turned into a gaseous fuel. It’s produced by fermentation of these ... more
Coal: Organic Alternative (4/8)

Coal is still the world’s number one source of electricity – and also the number one source of greenhouse gases. An alternative is ‘organic’ coal: ... more
Solar Energy: Plastic Bottles Light Up Slums (5/8)

Social entrepreneur Illac Diaz uses little more than waste plastic bottles, water, and bleach to light up the slums of the Philippines. Here, the ... more
Solar Energy II: Heated By Leafs (6/8)

MIT scientists created an artificial, leaf-like device that imitates the process of photosynthesis. The idea of a cell that can reproduce ... more
Mechanical Energy: Virus Surges (7/8)

How about charging your phone with the help of viruses? Berkeley Lab scientists made the pesky little blighters harvest mechanical energy and turn it ... more
Biofuel: Algae Power (8/8)

Agronomist Marcelo De Coud shows a type of algae used to make biodiesel in a biofuel factory in northeast Buenos Aires, Argentina. While conventional ... more