The trend of using solar power and wind power for base load electricity supply purposes is slowly increasing. This can be perceived as a result of the increase in the use of molten salt batteries, and the rapid development of gravel batteries. Several other types of technologies are also being developed and a number of other technologies have been proposed alongside more traditional ones such as solar pumping combined with hydro-storage.

Although natural gas is commonly converted into electricity, the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology have developed some means of renewable electricity. Solar energy can now be used as a substitute for natural gas, which is a source of power for electricity generation.

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Wind and sun are the most familiar forms of renewable energy. While biomass (plant material and animal waste) provides 15 times more energy in United States than wind and solar power combined and still have potential to supply more.

There is a vast range of biomass energy resources, that includes tree, grass, crops, forestry, agricultural, and urban wastes. Biomass is the oldest source of renewable energy used by humans when they known how to burn fire.

Ancient way of converting biomass into energy is just to burn it for producing heat, as humans practiced it for thousands of years. Still this is the most common way for conversion of biomass into energy in United States and elsewhere also.

The heat generated from biomass can be used for heating, cooking, and industrial processes, or for producing electricity.

Using biomass for burning haves some problems regarding some energy waste and also some air pollution if it is not carefully controlled.

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A scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has declared that new discoveries are underway to move the society toward the era of “personalized solar energy.”

According to Professor Daniel Nocera, such an era would shift the focus of electricity production, from huge central generating stations to individuals in their own homes and communities.

Moreover, Nocera also predicted that the global energy needs will double by mid-century and triple by 2100, resulting from higher standards of living and world population growth.

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According to recent reports, scientists are working together progressively to develop an “artificial leaf” that imitates the working of a real leaf, i.e. the chemical magic done through photosynthesis.

However, instead of food for the plant, the new leaf converts sunlight and water into a liquid fuel such as methanol for cars and trucks.

The report came from top authorities on solar energy, who met at the 1st Annual Chemical Sciences and Society Symposium. The authorities stressed on initiating international cooperation and novel thinking on the global energy challenge.

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According to recent research, a little quantity of Hydrogen has resulted in an enhancement of fuel efficiency and effectiveness and lessens toxic emissions.

Hydrogen/Oxygen or Hydroxy Gas or electrolysis gas generated acts like a catalysts to the fuel. Consuming oxy-hydrogen gas to increase a fossil fuel with a complete burn of all the hydrocarbons, make a mean to cleaner emission. Hydro-boosters will operate with any ICE engine and diesel as well.

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Latest and innovative scientific inventions are moving people and the world towards the period of "personalized solar energy", in which consideration is being given to generating electricity through solar energy instead of huge central generating stations.

The subject on solar energy was discussed in a report presented by an international expert. It discusses an economical process for saving solar energy that in turn could power homes and plug-in cars in the upcoming years.

Moreover, this will not only benefit an individual but the entire environment by keeping it fresh and clean.

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Since the usage of solar energy is dependent on regular provision of energy, storage systems are the important part that needs to be look upon to move towards the era of personalized solar energy.

The emphasis of this article is more on production of energy in people homes rather than big central generating stations.

How Solar Energy Can Be Saved?

According to the new paper by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Professor Daniel Nocera explains the expansion and improvement of the less costly storage system of inexpensive storage method for achieving tailored solar energy. It uses a catalyst that separates water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen.

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One of the most interesting talks at AAAS is about a discovery that may ultimately give the much-vaunted hydrogen economy an opportunity. Daniel Nocera, Professor of Energy and Professor of Chemistry at MIT delivered a plenary lecture on a new catalyst produced in his research lab, one that gets inspiration from the photosynthetic pathways inside plant cells to break up body of water into H2 and O2, giving up the H2 to be utilized as fuel.

Fulfilling the human’s future energy need is going to require the sun, said by Nocera, and that is only going to occur if we can stock that energy for utilization when it is not beaming. Plants developed to take advantage of high-power chemical bonds, and the oil, gas, and coal we presently utilize is just stored sunlight (thru plants), even though concentrated. Hydrogen is the single practicable solution compared to batteries, capacitors, or mechanical storage systems like pumped-up water or compressed air when you consider energy density and the work from his research laboratory may help do that possible.

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In our all previous posts, we have been learning about energy in details and its sources. Energy for sure is an important need of our daily lives. We use fuels when we need it, the fossil fuels are not common and it took a long long time for their making. Fossil fuels were made by the decaying of plants and animals and it has a lot of energy stored in it. The point is fossil fuels were once made in old times and they cannot be made again. So the fossil fuels are precious and should be conserved instead of using it locally. Instead we should preserve the fossil fuels and use other alternatives from the sources that are always present like sun and wind.

How to get Hydrogen for use?

With the passage of time and the development of world, scientists and researchers have been successful in finding the fact that ‘hydrogen’ is eligible to be used as a source of energy.

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It is a fact accepted by everyone today that global warming is one of the biggest problems our earth faces today and the burning of fossil fuels is the main cause behind it. Burning of coal, oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbon resources releases huge amounts of heat trapping gases into the atmosphere, which result in temperature rise. This rise in temperature increases the intensity of hurricane storms and reduces food production. If this temperature rise continues, it would become difficult for both humans and animals to survive. Moreover, we all know that the amount of fossil fuels present on this earth is finite and is being used at a high rate. Therefore some other source of energy is required that puts a halt to global warming and is abundant. Hydrogen is the ultimate fuel as it produces only heat and no carbon dioxide when burnt. The WINDHUNTER system is a better and cleaner way to get hydrogen as compared to the current method of natural gas being used.

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