We all know that electricity is highly in demand these days and it’s supply is not meeting it’s demand. For this reason some smart and eco-friendly people have come up with ideas that do not consume electricity but green methods such as usage of water. Let us take a look at the following gadgets that are powered by water. These help you go green and keep you clean.

1. Bedol Eco-Friendly Clock

This green clock works when you add water and some lemon juice to it and it will work for up to 8 to 12 weeks. This watch is very economical, never needs consumption of electricity and it is pollution free. If you run out of water in the clock and the battery is dead, he inbuilt memory chip in it remembers the time.

2. Water Powered Calculator

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The modern world wants to rid its dependency on fossil fuel due to its rising prices and its pollution threat to the atmosphere and our health. The modern world is looking and researching on alternative fuel sources. Other than solar, water (steam), wind and biomass energy, there is another alternative energy known as hydrogen fuel.  The technology of using Hydrogen as a fuel source has been around for over a hundred years.

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, it is a very light and simple element, but here on earth it is not found in its free natural form. It is usually found in a combined form with other elements. Water which is in great abundance on earth is actually the combination of hydrogen and oxygen (h2o). The method of creating hydrogen gas is quite simple; water is actually broken down into hydrogen and oxygen (hho) by supplying a very high temperature to water hence splitting the two elements from each other.

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Almost in every home there is a refrigerator. The refrigerators which we are having at homes are more cost effective, efficient and they are having long life also. But the refrigerators that we use in home run on electricity. That’s why those refrigerators don’t work if we live in area where there is no electricity or go for camping. For such type of conditions there are other types of refrigerators which are called gas powered refrigerators. Gas powered refrigerators works on the places where electricity is not available.

How Gas Refrigerators Work?

Gas powered refrigerator’s basic components are same like the electric refrigerators such as:

• Generator
• Separator
• Condenser
• Evaporator
• Absorber

These components work together, uses the gas as both fuel and coolant to make the refrigerator work when there is no electricity available. The whole process is effective, as its less energy efficient than the standard refrigerator. But it works effectively. Read the full story

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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Solar power will now be used for heating water for residents in the Burj Khalifa. Being the world’s tallest building, it has the capability of heating 140,000 litres of water per day through solar panels.

The water will then be distributed to homes and commercial establishments in the building. This system will lead to energy savings equivalent to 3,200 kilowatts per day and 690MWh of energy per year.

According to Ahmad Al Matrooshi, who is the Managing Director of the developer, the thermal energy initiative at the Burj Khalifa highlights Emaar’s commitment to partner the government’s sustainable development goals. By utilizing solar power, the Burj is setting an example on how urban developments can effectively integrate energy-friendly initiatives.

The Ocean waves has been proved as a great source of energy. The power of ocean waves can be utilized in an effective way to generate electricity to meet the demands of the rising energy crisis.

If you have a quick look on the globe, you’ll immediately notice that there’s a very small part of dry land, as compared to the water. The water covers almost 70 percent of the Earth’s surface. Thus if we can make use of this 70% to generate power for the people living on the 30% land, it will more than enough to meet all the daily needs.

Wave energy is about exploiting the phenomenal power of water waves. Waves have an enormous amount of unused energy, some of which can be used to power at least a portion of the world’s everyday electricity.

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.

Tidal energy is a great source of clean renewable energy, but most of us don’t know about how it works? Every day, the tide moves a huge amount of water twice, and harnessing it could provide a great deal of energy, which can make up around 20% of Britain’s needs.

The energy generated through this process is reliable and plentiful, but converting it into useful electrical power is not easy. Some time back, “tidal power” meant “tidal barrage”,but nowadays there are other options as well.

The working of a tidal barrage is similar to a hydro-electric scheme, except that the dam is much bigger. A huge dam called a “barrage”, is built across a river estuary. When the tide goes in and out, the water flows through tunnels in the dam.

The advancements in technology have enabled us to add solar powered enhancements to our gardens. The best thing is that the energy that makes these products run is completely renewable.

This also means that the energy is available to everyone to operate their garden features, so enjoy yourself.

1. In order to operate anything that requires electricity in your garden, use solar panels to extract and store the energy from the sun. Solar energy enables you to enjoy the same results for free without the expense of a power plant.

2. When you install decking lights, keep in mind to take advantage of the latest technology. Built-in panels that collect the energy source for you can be used to light solar deck lights.

Many of us are unaware of the fact that geothermal energy can be used in the form of geothermal heating and cooling, helping you not only to maintain a heating system, but also to reverse the cycle and cool your home.

Although not all geothermal heat pump designs are designed to heat and cool your home, but you can request for the option.

Geothermal Heating

In order to heat our homes, we will have to extract the geothermal energy in some way, and the most common way is to use a ground source heat pump. It has now been several years since these technologies have been around, and we can see some proven results seen in Iceland, where this method has proved to be very efficient.

Geothermal energy can be used to provide energy to under floor heating systems in order to heat a building, or certain part of a building.

Coal is transported all around United States by train; according to figures almost 70% of coal in 2007 was transported around United States through railroad. Barges and trucks contribution for coal transportation is 11% while rest is delivered mainly by tramway, conveyor belt, or slurry pipeline.

Sometime coal is transported great distances. Such as, Powder River Basin coal is transported by rail to power plants as far away as Georgia. It travels a long way as far as the distance from Wyoming to Georgia.

To save the money from coal transportation costs there is a common way that using coal near the coal-mines. As soon as the coal is mined it’s delivered immediately to power plant through conveyor belt. Such plants are called “mine mouth” plants. The growing presence of mine mouth plants had eased by expanding use of long distance electricity transmission.

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