Category Energy

Solar-powered wi-fi

The Lumin solar-powered access point is highly portable, installs easily anywhere, and needs just 5 hours of sun a day to run for 24 hours. It is specifically meant to operate in areas with no electricity. Each solar-paneled access point…

More on solar power towers

EnviroMission is planning “world’s first large-scale solar thermal power station” which will generate a whopping 200MW. Their website has a useful animation about this type of tower works. It’s quite simple, low maintenance, and totally passive. All that’s needed is…

OTEC and biofuel power plants in Hawaii

Hawaii, I think, is leading the country in using renewable energy. The Big Island has a working power plant that uses ocean thermal energy conversion to generate power using the difference in temperature between cold ocean water on the bottom…