http://www.our-energy.com/ Our energy - Energy news, energy videos and energy articles. Energy and ecology. en-EN Our energy (www.our-energy.com) Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:15:15 GMT 10 http://www.our-energy.com/ http://www.our-energy.com/template_media/images/rss_logo_en.jpg 144 33 Our energy - Energy news, energy videos and energy articles. Energy and ecology. http://www.our-energy.com/news/uk_wind_farms_efficiency_problem.html http://www.our-energy.com/news/uk_wind_farms_efficiency_problem.html Wind energy sector may indeed be the fastest growing renewable energy sector in the world but this does not mean that everything is going smoothly in wind energy industry. Like any other energy source wind energy also has its good and bad sides, and if we are to believe the results of the latest detailed study of Britain’s onshore wind farms then bad side of wind farms in Britain is efficiency pro ... Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:52:04 GMT http://www.our-energy.com/energy_facts/solar_energy_facts.html http://www.our-energy.com/energy_facts/solar_energy_facts.html Solar energy facts. Solar energy is renewable energy source. Read some interesting facts about solar energy.Sun is ours closest star and directly or indirectly source of almost all available energy on Earth. Suns energy originates from nuclear fusion in its core, where temperature reaches 15 millions °C. Nuclear fusion is process of joining two light atoms into one heavier atom. Thanks to nuclear ... Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:12:31 GMT http://www.our-energy.com/solar_energy_research_in_united_states.html http://www.our-energy.com/solar_energy_research_in_united_states.html Solar energy is the most abundant form of energy on our planet, and world should be definitely using much more solar energy to satisfy its ever-growing hunger for energy. This however is still not possible because solar energy technologies are still too expensive, and also lack adequate efficiency to compete with fossil fuels. The one thing that can overcome these solar energy drawbacks is advance ... Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:10:53 GMT http://www.our-energy.com/benefits_of_biomass.html http://www.our-energy.com/benefits_of_biomass.html Biomass is one of renewable energy sources and refers to biological material derived from living organisms such as wood and waste. Biomass is not only used to generate electricity as it is also able to produce heat. Among the simplest examples of biomass are the forest residues such as dead trees and wood chips, which have shown very good potential as energy sources. Biomass also includes plant or ... Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:20:25 GMT http://www.our-energy.com/news/world_largest_solar_power_plant.html http://www.our-energy.com/news/world_largest_solar_power_plant.html The building of worlds largest solar power plant became one step closer after the proposed $6 billion-plus Blythe, California plant, originally proposed by Chevron Corp. and Solar Millennium AG won clearance to build from the California Energy Commission. Many energy experts believe that such move will no doubt give tremendous boost to US solar power industry, and open the door for many new solar ... Fri, 08 Oct 2010 23:03:51 GMT http://www.our-energy.com/small_hydro.html http://www.our-energy.com/small_hydro.html Small hydro is facility which converts potential energy of the water into the kinetic energy in form of water current, then into mechanical energy spinning of the turbines, and finally in the end, electrical energy in the generator. In the last few years world trends in energy have shifted towards renewable energy sources, and because of this small hydroelectrics are becoming increasingly popular. ... Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:38:43 GMT http://www.our-energy.com/news/wave_energy_to_be_exploited_in_australia.html http://www.our-energy.com/news/wave_energy_to_be_exploited_in_australia.html According to World Energy Council many of the best locations on the world for wave energy exploitation are placed on Australia’s southern coast. Scientists have mapped out Australian south coast from Geraldton in Western Australia to King Island in Tasmania to mark best places for generating electricity from wave energy and concluded that there can be generated five times more electricity than Aus ... Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:51:52 GMT http://www.our-energy.com/news/geothermal_energy_overview_2010.html http://www.our-energy.com/news/geothermal_energy_overview_2010.html Globally installed geothermal energy capacity in 2010 is 10,715 MW which represents a 20% increase compared to 2005 when 24 countries accounted for total geothermal capacity of 8,933 MW (this number refers to electricity generating potential based on geothermal energy). The number of states that have shown interest for geothermal energy has increased even more, in 2007 46 countries seriously consi ... Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:48:35 GMT http://www.our-energy.com/news/new_nuclear_power_plants_in_us.html http://www.our-energy.com/news/new_nuclear_power_plants_in_us.html On February 16, 2010, US President Barack Obama announced more than $8 billion of federal loan guarantees to begin building the first US nuclear power stations after more than 30 years. New nuclear expansion will start with the construction and operation of two new 1100 MW Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors which are to be constructed as a unit 3 and unit 4 of an existing nuclear power plant Vog ... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:33:20 GMT http://www.our-energy.com/videos/wind_energy_in_west_texas.html http://www.our-energy.com/videos/wind_energy_in_west_texas.html Wind energy is the fastest growing energy sector in United States and many companies are putting in great efforts to build a renewable energy economy. At the end of 2009, the installed capacity of wind power in the United States was just over 35,000 megawatts, making it the world leader ahead of Germany, and wind power accounts for about 1.2% of the electricity generated in the United States. Texa ... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:26:38 GMT