Biomass is a term that is coming up more frequently in alternative energy conversations. While many people simply refer to the plants used to make biofuels like ethanol as biomass, this is not entirely true. CO2 in the air combines with water during the process of photosynthesis. When the process is complete, the plants are [...]
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October 26th, 2010
How Solar Cells Are Manufactured
Solar power is being touted as one of the solutions to the energy needs of a hungry world. This brings up the rather fundamental question of how solar cells are actually manufactured.The vast majority of solar cells on the market these days are polysilicon. These are the cells you see in panel systems on homes [...]
October 25th, 2010
Why Do We Need Alternative Fuels?
People these days have started considering the options of an alternative fuel over petroleum or diesel. This is not a area specific phenomenon, instead it is a much bigger and wide spread spectrum. Herein, one needs to understand why do we need alternative fuels globally.Our present fuel resources are not going to be around forever [...]