Archive for September, 2009

We visit the largest geothermal operation in the world to see how heat from the earths core is transformed into electricity. We meet a chemist, geologist, plant operator, environmental manager and engineer as they show us how they manage steam production wells and electric generators. This growing field relies not just on professionals with advanced degrees but entry- level workers who drill the wells and maintain the power plants in this vanguard of clean energy.

Jobs profiled in this program include:
Geologist, Project Manager, Chemist, Environmental Manager, Plant Operator

Grade Levels: 7 to Adult

22 minutes • Color

Direct link to purchase the DVD:

http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=be1f20f7-873a-46ea-aeb1-48ea14e5aa8c&sub=6516bc9d-f8fd-4e94-b702-ab180d939306&cat=

Duration : 0:2:37

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Technorati Tags: Careers, Chemist, clean, energy, Geologist, geothermal, Green, Operator, Phoenix, plant, Power, Renewables, science, sustainability

EnviroMission Limited (www.enviromission.com.au) produced this 5 minute video on the pilot plant in Spain. It is an older video (2000) but gives a decent understanding of the solar tower concept.

EnviroMission, Ltd. (US Market: EVOMY, Australian Exchange: EVM) is a renewable energy developer of sustainable “green” energy solutions for the energy market. EnviroMission aims to be one of Australia’s leading producers of clean renewable energy. EnviroMission holds the proprietary rights to Solar Tower technology, a large-scale renewable energy technology based on simple fundamentals of physics — hot air rises. Solar Tower technology has the potential to offer competitive renewable energy with equal reliability to fossil fuel generators.

A single 200MW Solar Tower power station will provide enough electricity to power around 400,000 households. The energy output will represent an annual saving of more than 1,960,000 tonnes of greenhouse CO2 gases from entering the environment when compared to brown coal emissions in Victoria. The greenhouse savings equate to the removal of approximately 500,000 cars from the road. The Australian Solar Tower project consists of six distinct phases, the first two of which (project optimization and pre-feasibility commercialization) have already been completed. The third phase (final feasibility), paving the way for the implementation of the next three phases (final design, construction, and commercial operation).

Duration : 0:4:47

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http://www.solarenergygogreen.com – Using solar energy in our households today with simple and easy to follow do it yourself kits. Save thousands of dollars and go green with solar panels!

Duration : 0:4:17

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Technorati Tags: do it yourself solar, go green, how to solar, solar energy, solar panels

Dr. Donald Aitken ( http://www.donaldaitkenassociates.com/ ), physicist, solar architect and former lead scientist at the Union of Concerned of Concerned Scientists, talks about his certainty that we have all the tools and knowhow to make the shift to renewable energy sources right now.

Duration : 0:49:55

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Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) process and an ideal location in Puerto rico

Duration : 0:3:51

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Technorati Tags: deep, energy, ocean, OTEC, PR, Puerto Rico, renewable