Renewable Energy Sources Gadgets

Swimwear for next summer

2011-06-25T14:34:00.003+02:00

Swimwear for next summer

You may be too late for this season, but for summer the 2012th you can get solar swimsuit from the future. It will help you to charge your cell phone while sun tanning you so you do not miss the game with best friend gossiping.

The concept was conceived by Andrew Schneider, and consists of 40 super-thin solar panels which are made from this swimwear. There is also a USB outlet for charging. In this swimsuit you can also swim.

Andrew is now working on men's swimwear version that instead of charging mobile collected energy used for cooling beer. That's nice and full of prejudice in the girls and the guys ...

This swimsuit can be purchased at a price of 80 dollars.

The solar-powered, wireless keyboard that makes battery hassles a thing of the past

2011-06-16T14:20:00.001+02:00

Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 is a light powered keyboard.

This keyboard charges itself whenever there’s light—and stays charged for at least 3 months in total darkness — so you can say good-bye to battery hassles. It's only 1/3 -inch thick. It almost feels like typing on your laptop, but more comfortable.

Source: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/keyboards/keyboard/devices/k750-keyboard

SOLAR IMPULSE - AROUND THE WORLD IN A SOLAR AIRPLANE

2011-06-16T00:19:00.001+02:00

The solar plane HB-SIA, with pilot André Borschberg, landed in Paris le Bourget on Tuesday 14 June at 9:15 pm after an 16:05 hours long flight.

This experimental plane in mid-May, successfully flew a distance from the military airfield in western Switzerland to the airport in Brussels. Andre Borsberg pilot operated aircraft, whose wings span 64 meters, which is close to a large model plane Airbus "A340"but only weights 1.6 tonnes, the weight of the average car.

The spacecraft has already entered the history of aeronautics in July 2010. when it performed a long flight of 24 hours without a break using only solar energy and batteries.
Prototype, whose wing covers 12,000 photo-voltage cells that feed four electric engines strength of ten horsepower, flew at an altitude of 3,600 meters at a speed of 70 kilometers per hour. The next goal of this project, worth 75 million euros,is making the new prototype that will be even bigger and wil have better performance.

The largest solar powered boat - Trip around the world

2011-06-15T13:19:00.000+02:00

That in the future, one can rely on renewable energy, where we least expected, solar boat confirmed, ie. solar catamaran PlanetSolar (a boat with two hulls). Although there were earlier projects of solar catamaran like SUN21 with only eight passengers,we are now stepping out to reach the future of navigable industry. Dimensions are considerably larger: length 31m (35m from the rear rack of solar panels), the width of the hull is 15m, total width is 23m, height is 6.1m and maximum weight of 95 tons! It took 14 months of hard work and 12.5 million € in order to get the finished boat. So, this is an impressive, luxurious, solar yacht that can independently,without any additional fuel sail around the world, which was show in Hanburgu on 7th May, 2010. and was the focus of interest and admiration. Initially it was planned 18 seats,while it can be adapted for tourist cruise to the 40 seats.

Otherwise, the date of first departure was the 27th September 2010 with six crew members. Under the hood,you will see the combination of advanced technologies into a single functional unit. There have been improvements: less weight,less friction, more efficient operation, reliable and simple battery. The design is worked by Zealand designer Craig Loomes, whose company LOMOcean Design (Auckland) deals with the most innovative yacht design in the world. They used "cut" of water waves approach in relation to the standard approach, "riding" the waves. So the resistance in the water has been reduced to a minimum. The project design was done by German experts firm Yachtbau GmbH (Kiel).They are known for making boats with modern carbon fiber "sandwich" technology, ie. They use carbon fiber with exceptional strength and light weight. On the third side, four Swiss company drivetek AG (Ipsach / Biel) engines are installed, a new generation and with the optimized maximum efficiency, maximum power 2 x 60kW with two engines on both sides.

Nearly latest technology of carbon fiberpropeller, a manufacturer of AIR Fertigung Technologie GmbH & Co. KG are installed. What gives you energy is an area of 537m2 covered with 38.000 mc-Si solar cells (93.5 kWp), the German manufacturer SOLON AG (Berlin). It is a commercial panel of new generation with 18.8% efficiency. At the end of this technical description lets mention a battery unit, a latest generation of lithium ion battery brand GAIA Akkumulatorenwerke GmbH (Nordhausen /Thuring), capacity 2910 Ah, and the integral voltage of 388V. They are characterized by an excellent ratio of output power / weight. With this drive maximum speed is 15 knots (28 km) while cruising at 80-10 knots.

According care to the shipowner Immo Ströher on a show in Hanburg, the aim is to demonstrate that renewable sources can provide a sustainable living and working while "solar energy can make a significant contribute to our civilization. " In addition to the shipowner, the project organizers are Patrick Marchesseau, captain, Raphaël Domjan and founder of the project, founder and president of the Foundation PlanetSolar. In addition to popularize solar energy, and how it can be properly accepted and stored, with increased energy efficiency using modern manufacturing technology and materials. Their actions were directed to educate people about renewable energy sources. Here is a simple comparison: ships that transport goods, transmit 1.4 billion tons of CO2 annually,which represents 6% of the total emissions caused by man's actions on the planet, two times more than air transportation.

Its tour is Monaco - Miami - Cancun - San Francisco - Sydney - Singapore - Abu Dhabi – Monaco around the world, with a scheduled cruise time over 8 months.The boat is in Australia at the moment. More informations about this project, you can get on their official site http://www.planetsolar.org/ where you can find latest news about this boat, its position, and there is even a competition. Check it out!

Solar bags

2011-06-12T17:01:00.001+02:00

See this interesting idea that I have found. Picard Lederwaren company from Germany manufactures laptop bags, travel bags and other that have solar cells. It is enough to connect your computer to the internal cables and on the go, or carry it through the city, its battery will be recharged. The same principle can be used for mobile phone, MP3 player and so on. The ‘on-board’ Li-ion battery of these bags provide up to 14.4V and 4,500mAh, powerful enough to charge your laptop and also cellphone or MP3 player. Here are some pictures of these bags. The Picard Solar Messenger and Business Backpack goes for around $ 1,100.- and the Solar Trolley for around $ 1,375. You can search for other products of this company on google.

Solar train through Europe

2011-06-11T13:18:00.001+02:00

Passenger "green train", which will be the route from Paris to Amsterdam, moved to the first test of the times, using electricity from solar panels.

International high-speed train linking Paris and Amsterdam will be the first in Europe to one of his section on using electricity obtained from solar panels installed on the tunnel over the railway, AFP quoted.

The first passenger "green train" in Europe has crossed the road from Antwerp to the border with the Netherlands, using solar energy.

Tunnel in Antwerp, Belgium in the north, 3.6 miles long and worth 15.6 million euros, will be covered with 16,000 solar panels area of 50,000 square meters, the size of eight football stadiums.

The electricity will supply the infrastructure on the railway, lighting, signals and serve the needs of the train, and will be delivered to Antwerp.

Belgian company builds panels for solar energy "Enfiniti" which will produce 3,300 megawatt-hours of electricity a year, equal to the average annual consumption of approximately 950 families.

Panels will save 47.3 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions during the two decades. The application of solar energy is considered a method for reducing carbon emissions from the sector railways.

"Using electricity produced immediately, eliminate energy losses and transportation costs," said the director of "Enfiniti" Steven de Tolenaere.

The company hopes that this project is to develop a new installation in the U.S. and elsewhere, saying that the railway sheds ideal places for such installation in the future.

The possibility of applying such technology is considered in the U.S. on the fast track Tucson-Phoenix, Arizona.

In Italy, the EU finance installing solar panels on the roof of the train, which provide electricity for air conditioning coaches.

France is also considering the introduction of these technologies for use electricity for lighting and air conditioning trains in the region of Poitou-Sarent.

Strawberry tree - Solar cellphone charger

2011-04-15T16:38:00.000+02:00

Strawberry energy is a group of talented young people gathered around one dream: a dream in which the world can be better, and that in the right way.

Strawberry Tree is public solar mobile phone charger that is independently designed and made by a group of students from Belgrade University and it was first introduced not only to Serbia but also to the world in October 2010. when it was installed in the town square in the center of Obrenovac, Serbia. The technology giant is already 5 months daily supplementing batteries of passersby, with clean, environmental energy that is received from the Sun. It is a kind of technological innovation, which is already in a short time several times awarded at national and international competitions.

Strawberry energy team completely designed, developed and practically implemented solar charger, and then installed it in Obrenovac. In the early phase of the project it was supported by business and technology incubator in Belgrade. The importance of the project is recognized by the Energy Efficiency Agency of the Republic of Serbia.

Strawberry energy is a group of talented young people gathered around a dream: a dream in which the world can do better, and that the right way. Dream in which the energy is from the sun and wind, where the air is clean and unpollutedr. Dream in which the new technology and creativity are used to help people and preserve the enviroment. Team consists of 8 students from different faculties of the University of Belgrade and it is made up of students from electrical engineering, architectural, mechanical and Faculty of Organizational Sciences. The team consists of: Milos Milisavljevic, Tamara Turšijan, Bojan Vasiljevic, Miroslav Ribaric, Michael Vasic, Strahinja Stancic, U. Uljarević and Bojan Bork.

Public Solar charger is for use in busy public places (streets, parks, squares) and aims to use energy generated from the sun and to offer people free battery recharging when they need it most: when they are outside the house and the battery is empty . Their idea of a unique way, using renewable energy sources, provides immediate and concrete help to people.

This is corroborated by data obtained from the Strawberry Tree installed near Belgrade, on which we can conclude that the first 10,000 loadings are achieved in 40 days from the date of opening. Since the weather was cold and that few people were on the streets, an average of 250 people a day who stopped to recharge your cell phone a day has surpassed all expectations.

Hope you liked this post. In the close future, I’m going to write more about electrical characteristics of this Solar Tree!