Posts Tagged ‘Turbine’
Going Green with Biosphere Technology
Biosphere technology is a gasification process that harnesses the combustibility of municipal solid wastes (msw) to create a heat source that produces super heated steam via boiler, which then drives a combination stream turbine to generate electricity. This green technology also helps in cleaning up the environment for it destroys solid wastes in
Restaurant takes spin on the green side
It took nearly two years of planning and construction, two permits, a $350,000 mortgage, nine truckloads of concrete and about 40 tons of steel and fiberglass, but Brian Great finally realized his dream of going green. His northwest suburban restaurant is now largely powered by a towering steel turbine out front, reaching roughly 11 stories into the sky.
Turbine Boss – prevent attic vent heat loss
Homeowners who have turbine attic ventilators, (those spinning fans on the roof of one’s home), lose a lot of heat in the winter when warm attic air gets sucked out by cold outside winter temperatures. Covering or sealing the vents can cause all kinds of problems – the solution – install a self-regulating Turbine Boss [...]
Residents pack meeting in Stinchcombe to protest against turbine plans
More than 100 residents turned out to show their anger at proposals to build eight 120-metre high wind turbines in Stinchcombe. The public meeting, held at Stinchcombe Village Hall last Friday, was organised by members of the Save Berkeley Vale group, which is leading the campaign against the plans for the wind park. Ecotricity, a Stroud-based green energy company, wants to build the eight turbines on land off Standle Lane between the M5 motorway and the A38. So far the company has only . . .