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 Stories About: cogeneration AND energy AND energy efficiency AND renewable energy
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Biomass in Austria: An adventure in pictures
The human-scale, renewable, domestic power systems reviving rural Austrian economies |
David Roberts |
16 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| On a sunny Saturday afternoon in Salzburg, we took a field trip to a few examples of biomass in rural Austria. The country is over 40 percent forested, and over half of the forest is owned by small farmers with less than 40 hectares (just under 100 acres), so the government has put a priority on encouraging biomass use as a substitute for fossil fuels. I ... |
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| Topics: Austria, cogeneration, energy, energy efficiency, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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A Stirling idea
Development in waste-heat-to-electricity technology |
Erik Hoffner |
24 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Here's a 200 year old idea with merit: A Stirling engine, modified to capture the waste heat of industrial processes to make electricity. Gar noted Stirling Energy Systems' efforts in this vein to make electricity from solar thermal collectors using a Stirling engine a year ago, but instead of the sun, a startup in my neighborhood, ReGen, is developing a Stirling that will specialize in using the low to moderate heat generated by landfill gas systems, paper mills, stee ... |
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| Topics: cogeneration, energy, energy efficiency, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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