Renewable energy Definition and 71 Threads

The Frankfurter Algemeiner (something like the Times, but then in another country) has a rather important article here.. It seems that an internal EU strategy paper has leaked, in which it is proposed to stop green energy support as it becomes prohibitive expensive. One may wonder if this had...

I am a Junior in high school and am just starting the college search. I have always wanted to so something with space, and be an astronaut if I could, but, as astronauts take up such a small percentage of any group of people, I have begun to look for other things. Something that has caught my...

i am having problem on making my thesis about renewable energy. I proposed all of the common kinds of renewable energy there is from solar,wind,thermal to biomass but still got nothing approved. Could anyone here please suggest topics for my thesis.. i am really short of time. :frown:. really...

Im graduating with a BS in physics, where I mostly focused on astrophysics. I'm looking to do something different after I graduate, not planning on grad school, at least for the time being. I'm interested in getting a job somehow related to renewable energy technology, and it would also be a...

I'm right now twenty years old and in my second semester of a physics degree at a school which has a pretty wide variety of engineering and science degrees and an excellent reputation in those fields. I think I would be happy working in almost any science/engineering field, but I'm most...

Hello experts, Please help to verify the attched design of renewable energy system which uses combination of gravity and buoyancy forces for power generation. I am looking use balls of 10c.m radius and water column of 10m hight. It will be very helpful some experts could advice me on how...

Hi all, I am an EE senior in college and am taking a senior design course this semester before I graduate. It involves either choosing to undertake an educational project that one of the class professors suggests or using one of our own ideas. The course lasts a single semester and we are in...

How the mechanism of gravity can converted to the electric energy?How much the power result? Please shared to me, if you have any literature..

From the little bit I've read online it seems like wind and solar have the most potential. Also, can you get student loans if you are unemployed? (I have a good credit rating and I'm in the US)

Hello everybody! I am majoring in Applied Physics. Now i am asked to choose my specialisation option between Renewable energy and Material physics. Actually, i think that i can feel comfortable to any option between those but my problem is that i have to choose one. So which is the best between...

Hi guys, I am a mechanical engineering student and before the end of this year, I must select final year project to do research on. I am really interested in renewable energy and have a particular interest in wind energy/wind turbines. I am after a project that will require me to do site...

would appreciate a simple formula for how many kwh will eliminate so many pounds of CO2 how many cars does this take off the roadways how many euivalent trees planted? thanx

If I wanted to become involved in the renewable energy field, which university major would serve me best? I've been accepted into an engineering program, so I was thinking ChemE, or MatE, but maybe even EE (solar panels?). Or would a degree in physics or chemistry serve me best?

i'm in my third year studying environmental engineering and I'm trying to decide what to do for grad school. my favorite subject is physics by far; I've really enjoyed my courses in dynamics, fluid mechanics, E & M, and statistical mechanics, which I'm taking as an elective. i also really liked...

Renewable Energy--- I have a Dream Three years ago, I found PF and was at this very same crossroad. Medcine? Or Phyical/Natural Science? I have this dream, to help creat free energy. Where does that fall into? An engineering course or straight away work for a pHd, running around in labs...

I figure that a lot of wind turbines are going to be produced, and the company's who produce them will get funding from the government. Is it a good idea to buy stock in whoever gets the biggest renewable energy contracts? I guess right now, most wind turbine makers are foreign, but they won't...

What sort of courses would make me best equipped to work in the renewable energy sector? I'm increasingly interested in working in the energetics industry, but I'm currently studying physics and chemical engineering. Would mechanical engineering make more sense? Could someone who has worked...

Are there any major universities doing research on renewable energy (solar power) or energy generation? It seems that many of the companies that are working on renewable energy are looking for EE degrees rather than physics degrees. Should I consider an EE degree if I want to do research in...

Non carbon based Alternative renewable fuel sources..Ideas out side of the Box. #1. WIND POWER using a gigantic wind sock. A Wind Drome. Let's imagine a high tensil lightweight material 1000 feet across and 1000 feet high funneling down to an opening only 10 feet by 10 feet at the small end. (...

I am a 3rd year mechanical engineering major currently working in an internship for a power company. My company recently sold off their wind and hydro generating plants because they could not compete with the coal plants. We now have only coal and gas/oil plants. I know that I could continue...

Does solar cell really only absorbs energy from sunlight? What about other sources of radiation such as thermal radiation? Wouldn't it be great if there are some devices that can recycles energy produced in major cities and convert it into electrical energy?