{"id":2901,"date":"2015-02-22T15:44:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T21:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2024-03-29T17:23:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:23:06","slug":"green-energy-latest-news-electricity-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/?p=2901","title":{"rendered":"Green Energy Latest News &#8211; Electricity Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Green Energy News &#8211; The Latest Updates in the Search for Renewable Energy<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Green energy<\/em><\/strong> continues to develop at lightning speed, and what our world&#8217;s scientists are coming up with is truly amazing. \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">#Electricity Express\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">continues to monitor the web for the latest developments in the quest for <em><strong>clean energy<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0Keep reading for some of the latest snippets from around the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Norway Turns an Old Fishing Boat into a Power Plant<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2908 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/GE-old-boat.jpg\" alt=\"Green Energy Making energy out of an old boat\" width=\"150\" height=\"96\" \/>In western Norway, researchers have successfully converted a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/02\/150209094940.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fishing vessel into a power plant<\/a>. \u00a0 Sound crazy? \u00a0To me it does, but for those with scientific minds, it&#8217;s an ingenious idea. \u00a0The basic idea was to put 4 large chambers into the ship&#8217;s bow. \u00a0Waves hitting the ship make the chambers&#8217; water level go up. \u00a0The resulting air pressure increase drives a turbine in each chamber. \u00a0As the ship rocks because of a large wave, there is additional air pressure. \u00a0Electricity is produced because of a &#8220;fluctuating water column&#8221;, as explained by Edgar Kvernevik, engineer and Project Manager for Kvernevik AS. \u00a0The success of the idea opens up a whole new field of research for the future.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Using Shrimp Shells to Generate Electricity<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Been Green<\/strong> takes on an intriguing new form in the disguise of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/02\/150218191724.htm\">shrimp shells<\/a>. \u00a0Shrimp shells contain a large amount of the materials chitin and chitosan. \u00a0Researchers at the Queen Mary University of London used hydrothermal carbonization to create solar cells from the shrimp cells. \u00a0Right now, it&#8217;s not the most efficient way to produce energy, but give them points for thinking outside of the box.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harvard University Students Make Liquid Fuel out of Solar Energy<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2909 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Photosynthesis-e1424641046550.jpg\" alt=\"More energy from plants. Scientists find new ways to produce energy, clean and efficient.\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" \/>Alternative energy<\/strong> research continues to grow. \u00a0Harvard University has reported that bacteria can be used to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/02\/150209161423.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">change solar energy into liquid fuel<\/a>. \u00a0Scientists first used an &#8220;artificial leaf,&#8221; which caused the sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. \u00a0A bacterium then converted hydrogen and carbon dioxide into the liquid fuel isopropanol.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I admit it, that theory goes completely over my head, leaving me grateful for the scientific minds out there that work so hard to improve our world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Electricity Express<\/strong><\/span> is committed to the fight to save our planet. \u00a0Check back weekly for more <strong>green energy<\/strong> updates on our <a href=\"http:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/power-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog<\/a>. \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Electricity Express<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; we&#8217;ve got your back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Cheapest electricity service in Texas<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/power-blog\/\">Check our Power Blog for more ideas on how to save energy<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>No Deposit Electricity Texas<\/h4>\n<p><strong>855-781-6970<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/account.paylesspower.com\/enroll\/750778\">Energy plans and sign-ups, click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Energy News &#8211; The Latest Updates in the Search for Renewable Energy Green energy continues to develop at lightning speed, and what our world&#8217;s scientists are coming up with is truly amazing. \u00a0#Electricity Express\u00a0continues to monitor the web for the latest developments in the quest for clean energy. \u00a0Keep reading for some of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[129,54,97],"tags":[176,67],"class_list":["post-2901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electricity-express","category-energy-efficiency","category-protect-environment","tag-electricityexpress","tag-environment"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Photosynthesis-e1424641046550.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfEdyg-KN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/electricityexpress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}