A truck tire supporting a 36,300-kilogram load repeatedly traverses an 18-meter stretch of road, day in and day out, rolling up 483,000 kilometers on the odometer at the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DoT) testing facility in Virginia. The goal is to thoroughly challenge any new paving techniques and see how the [...]
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The 2007-2008 “rolling blackouts” left South Africans living in such a fear of power cuts. Even the subsequent rolling exuberant electricity price hikes did not meet with much grumbling. As an unwelcome reminder of those dark days, many parts of Johannesburg recently suffered power failures. Though of shot duration, the cuts [...]
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SA in bid to lure investors for world’s biggest solar power plant in Upington, writes Rowan Philp After the gloom of electricity blackouts and smog, the future of clean energy in South Africa suddenly seems bright enough to be seen from space one day.
This is the strange vision that will be presented to 200 [...]
Continue Reading →While a lot of people think about electrical systems when they consider solar energy, this is only the tip of the iceberg. The truth is, there are many different ways that you can tap into solar power at home that are not only environmentally friendly, and they will also save you money along the [...]
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While some solar panels are designed to generate electricity, others are designed to collect heat from the sun. That solar power is then used to heat the water that you are using in your home.
By using flat plate collectors, water or anti-freeze is heated as it [...]
Continue Reading →When installing solar water heaters, you need to take into account the tilt angle and orientation.
This affects the efficiency of the solar collector panels, and when set properly will ensure the panels receive maximum solar energy throughout the different seasons of the year, especially winter, when there is little sunlight.
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