How to overcome the wind power harvesting problems

Wind power harvesting often has problems that are related to fluctuations in wind speed, inability to store the energy in an economic way and high investment costs. There are many different methods that could be used to effectively increase wind power harvesting. The usage of modern technology and anemometers improves the tracking and prediction of wind speed during different seasons. Furthermore, the special software can be used to track the wind speed and adjust the wind turbines. 

Wind turbine blue sky

Storing energy in batteries is often not suitable for long term projects. Therefore, scientists propose the water accumulation lakes that could be filled with water that is pumped by the energy that is created by the wind turbines during the high seasons. The accumulated water could be used generate electricity during low seasons. There are also other solutions for ultra heavy duty batteries that are based on nanotechnology as well as usage of biotechnology for wind farms. 

Wind turbine dusk

The investment costs still pose a great problem for building of wind turbines. It is well know that the quantity of energy that is created by the turbines is directly proportional to the size of a turbine. The engineers are trying to create giant wind mills for off shore usage that will provide great amounts of energy. The careful planning of location and capacity of wind generators is a key economical factor that must be taken into account. We could surely expect that there will be many new projects that are related to wind energy harvesting in the future. 

Birds are incinerated and killed by solar power plants

The solar mega plant in middle of Mojave desert that is operating on a new solar focusing technology has proven to be deadly to a large a number of birds. According to the scientists, approximately two birds a minute of 28000 birds a year are killed by the focused solar rays that are are caused by the solar power plant. Birds' feathers are severely damaged by the solar rays from the plant and they fall to the ground. The influence of the solar power plant on the environment could prove disastrous and it is therefore needed to take the necessary measures to prevent the impact of bird population in the area. 

Several other power plants that are based on the same principle are in plan for construction and the engineers should solve the existing problem with bird populations. 

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http://www.weather.com/science/news/solar-plants-birds-20140818

The Future Toilets will Turn Waste into Energy

Many efforts have been made to relieve the energy crisis all over the world. Many new ideas have been made in order to convert human feces into energy. 

Here are the main principles of toilets of tomorrow:

Conversion of waste to methane gas - methane is released when the bacteria are breaking up the waste. Methane can later be used to heat the houses or it can be converted to electricity. 

Transforming human feces into charcoal - waste can be transformed into charcoal that can be used to generate energy. 

Turning feces into gas - highly combustible gas can be created from waste. 

Fuel cells - there have been many efforts to make fuel cells that can directly generate electricity from human waste. The toilets of tomorrow could directly produce enough energy for households. 

Hydrogen - could be produced from urine and feces and stored in fuel cells for further usage. 

Although the usage of waste for energy production is already available at large scale in waste treatment facilities, there is a need for new researches that will make this technology available for households. The promising results in this technology could significantly decrease the energy consumption of a household. 

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http://www.fastcoexist.com/1678292/the-toilet-of-the-future-will-turn-poop-into-power