Biofuels have been around as long as cars have.

A biofuel is a fuel that contains energy from geologically recent carbon fixation. These fuels are produced from living organisms.

Generating Electricity from Wing Waves.

Wind turbines, like windmills, are mounted on a tower to capture the most energy. At 100 feet (30 meters) or more aboveground, they can take advantage of the faster and less turbulent wind.

Producing electricity from solar energy.

Solar energy is a free, inexhaustible resource, yet harnessing it is a relatively new idea. The ability to use solar power for heat was the first discovery.

Turbines catch the wind's energy with their propeller-like blades.

A blade acts much like an airplane wing. When the wind blows, a pocket of low-pressure air forms on the downwind side of the blade.

Solar energy may have had great potential

Solar technology advanced to roughly its present design in 1908 when William J. Bailey of the Carnegie Steel Company invented a collector with an insulated box and copper coils.

We have been harnessing the wind's energy for hundreds of years.

For utility-scale sources of wind energy, a large number of wind turbines are usually built close together to form awind plant.

Biofuels are produced from living organisms.

In order to be considered a biofuel the fuel must contain over 80 percent renewable materials.

Geothermal energy is the heat from the Earth.

Resources of geothermal energy range from the shallow ground to hot water and hot rock found a few miles beneath the Earth's surface, and down even deeper to the extremely high temperatures of molten rock called magma.

Geothermal heat pumps can tap into this resource to heat and cool buildings.

A geothermal heat pump system consists of a heat pump, an air delivery system (ductwork), and a heat exchanger-a system of pipes buried in the shallow ground near the building.

In the future, civilization will be forced to research and develop alternative energy sources.

Possession of surplus energy is, of course, a requisite for any kind of civilization, for if man possesses merely the energy of his own muscles, he must expend all his strength - mental and physical - to obtain the bare necessities of life.

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Friday, November 7, 2014

Zachry Engineering Designs Gainesville Renewable Energy Center

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Zachry Engineering Corporation, a subsidiary of Zachry Holdings, Inc., has been selected to provide design engineering and procurement services as part of the EPC team for the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center, a 100-MW biomass power plant located in Gainesville, Fla. "Zachry Engineering has a lengthy history and a good resume in the biomass industry, and we are delighted to be providing design services to another renewable energy resource," said Mike Morris, vice president for Zachry Engineering. "With more than 30 years of experience in a variety of renewable energy technologies, we are able to bring expertise to the application of biomass projects to support the renewable energy effort in the United States." This is the second largest biomass project Zachry has designed for the same customer, and it is the third large-scale waste wood power plant Zachry is currently designing. Preliminary engineering of the power plant has been underway for several months and construction began in March 2011. Commercial operation is expected to commence in late 2013. The 100-MW biomass plant will be fueled by wood waste from urban wood refuse, harvested trees, power line and roadway clearance, and lumber mill waste. At completion, the plant is expected to create enough electricity to power 70,000 homes. Several organizations have endorsed the project including the Florida Municipal Electric Association, Florida Wildlife Federation, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Florida Forestry Association, Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce, Florida Farm Bureau and the Alachua County legislative delegation.
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