Netherlands Thinking Greener!It’s all how you view the glass right! Is it half empty or half full?
A Norwegian shipping company has implemented a new technology to create a zero-emission barge that can sail for 2-4 hours. I’m sure their glass is half full! Zero Emissions Services (ZES) has designed a shipping container that stores green renewable energy within lithium-ion batteries designed to fit inside. Clean renewable energy is what powers the barge eliminating the need to burn fossil fuels!
When the barge pulls into port, within 15 minutes it exchanges the green renewable energy container with a fully charged one. Then the barge heads back to its port of call assuring that no CO2, nitrogen, or particulates are released. This is a welcomed… Continue reading
Think Greener in Couthuin, Belgium
Renewable Energy is here to stay! I have stated that before and will continue to do so. The cost for producing electricity via wind and solar continues to drop making it America’s fastest growing energy source.
The next hurdle, we are about to clear, is creating cheap sustainable energy storage technologies. Energy storage can come in many different shapes and forms. Scientists at NREL are working on ways to increase the ability for alkaline batteries to hold a longer charge while used in small electronics and in Lithium-ion batteries to help power laptops and electric vehicles.
As scientist create these new technologies, they are already thinking about the supply chain and the raw material required for production, such as how… Continue reading
The Netherlands is researching new solutions to help solar parks have a positive impact on the land underneath. Solar parks are installed and designed to last for about 25 years. As a result of this process the reduction of sunlight has negative effects on the soil below.
Check out this article and learn about two new solutions being tested in the Netherlands that provide a 77% ground cover ratio for crops and almost 100% of the soil receives sufficient sunlight at a higher degree of coverage.
The Netherlands is definitely Thinking Greener!
Netherlands Thinking Greener
Here is a different thought process for you to think about!
Implementing sustainable and renewable energy solutions requires intensive mining operations that deplete Mother Earth’s finite resources such as green minerals like cobalt, nickel, copper, silver, aluminum, cadmium, and other rare minerals.
When extracting these precious raw materials from the earth’s crust to create different sustainable solutions like solar & wind energy, the world cannot make the same mistakes they did with fossil fuels. In order not to repeat our history and have a successful green economy, we must put equality for human rights in the for front and replace the almighty greed of making money and establishing power with focusing on living in harmony with Mother Earth.
Thankfully, the Biden administration and many other… Continue reading