Eco Cars: Koenigsegg reveals solar-powered supercar with the best of everything

Eco Factor: Zero-emission electric car powered by solar energy.
Finally electric cars get what they always wanted with Koenigsegg revealing their most-desired car, the Quant. Shaped like a sedan, the Quant is an electric super car that is powered by the energy it generates from the sun. Fitted with a 512 hp engine, the car propels to 62mph in just over 5 seconds with a top speed of a bone-shattering 171 mph.

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Allco Wants to Turn Former Toxic Waste Dump into solar energy farm

New York-based Allco >Renewable Energy wants to build the largest solar energy farm east ofthe Mississippi river. Their chosen location is in Coventry, Rhode Island, on land that gained infamy in the 1970s as an illegal hazardous waste dump and which became a Superfund site in the 1980s.
At first the solar energy farm would have 8 megawatts of production capacity, but Allco is also considering installing wind turbines if the site is suitable. But there is already some controversy: Allco wants some guarantees that it will be able to sell its power to the local utility for a certain time and at a certain rate, something that is not yet certain.

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The electric Bentley Incense GT, luxury for the future

Bentleys of the future will have a very different look from the one’s we see the rich and fabulous driving around in today and will sure be a lot greener too. The super-luxury cars we see today are plain gas-guzzlers, who drink up as much as their owners can afford. But this might just not be the case in the future! We just stumbled across this design for a Bentley, the Bentley Incense GT. Now this one sure doesn’t give out any smoke, despite its name, instead choosing to keep its act and drive a lot more environment friendly, using and electric motor. The car looks like a vehicle a superhero would probably choose to drive! Inspired by designing from the past with an added touch of the future, the Bentley Incense GT design uses those good old closed-cap rear wheels. A car like this might just show up far away in 2030 though, so you’ll just have to wait and drool at these images for the next two decades.

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Sandia, Stirling Energy Systems Set New World Record

On a perfect New Mexico winter day — with the sky almost 10 percent brighter than usual — Sandia National Laboratories and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) set a new solar-to-grid system conversion efficiency record by achieving a 31.25 percent net efficiency rate. The old 1984 record of 29.4 percent was toppled on SES’s “Serial #3” solar dish Stirling system at Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility.
The conversion efficiency is calculated by measuring the net energy delivered to the grid and dividing it by thesolar energy hitting the dish mirrors. Auxiliary loads, such as water pumps, computers and tracking motors, are accounted for in the net power measurement.
Each dish unit consists of 82 mirrors formed in a dish shape to focus the light to an intense beam onto a receiver, which transmits the heat energy to a Stirling engine. The engine is a sealed system filled with hydrogen. As the gas heats and cools, its pressure rises and falls. The change in pressure drives the pistons inside the engine, producing mechanical power, which in turn drives a generator and makes electricity.

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Solar energy Circuit in Abu Dhabi

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP), the world's largest crystalline silicon photovoltaic module manufacturer, announced its selection by Aldar Properties PJSC to supply over 1,120 solar panels for a 292 kW solar system for The Shams Tower, an iconic building on Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi based solar power system integrator, Enviromena, will design and install the solar system and Aldar,Abu Dhabi's leading property development, management and investment company will develop the project.
The 2500 sq meter building with the integrated solar array on the 60-metre high Shams Tower, will provide shade for the car park underneath and simultaneously produce 450 megawatt hours of clean, solar electricity annually. Power generated will certainly offset electricity needs during motorsports events, and also power the Yas Marina Circuit facility for decades, saving 400 tons of greenhouse gases annually.While talking about this massive project, Sami Khoreibi, President and CEO of Enviromena said,

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World’s Largest Solar Stadium

No one has ever attempted to power an entire stadium with solar energy before, but Japan-based Toyo Ito Architects are using solar energy beyond all conventions to power the main stadium built for the World Games. The $150 million stadium can house 55,000 spectators and can power 80% of the surrounding neighborhood if it‘s solar array is connected to the grid during days when the stadium is not being used. Every inch of the stadium’s incredible 14,155-sq-m roof area is covered with 8,844 solar panels that could potentially generate a whopping 1.14GWh of electricity annually. The record braking stadium is touted to be the world’s largest solar-powered stadium

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2022 Soccer world cup with the solar powered Lusail Iconic Stadium

Just when you though that the soccer world cup was history, its back making waves again. As Qatar gets ready to bring the frenzy to home turf in 2022, they have thought far off to ensure green and architecturally advanced designs for the world to savor. The energy efficient world-class football stadium called the Lusail Iconic Stadium is being developed with the help of Foster and Partners. Keeping in mind the extremely arid condition of the Middle East, the stadium will powered using solar energy. However the stadium with a seating capacity of 86,000 will be cool and will generate additional power from the parking lot canopies

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