Green Options » pumps http://greenoptions.com/tag/pumps Posts tagged 'pumps' Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:27:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Chile Uses Solar Energy to Power Agricultural Irrigation Systems http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/10/chile-uses-solar-energy-to-power-agricultural-irrigation-systems/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/10/chile-uses-solar-energy-to-power-agricultural-irrigation-systems/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:27:13 +0000 Levi Novey http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/10/chile-uses-solar-energy-to-power-agricultural-irrigation-systems/ A water pumpAn area in northern Chile has created a novel solution to their agricultural irrigation needs. Why not power water pumps with natural sunlight?

Four new solar powered irrigation systems were developed by a team consisting of Chile’s National Energy Commission along with Chile’s Agriculture Ministry and a regional government. Each system has a generator that can produce up to 500 Watts of energy.  When there is not a need for irrigation, the energy produced by the solar power systems goes back into the general electricity grid.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/10/chile-uses-solar-energy-to-power-agricultural-irrigation-systems/feed/ Kids Drinking From Environmentally Safe Petrol Pumps? http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/05/22/kids-drinking-from-environmentally-safe-petrol-pumps/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/05/22/kids-drinking-from-environmentally-safe-petrol-pumps/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 20:48:44 +0000 Max Lindberg http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/05/22/kids-drinking-from-environmentally-safe-petrol-pumps/ kids-from-pump.jpg

Environmentally Friendly Biofuel?

A Swedish bus company is marketing it’s use of environmentally friendly biofuels by depicting humans drinking from petrol pumps.

Needless to say the Swedish Poison Information Center is up in arms over the Flygbussarna Airport Coach company’s advertisements.

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