Clean energy
An important trend of our time is clean energy. In that respect, I’m satisfied living in Switzerland and also satisfied coming from Denmark. Here are a couple of examples why:
* In Switzerland, a part of the energy consumed is generated through water power.
* Over a few decades, Denmark has built up an important wind energy industry headed not least by the company Vestas.
By the way, according to a survey by The Nielsen Company, Switzerland ranks as number one regarding concerns about global warming.
A couple of weeks ago, I attended an interesting seminar here in Zurich about Toyota. One of the cars dealt with during the seminar was Toyota Prius, a hybrid electric vehicle.
I found out, that much interesting development work is being done to make environmentally friendly cars even better and cheaper. To get some inspiration, take a look at this solar powered Toyota Prius:
* In Switzerland, a part of the energy consumed is generated through water power.
* Over a few decades, Denmark has built up an important wind energy industry headed not least by the company Vestas.
By the way, according to a survey by The Nielsen Company, Switzerland ranks as number one regarding concerns about global warming.
A couple of weeks ago, I attended an interesting seminar here in Zurich about Toyota. One of the cars dealt with during the seminar was Toyota Prius, a hybrid electric vehicle.
I found out, that much interesting development work is being done to make environmentally friendly cars even better and cheaper. To get some inspiration, take a look at this solar powered Toyota Prius:
Comments
The off-peak electrical energy used to pump the water up hill can be stored indefinitely as gravitational energy in the upper reservoir. Thus, two reservoirs in combination can be used to store electrical energy for a long period of time, and in large quantities. (http://www.eere.energy.gov/de/pumped_hydro.html)
NOTE: Often in Switzerland these kind of facilities are supplied by cheap energy from nuclear powerplant in France with poor security standard and located less than 50 km away from the swiss boarder. But, in Baselland you can choose clean energy from the river Rhein or from the sun (http://www.ebl.ch/Privatkunden.31.0.html)