Energy Magazine November 2014 | Page 18

GREEN TECH
When it comes to large-scale renewable , space can be an issue .
This is particularly true when it comes to island nations . In recent years , the first course of action has been to look to offshore solutions , be it wind or solar . Development in technology has driven this even further , with the advent of floating offshore installations allowing renewable energy producers to harness energy more effectively and in places they might not have been able to previously .
While this is certainly an innovative solution to an unavoidable problem , one company has approached it from a different angle by combining several forms of renewable energy together to form a compact generating device that takes up significantly less space than its larger counterparts .
This new piece of hardware comes from Indiana ’ s WindStream
Application of the SolarMill has been discussed in the residential and commerical sector
18 November 2014