Future of Clean Thermal Technologies

Thermal power plants burning fossil fuels produce 50% of the electricity generated worldwide, but are a major source of CO2 emmissions. As such, the energy industry will need to develop technology to capture and store emissions from power plants if it is to continue to flourish. Provided that this can be achieved, fossil fuel combustion should be capable of supplying electricity well into this century.

The report published by Business Insights in October 2009- "Clean Thermal Technologies - Developments, Costs and Outlook" examines the different thermal power generation techniques and the legislation that will affect the industry in the future, as well as the technologies being developed to reduce the impact of CO2 released from thermal plants into the atmosphere. See. http://energybusinessreports.com

Nanotechnology and Photovoltaics

Nanotechnology, shortened to "Nanotech", is the study of the control of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally nanotechnology deals with structures of the size 100 nanometers or smaller, and involves developing materials or devices within that size.

Nanotechnology is very diverse, ranging from novel extensions of conventional device physics, to completely new approaches based upon molecular self-assembly, to developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale, even to speculation on whether we can directly control matter on the atomic scale.

Although nanotechnology is a relatively recent development in scientific research, the development of its central concepts happened over a longer period of time.

Photovoltaic (PV) is the field of technology and research related to the application of solar cells for energy by converting sun energy (sunlight or sun ultra violet radiation) directly into electricity. Due to the growing demand for clean sources of energy, the manufacture of solar cells and photovoltaic arrays has expanded dramatically in recent years.

The coming together of these two technologies has become the talk of the town lately.