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Bleyenbergh Dries Devriendt Thomas Geubels Yens Belgium, 27 april 2010 1 Ecology

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Porto Windmills Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Human powered vehicle Solar panels Transportation Nature Escalators 2 Introduction 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Porto 3 27 april 2010 North of portugal 220.000 and 1.700.000 inhabitants World heritage site Porto wine Douro Ecology

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Porto Windmills Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Human powered vehicle Solar panels Transportation Nature Escalators 4 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Windmills Nationally Enormous expansion Second largest producer in the world 3.535MW of electrical power via windmills Nearly 15% of required energy in Portugal 5 27 april 2010 Ecology

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6 27 april 2010 Ecology Windmills Alto Minho Wind Farm Largest on-shore wind farm 240MW 530GWh Avoids 370.000 tonnes of CO 2 emissions

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Windmills Alto Minho Wind Farm 120, 2MW turbines Enercon storm control Wind speeds up to 35m/s Less power loss: 2-4% extra energy gain 7 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Windmills Locally Few rooftop turbines Only on industrial sites 8 27 april 2010 Ecology

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9 27 april 2010 Ecology Windmills New ideas MagLev wind turbine Wind turbine city COR building miami

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Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Field trip Toyota Caetano Portugal, A.S. Import and distribution center Bus and truck assembly line 10 27 april 2010 Ecology

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11 27 april 2010 Ecology Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Toyota Prius

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Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Toyota Prius 3 rd generation Hybrid engine o 98HP combustion engine o 80HP electrical engine 50 miles to the gallon = 4,70l/100km 12 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Toyota Prius Full EV mode Battery recharging during o Breaking o Constant speed Uses 2 electrical engines/generators 13 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota How many did we see? NONE! 14 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Porto Windmills Hybrid Vehicles - Toyota Human powered vehicle Solar panels Transportation Nature Escalators 15 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Believe !! Concept: o Traditional scooter o Electrical motor o Human strength pedals More practical o Lighter materials o Trailer Human powered vehicle Given vehicle 16 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Human powered vehicle Our task !! Analysing a car: o Weight o Components o Consuming cost Examine these numbers Developing o Reducing o Evolve o Make practical 17 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Human powered vehicle Examples: Human Electrical Human Electrical vehicle Earlier: o Environmental friendly driven o Looked: complex, unpractical, unattractive Existing: http://www.space.comhttp://www.space.com ; www.inhabitat.com www.gadgettastic.com ;www.inhabitat.comwww.gadgettastic.com 18 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Solar panels HIGH WAYS Popular way of producing electricity eco-friendly o Any noise o Not colossal (windmills) o Easy to install maintenance o Low amount of panels Ideal for many applications o Not only domestic use o Panels along the road Used in different ways 19 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Powering lights placed in a turn Solar panels HIGH WAYS 20 27 april 2010 Ecology

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21 27 april 2010 Ecology powering serial of street lights powering information road signs Solar panels HIGH WAYS

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Powering speed cameras Powering phones along the highway Powering Parking meters Powering traffic lights Solar panels HIGH WAYS 22 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Solar panels PRIVATE 23 27 april 2010 Ecology

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New technique o Instead of panels along the road/on roofs o Panels in the roads Specifications o Panels of about 3.5 to 3.5 meters. o Carry the vehicle weight strength o Containing lines of LED lights safety Numbers o 4 lanes of 1km electricity for 500 household o All U.S.A. 13.4 billion kWh or 91% of the world Future plans o Recharge electric cars Solar panels 24 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Porto Windmills Hybrid vehicles Toyota Human powered vehicle Solar panels Transportation Nature Escalators 25 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Transportation Car BikeBus TrainAirplane Metro 26 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Metro 2002 2006 Electricity Green? 39% from renewable sources Regenerative braking: 30% Tickets with chip 27 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Bus Eco-friendly fleet Natural gas Hydrogen & hybrid 28 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Bicycle The bicycle doesnt excist. Almost no bicycle paths Hillsides? Stimulation? 29 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Nature Respectful for nature Green spaces At roundabouts Green city 30 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Escalator Start-Stop Less energy consuming More ecologically friendly 31 27 april 2010 Ecology

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Bleyenbergh Dries Devriendt Thomas Geubels Yens Thank you for your attention. 32 27 april 2010 Ecology