Akuo Energy Usa, Inc.

Akuo Energy is involved in all stages of the life cycle of power plants: studies, design, financing, construction and operation.

Wind energy is produced by the kinetic energy generated by air streams and by the vibrations thereby produced. This wind energy is captured by means of wind turbines which convert kinetic energy into mechanical energy, the latter being ultimately converted in electrical energy by means of generators.

The energy produced may be used to supply the needs of industrial equipment and/or it can be injected into the local or national transmission grid network. Current state-of-the-art wind energy generation turbines have a wide operating range and can operate effectively within wind regimes ranging from 4 to more than 100 km/hour (30 m/second).

On a human scale, wind energy is inexhaustible. Terrestrial wind resources will continue to exist as long as the energy from the sun continues to shine onto the earth, which is estimated at another five billion years from present.
Solar energy
Akuo Energy is involved in all stages of the life cycle of power plants: studies, design, financing, construction and operation.

Solar energy is generated from the capture and conversion of solar radiation on the surface of the earth. This energy may be captured by means of two physical effects: the photovoltaic effect and the thermal effect. The "photovoltaic effect" is the basic physical process through which a solar cell converts sunlight into electricity. Sunlight is composed of photons, or "packets" of energy. When these photons are absorbed by a solar cell, the “photonic bombardment” cause an excitation in the semiconductor materials which comprise photovoltaic cells induce the movement of electrons which result in the creation of an electric current.

The thermal effect entails the conversion of solar energy directly into heat energy. This heat energy can then be used in its simple form (for sanitary or industrial purposes, for example) or converted into electrical energy. Each year the Earth receives from the sun 8,380 times the amount of energy which is actually used annually by humanity.
Hydro energy
We are involved in all stages of the life cycle of power plants: studies, design, financing, construction and operation.

Hydro-electric energy is produced from the kinetic energy generated by currents, rivers, waterfalls or tides. The most significant output comes from power dams. In this particular case, energy is produced by the difference in altitude between the dam and the energy conversion point.

Water is transported through a pipeline to the machine residing within the energy conversion plant where electricity is produced by means of turbines. Large power dam projects are now called into question owing to their adverse effect on environment. For the time being, there is a tendency towards the construction of mini power dams which convert hydraulic energy into electricity on a relatively small scale (to power a small city or village), without having an adverse effect on the environment.
Biomass
Akuo Energy is involved in all stages of the life cycle of power plants: studies, design, financing, construction and operation.

Biomass includes all organic material produced by living or recently living organisms such as wood and plants (leaves, roots, stems, weeds, etc.) together with all microorganisms and animals, including animal waste. The main sources of biomass energy are garbage, wood, waste, landfill gases, and alcohol fuels.

Biomass sources contain immense amounts of energy, and the combustion thereof allows for the production of electrical energy, steam or both. Alternatively, forest residues can be converted into an efficient energy fuel by converting them into wood pellets. The compressed wood within the pellets results in a highly increased calorific capacity, such that they can be more efficiently and conveniently used in industrial or domestic stills than logs or chips.