The structures of old meet the structures of new, power plants were designed for function and output, but have now graduated to courses in art, upcycling, and spiritualism. Below is a view of the new potential of power plants.

A call to artists from around the world, the Land Art Generator Initiative is set to bring together artists, architects, scientists, and engineers to collaborate in building a sustainable powerplant with an artist flare.

Each sculpture will continuously distribute clean energy into the electrical grid with each land art sculpture having the potential to provide power to thousands of homes.

THE PROJECT IS DIVIDED INTO 7 STAGES AS FOLLOWS

Stage 1 Feasibility study and project guideline development

Stage 2 Call for submittals

Stage 3 Submitted ideas selection and exhibition

Stage 4 Issue of RFPs for design documentation of successful proposals

Stage 5 Tender of construction works for successful proposals

Stage 6 Construction of sites

Stage 7 Management of complete sites and continuing public outreach and education projects

Here is another recent submitall for the project, which consists of 832 wave energy collecting devices to form in the shape of necklace, and to approximately power 15,000 households of the East coast city.

The pope has even gone big with Europe’s largest solar powered unit, not just to green wash but based on moral and environmental obligations as he states:

“The destruction of the environment, its improper or selfish use, and the violent hoarding of the Earth’s resources cause grievances, conflicts and wars, precisely because they are the consequences of an inhumane concept of development.”

Plasma Arc technology is at the forefront of contemporary powerplants using waste materials as the fuel to energy production. Check out MSNBC’s in depth article of this new technology that doesn’t burn trash but only reduces its mass through gasification that is then burned.

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Last but not least a reminder from Jeff Grew, who has created a timelapse video showing the emissions from the mid-America power plant just south of Council Bluffs Iowa. He states that the video isn’t a political statement – that it’s purely for the love of art – but it’s tough to watch this and not think about the political and environmental implications of all the spewing emissions. The music paired with the video clips is the clincher.

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