Stamps on Environment Protection -Spain
Stamps issued by Spain on Environment Protection.
05 Jun 1992 – World Environment Day – A 27 Pta stamp was issued to highlight Environment Protection Day.
04 Jan 1993 – A 28 Pta stamp was issued to highlight Environment Protection Day.
Stamps on Renewable Energy -Mauritius 2013.
Mauritius issued a set of Two stamps on renewable energy sources.
Rs 2 -Solar Energy Rs 6 – Wind Energy.
Stamps on Renewable Energy -Ireland 2011.
Ireland issued a set of five 55c self-adhesive stamps on renewable energy sources. A strip of five stamps is listed.
55c -Solar 55c- Hydro 55c- Wind 55c- Wave/Tidal 55c -Bio -Fuel.
Oil Lamps on Stamps – Poland 1982.
Ignacy Lukasiewicz (1822-1882) was a Polish Pharmacist, Engineer and Inventor. He is credited with the invention of an oil lamp.
In 1856 he built World’s first modern oil refinery.
1n 1853 invented the first modern Kesorene Lamp
In 1853he introduced the first modern street lamp in Europe.
In 1854 he constructed the World’s First modern oil well
He discovered how to distil Kerosene oil from seep oil
Poland issued a set of stamps on 22 Mar 1982 to mark his 100th Birth Anniversary. The stamps featured Oil lamps.
2 Zl – Asymmetrical Brass oil lamp with the regulator.
9 Zl – Brass oil lamp.
First Day Cover India 2016 – Central Water & Power Research Station -Centenary
India Post issued a stamp to commemorate 100th Anniversary of Central Water & Power Research Station(CWPRS) Pune on 04 Oct 2016. It is an apex research and development institution in the field of hydraulics and allied research in the water and Power sector.
A FDC is listed.
Stamps on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion – Stamps of Nauru 1982
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) uses the temperature difference between the cooler deep and warmer shallow or surface seawater to run a heat engine and produce useful work, usually in form of electricity. OTEC can operate with a very high capacity factor.
Among Ocean energy sources, OTEC is one of the continuously available renewable energy sources. Up to 88,000 TWh/yr of Power could be generated from OTEC without affecting ocean’s thermal structure. Currently, World’s only operating OTEC plant is in Japan overseen by Saga University.
In 2002, India also tested a floating 1 MW OTEC plant near Tamil Nadu.
In 1970, The Tokyo Electric Power Company successfully built and deployed a 100Kw closed-cycle OTEC plant on the Island of Nauru. The Plant became operational on 14 Oct 1981, producing 120 KW of electricity, 90 KW was used to power the plant and remaining electricity were used to power a school and other places. This set a world record for power output from an OTEC system where power was sent to the real power grid.
Nauru issued a set of Four stamps (two se-tenant pairs ) on the OTEC plant on 10 June 1982. A Sheetlet with two 40c stamps is listed. It features the OTEC plant on the stamps and on left and right side labels The finished 100KW electricity generating plant is featured. The bottom label shows the pipelines of the plant during low tide.
Miniature Sheet on Malaysian Electricity Generating Company -1999
Malaysia issued a miniature sheet on the 50th Anniversary of Tenaga National Berhad (TNB) -The National Electricity Generating Company on 09 Sep 1999 (9.9.99). The stamp features high tension towers.
