Global solar panel shortage
Solar panels are in short supply because many manufacturers are sending their available product to Germany and Japan, where they can be sold for more.
Electricity
Scotland: Report out to turn tide on energy focus
THE SCOTTISH Executive was today urged to switch its alternative energy focus from wind farms to wave power.
Alcoa cancels $1.1 billion smelter project in Quebec
“With energy representing more than 30 per cent of our operating costs, we simply cannot invest a billion dollars in a project with the risk that energy prices will rise considerably over the life of that project.”
US: A project for energy independence
The Apollo Alliance, a powerful cabal of unlikely allies, are quietly pushing the Kerry campaign to adopt what may be the best, most timely Big Idea to hit a presidential campaign in decades. The Alliance proposes what it calls a New Apollo Project, which would strive for American energy-independence within a decade.
Trinidad: Alternative energy sources our only hope
One would think that countries that are net importers of oil and gas would make concerted efforts to conserve energy, and to work feverishly towards developing alternative sources. But the paltry sums of money allocated for the necessary research and development of alternatives is negligible.
Nuclear share of electricity predicted to fall
New nuclear power stations are being built in Asia and Eastern Europe but hardly anywhere else, according to a new global analysis by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Time for an energy revolution
It is now possible to save more oil through energy efficiency than the US could possibly find in the ground, and to do so at a per-barrel cost well below the average market price for oil.
UK: War on turbines
MORE than 200 protesters including Sir Bernard Ingham and Professor David Bellamy gathered in Saddlewort to oppose plans to build wind farms on beauty spots.
Super air conditioners: big chill on energy waste
Each summer as 120-degree heat shimmers silver waves across the Mojave Desert, residents of this inferno crank the thermostat down. Air-conditioner compressors and fan motors often run 24-hours a day and for weeks on end.
Greenhouse cuts to affect electricity rates, says Madrid
As Europe readies itself to cut greenhouse gases in line with EU and Kyoto obligations, the Spanish government has warned that domestic electricity prices will rise.
POWER FROM THE SUN
Overview of photovoltaics: costs, government policies, potential. Has a pretty good description of the current state of the industry. See original for several nice figures.
US: Alternative-Energy Quest Is Blocked by a 1953 Law
A 51-year-old state law requires cities to use the least expensive energy source for a commodity.
