Tomorrow’s petrol is a gas
Shell’s first US hydrogen station is open now, reports John Vidal. But will we all be filling up soon?
Renewable Energy
The biomass energy debate
You might think that renewable energy proponents could count on the backing of environmentalists, and in most cases they can. But not when it comes to biomass energy, or energy derived from organic matter, including landfill and forestry wood waste.
Spain makes solar panels mandatory in new buildings
SPAIN wants to take advantage of its sunshine by making solar panels compulsory in new and renovated buildings — to save fuel costs and to improve the environment.
Wind power not all pleasant breezes
A group of Canadian and U.S. scientists reported Tuesday that computer simulations show that a large-scale use of wind farms to generate electrical power could create a significant temperature change over Earth’s land masses.
Turn the “Red” States Deep Green
How to solve America’s oil addiction and take the Red States back from the Republicans.
UK: E.ON plans Ayrshire wind farm
Powergen owner E.ON UK yesterday said it was planning to build what could be its most powerful onshore wind farm in Britain.
Australia: Energy scheme’s demise ‘threatens wind farms’
Hydro Tasmania says the Federal Government’s decision not to extend the Mandatory Renewable Energy Targets (MRET) scheme will spell an end to wind farm development after 2008.
Wind: Don’t Let It Happen In The English Countryside
Don’t go down the same route as Germany or you could bitterly regret the devastating effects on the English countryside and its communities. That is the stark message from Germany’s leading protester against windfarms.
Fuel Cells: Ceres to power on to Aim valued at £60m
The problem with previous versions of fuel cells is that they have worked only with hydrogen and have required expensive platinum components. The advantage of the Ceres cell is that it is made largely from stainless steel and ceramics using fairly standard low-cost manufacturing techniques.
It’s time for an alternative fuel
Energy production through oil and gas has already peaked and ‘depletion of resources cannot be solved just by switching over to alternative sources’ said M S Srinivasan, India’s additional secretary of the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Wind farms to produce electricity for Iran
Primarily, it has been figured that some 6500 megawatts of the country’s power output is produced by wind turbines, Iran’s Mehr News Agency said.
Swift route to green energy at home
News organisations worldwide have been waking up to the potential of a noiseless, vibration-free, roof-mounted turbine. The device plugs directly into the home grid, it will retail at around £1,500 and promises to repay that in electricity savings to the average household in the first three years of its 20-year guaranteed life.
