UK Joins Methane to Markets Partnership
The UK today joined a US-led partnership that seeks to cut global methane gas emissions and to promote methane recovery and use as a clean energy source.
Renewable Energy
Puerto Rico: Energy Challenge
With the end of cheap oil on the horizon, Puerto Rico continues to move toward alternatives, but is it moving fast enough?
U.S. to Aid Nations in Methane Conversion
U.S. Will Help Poorer Nations Harvest Methane Emissions and Turn Them Into Clean-Burning Fuel.
UK: 2010 energy targets ‘wishful thinking’
Britain will not meet the government’s target of producing 10% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2010, energy experts say.
GE expects $1 billion a year in solar sales
Citing recent success in alternative power, GE Energy, a subsidiary of General Electric Co. is hoping to boost its solar energy sales to $1 billion annually by the end of the decade, the head of GE’s solar business said.
UK: Tories to back wind farm protests
The Tories would change planning rules so central government could not overrule local objections to new wind farms, Michael Howard has said.
Lacking energy
Britain produces comparatively little renewable power – while the global market for it is growing, writes Mark Tran
Press Release: ‘Cool’ fuel cells could revolutionize Earth’s energy resources
A breakthrough in thin film solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) is currenty being refined in labs at the University of Houston, which they say could lead to distributed power generation from natural gas.
Lawsuit Offers Another Reason for Renewable Energy
Lawsuits could be a means to convince major power companies they need to make a real effort toward lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
Fluky wind calls for big back-up
Wind energy’s erratic performance as a power source means the more it forms part of a power system, the more back-up supply is required and the less cost efficient it is, according to a report on renewable energy produced for Britain’s House of Lords.
Whalers move for return to slaughter
A return to commercial whaling and the type of butchery not seen for the better part of a century will move closer this week with Japan expected to secure enough support at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission to ensure a pro-whaling majority for the first time in 20 years.
Fuel cells: Ballard’s celebrated drive hits a bumpy road
It is clear that hydrogen-powered fuel-cell cars won’t be available in showrooms any time soon, and industry observers are beginning to ask if they ever will be.
