UK: Wave energy test centre launched
A new centre to harness Scotland’s wave and tidal energy has been officially opened in Orkney by the Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace.
Renewable Energy
New Energy Age: Do We Really Mean It This Time?
Mark Braly reports from the German Government’s Renewables 2004 conference in Bonn, that “something else, not new but more urgently felt, was in the air at the conference. The expert consensus now holds that the peak of world oil production is near – if it has not already happened.”
Thermal Depolymerization plant closed
The RES thermal depolymerization plant was shut down production after complaints about the smell were raised. They later resumed production, then shut the plant down again after the smell resurfaced.
Algae as a biomass source.
In ideal conditions some species of algae grow at very high rates, up to 30 times the rate for land plants. The oil content can be 40%.
Carbon negative energy to reverse global warming
Partisan report on potential for coproduction from biomass of charcoal for terra preta soil generation and hydrogen, ammonia and diesel.
Getting warm in the search for future energy supply
Once production peaks then it can’t meet demand and then prices will rise and it will be the equivalent of the oil shock in the 1970s. That will be a huge boost to renewables.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
