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.
Renewable Energy
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.
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).
Toshiba Claims Smallest Fuel Cell Yet
Toshiba announced on Friday that it has built what it claims is the smallest-ever direct methanol fuel cell.
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.
NASA scientists get global fix on food, wood & fiber use
NASA scientists working with the World Wildlife Fund and others have measured how much of Earth’s plant life humans need for food, fiber, wood and fuel. The study identifies human impact on ecosystems.
Researchers explore using glucose as fuel
You may not soon be able to refuel your car with corn syrup or charge a computer by plugging it into a bottle of Coca-Cola. But to Stanley Kravitz and a group of researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, sugar looks like the new oil.
Scientists Urge Shift to Non-Food Crops
Farmers of the world must shift quickly to growing plants for industrial uses such as oils and plastics to replace petrochemicals as the climate warms and crude supplies run out, British scientists said on Monday.
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.
