Posted in Energy, Europe, Policy on 2008-02-15 | No Comments »
In an unofficial paper, the Commission condemns an alternative proposal on energy liberalisation for not going far enough to ensure energy firms keep their supply and production activities separate from network operations (so-called ‘ownership unbundling’).
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Posted in Efficiency, Fuel Cells, Science on 2008-02-15 | No Comments »
The efficiency of polymer electrolyte fuel cells could be increased with new technology, scientists have claimed.
Scientists from Berkeley claim that a polymer membrane that becomes wetter as the temperature in the surrounding air increases can improve the efficiency of polymer electrolyte fuel cells.
The fuel cells can be used to power cars and according to Nitash [...]
Posted in CO2-Emission, Environment on 2008-02-15 | No Comments »
Intellect, the trade association for the UK technology industry, has launched a report examining the role of technology in tackling climate change.The report was published yesterday to coincide with the Intellect Energy & Environment conference attended by Intellect Environment Leadership Group member, Sharp Electronics (UK) Ltd.
Sharp UK managing director, Paul Molyneux, took part [...]
Posted in Energy, Europe on 2008-02-15 | No Comments »
The scale of the renewable energy challenge facing Britain was revealed yesterday by figures showing Britain installed about 270 solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on houses in 2007, compared with 130,000 in Germany.
Britain is the worst performer behind Malta and Luxembourg in the EU in its use of renewables and produces only 2% of its energy [...]
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-02-15 | No Comments »
Where is the money going these days in hi-tech? Not in semiconductors, but rather in the ”cleantech” sector, especially solar energy. Two solar-cell startups–Infinia and Suniva–have separately obtained $50 million in new venture capital funding.
And this week, Sunovia Energy Technologies Inc. and EPIR Technologies Inc. announced an agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration [...]
Posted in Energy, Policy on 2008-02-15 | No Comments »
Hillary Clinton has outlined her Green Jobs Plan, which will she says will stimulate economic growth, end US dependence on foreign oil and provide good-paying jobs in Maryland and around the country. Hillary’s plan is aimed at transforming the way the US uses energy, requires large oil companies to pay a share towards renewable [...]
Posted in Biofuels, Economics on 2008-02-15 | No Comments »
Syntec Biofuel Inc. , a company developing biomass to fuel conversion technologies, is pleased to announce that it has achieved a yield of 105 gallons of alcohol (ethanol, methanol, n-butanol and n-propanol) per ton of biomass. This marks a major milestone for Syntec as this yield is equivalent to revenues in excess of $27 million [...]
Posted in Policy, Wind Energy on 2008-02-15 | 1 Comment »
Northern Ireland Environment Minister Arlene Foster has issued draft planning guidance on the development of wind energy in the country.
Interested parties are being asked to comment on the guidance, which is contained within the Wind Energy Development in Northern Ireland’s Landscapes supplementary planning guidance.
It outlines the sensitivity of the various areas identified in 2000 for [...]
Posted in Climate, Ecology on 2008-02-15 | No Comments »
A review of all available ocean data records concludes that the low-oxygen events which have plagued the Pacific Northwest coast since 2002 are unprecedented in the five decades prior to that, and may well be linked to the stronger, persistent winds that are expected to occur with global warming.
In a new study to be published [...]
Posted in Energy, Policy on 2008-02-15 | No Comments »
U.S. institutional investors pledged at a U.N. summit on Thursday to invest $10 billion over two years in technologies that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to pressure companies to disclose their risks associated with climate change. The plan “reflects the many investment opportunities that exist today to put [...]
