A record number of wind farm projects were refused planning permission in Britain last year, according to new figures seen by The Observer. The average amount of time taken to decide whether to approve a project - 24 months - is also at a record high. The figures will be published by the British Wind [...]
Archive for February 24th, 2008
Record number of wind farm projects in the UK rejected
Posted in Policy, Wind Energy on 2008-02-24 | No Comments »
£100m energy fund left unspent
Posted in Economics, Energy on 2008-02-24 | No Comments »
A £100m pot set aside to boost Scotland’s renewables industry is languishing in Government coffers because of a dispute over funding.
Last year, SNP ministers vowed to ensure the cash was handed over to the Scottish Government to help increase wind and wave power. But the money is still being held by energy regulator Ofgem, denying [...]
Lotus annouces new Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Group
Posted in Hybrid, Transportation on 2008-02-24 | No Comments »
Behind the scenes, Lotus is much more than a low-volume manufacturer of sporty little roadsters. Along with Lotus Cars, Group Lotus houses Lotus Engineering. With decades of motorsports experience, Lotus Engineering offers consulting expertise to automotive suppliers and OEM manufacturers. They’ve even made their mark in the intense world of cycling. More recently, their close [...]
Climate Change and Energy are Converging into New Era of Clean Energy
Posted in Climate, Energy on 2008-02-24 | No Comments »
“High energy prices, climate change and energy security are converging as the new engine driving the development of clean energy,” Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) and executive vice president, IHS Inc., said today in Washington, D.C. “There is a major shift in public opinion towards clean energy, which is being bolstered [...]
BMW Rolls Out Hybrid X5 with Twin-Turbo Diesel
Posted in Hybrid, Transportation on 2008-02-24 | No Comments »
They’ve given it the unfortunate name of Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, but what this diesel-electric hybrid X5 lacks in the nomenclature department, it makes up for in smart thinking.BMW calls it a “Mild ActiveHybrid,” which means it’s similar in concept to the gasoline-electric systems in large SUVs and pickups from General Motors and [...]
Arizona goes solar, thanks to Spain?
Posted in Solar Energy on 2008-02-24 | No Comments »
Three square miles of desert, southwest of Phoenix, is scheduled to become one of the largest solar power plants on planet Earth. Unlike the kind of solar power array you might install on the roof of your home, this will not be a photovoltaic plant. It will instead use enormous numbers of [...]
Special coating greatly improves solar cell performance
Posted in Efficiency, Research, Solar Energy on 2008-02-24 | No Comments »
The energy from sunlight falling on only 9 percent of California’s Mojave Desert could power all of the United States’ electricity needs if the energy could be efficiently harvested, according to some estimates.
Unfortunately, current-generation solar cell technologies are too expensive and inefficient for wide-scale commercial applications.
A team of Northwestern University researchers has developed a new [...]
Engineering Students Develop Skills To Propel “Green” Vehicles Into Next Decade And Beyond
Posted in Uncategorized on 2008-02-24 | No Comments »
Challenge X, a multi–year collegiate vehicle competition sponsored by General Motors and the U.S. Department of Energy, is helping students gain valuable training and is providing the industry with experienced engineers who are ready to develop the “green” vehicle technologies needed today — and tomorrow.
As the automotive industry is focusing more and more on the [...]
Global Warming, Up Close and Personal
Posted in CO2-Emission, Climate, Environment on 2008-02-24 | No Comments »
You think you know climate change. You’ve seen An Inconvenient Truth. You’ve noticed the changing and warming weather patterns in your part of the world. You’re beginning to suffer from acute ecoanxiety. But to really see global warming in action, you’d need [...]
