Posted in Research, Wave Power on 2008-03-25 | No Comments »
Fierce, unforgiving seas surround Ireland’s shores. And that could prove to be a moneymaker for the country. The government, university research departments, and a growing number of entrepreneurs, are collaborating in various ways to tap the power and resources of the ocean. Wavebob and Ocean Energy, for instance, have installed wave power prototypes in Galway [...]
Posted in Research, Solar Energy on 2008-03-25 | No Comments »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it will invest up to US $13.7 million for 11 university-led projects that will focus on developing advanced solar photovoltaic (PV) technology, manufacturing processes and products. Combined with a minimum university [...]
Posted in Economics, Europe, Solar Energy on 2008-03-25 | No Comments »
Odersun AG, developer and manufacturer of thin-film solar cells, modules and applications, has broken ground on its second solar factory, SunTwo, in Frankfurt, Germany. The factory is a 30-megawatt (MW) facility that will focus on the production of standard photovoltaic modules for solar parks and building integration.
Odersun will invest approximately [...]
Posted in Wind Energy on 2008-03-25 | No Comments »
In its February issue of Windletter, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) addressed questions about the reliability of wind power in an attempt to get the facts straight. Wind power, often regarded as too intermittent to be reliable as a major player in the electricity generation game is in fact proving to be an important [...]
Posted in Energy, Nuclear, Policy on 2008-03-25 | No Comments »
Senior German energy executives warned yesterday that Europe’s biggest economy faces growing blackouts unless it follows the Franco-British lead in promoting new nuclear power stations.
They seized on a weekend report in the Guardian that Gordon Brown and French president Nicolas Sarkozy will unveil an alliance to build nuclear plants and export the modern technology worldwide [...]
Posted in CO2-Emission, Energy, Nuclear, Policy on 2008-03-25 | No Comments »
The Netherlands will focus on developing cleaner coal plants and raising renewable energy output to cut carbon emissions rather than expanding its nuclear energy industry at present, the environment minister said.
While other European countries like Britain are taking a fresh look at nuclear power due to its credentials as a carbon free energy source, [...]
Posted in Ecology, Policy on 2008-03-25 | No Comments »
In an attempt to spot the next GMO-like controversy before it happens, environmental scientists, policymakers and environmental NGOs have, in a joint ‘horizon scanning’ exercise, drawn up a list of 25 novel threats and opportunities likely to affect biodiversity in the UK between now and 2050.
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Posted in Building, Efficiency, Energy on 2008-03-25 | No Comments »
Financial barriers, including high initial cost barriers and an inadequacy of traditional financing instruments, are a key element preventing private actors from engaging further towards making the residential building sector more energy efficient, according to a study from the International Energy Agency (IEA) published on 20 March.
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