· £2bn UK windfarm project now at risk, says partner
· Move comes as company invests in Canadian oil
The future of the world’s largest offshore wind farm and a symbol of Britain’s renewable energy future was thrown into doubt last night after it emerged that Shell was backing out of the project and indicated it would [...]
Archive for May 1st, 2008
Winds of change: Shell ditches renewable stake amid fears of a retreat to carbons
Posted in Economics, Europe, Wind Energy on 2008-05-01 | No Comments »
Shell lambasted as it seeks exit from offshore wind farm
Posted in Economics, Europe, Wind Energy on 2008-05-01 | No Comments »
Royal Dutch Shell yesterday provoked a storm of anger among its partners in the world’s largest offshore wind proposal when it revealed plans to sell its stake.
The world’s second-biggest oil company said that it planned to sell its 33 per cent stake in the London Array project, which plans for as many as 341 turbines [...]
A Price Drop for Solar Panels
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-05-01 | No Comments »
Cheaper solar: Silicon-based solar cells, such as the one shown here, could soon be much less expensive.
Solar electricity is about to get much cheaper, industry analysts predict, because a shortage of the silicon used in solar panels is almost over. That could lead to a sharp drop in prices over the next couple of years, [...]
Researchers claim photovoltaic cell advance
Posted in Economics, Research, Solar Energy on 2008-05-01 | No Comments »
Scientists at the University of Tel Aviv in Israel claim they have found a way to construct efficient photovoltaic cells costing at least a hundred times less than conventional silicon based devices, and with similar or better energy conversion efficiency.
The reactive element in the researchers’ patent pending device is genetically engineered proteins using photosynthesis for [...]
Rich world must back 80 percent carbon cuts: Stern
Posted in CO2-Emission, Climate, Economics on 2008-05-01 | No Comments »
Rich countries must commit to cutting carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050 and developing nations must agree that by 2020 they too will set their own targets, leading economist Nicholas Stern said on Wednesday.
He said the only way the world could defeat the climate crisis was by ensuring that global carbon emissions peaked within [...]
Traders and governments at odds over renewables trading
Posted in CO2-Emission, Economics on 2008-05-01 | No Comments »
The Commission’s proposal to boost EU renewable energy use to 20% by 2020 is fuelling disagreements between energy traders and member states over the best regime for promoting renewables trading without undermining existing national support schemes.
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Nuclear’s CO2 cost ‘will climb’
Posted in CO2-Emission, Energy on 2008-05-01 | No Comments »
The case for nuclear power as a low carbon energy source to replace fossil fuels has been challenged in a new report by Australian academics.
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MIT Class Calculates Carbon Footprint of “The US-Man”
Posted in CO2-Emission, Energy, Policy on 2008-05-01 | No Comments »
The US-Man is not only keeping us down, he’s got an annual 8.5-ton carbon footprint, more than double that of the average global citizen, according to a new paper released by an MIT professor and his class.
The Man, of course, is not actually a real person, rather it’s the way that countercultural Americans have referred [...]
