Article Archive for November 2008
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Time is the enemy of most renewable energy systems. Winds can be stronger at night in California and Texas than in the day. Unfortunately, most regional customers are asleep, so utilities and power …
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Producing energy from the sun makes perfect sense until you factor in the economics of solar technology efficiency and the environmental impact of manufacturing panels and adding new power lines. One of …
Solar Sailor , an Australian company, has signed a deal with the largest Chinese shipping line COSCO to fit their tankers with large solar-powered sails.
The sails are 30 meters long, covered with solar PV panels …
A group of serious, respectable organisations, had just published a serious and respectable report, in a serious and respectable venue stating:
The effects of peak oil will be felt in the next five years.
The risks to …
Heating water can be as much as 50% of a households energy use, so when a device comes along that can reduce that by up to 50% it’s an investment well worth making. And this …
In a sign that the UK is already in recession, fewer car and lorry journeys on motorways, rural and urban roads were made over the last six months compared to the same period a year …
In July, former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore issued a challenge to Repower America with 100% clean electricity within ten years. Building on that challenge, the “We” Campaign is launching a major advertising …
Despite a depressed economy, energy and environmental policy is poised for dramatic change under an Obama administration. Precisely because they have all the makings of an administration that recognizes that both problems are interlinked. Energy …
Pelamis, the Edinburgh-based wave power company inaugurated its first 2.25 MW wave farm off the coast of Portugal in October 2008. Now it has raised $6 million to continue it’s research and development efforts as …
First Solar, the leader in the thin-film solar industry, has invested in SolarCity, a residential and commercial solar installer in San Francisco. This could prove revolutionary for the solar energy market.
SolarCity will receive $25 million …
