Article Archive for January 2009
Too often when reporting on renewable energy news, we bloggers can sometimes project the feeling that everything is going to be alright, look at all the pretty technology we’re rolling out and saying it will …
A senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Susan Solomon, has led a new study which shows how changes in surface temperature, rainfall, and sea level are mostly irreversible for more than …
Today, the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee approved billion in energy tax credits and related financial incentives as part of the Obama administration’s plan to revive the American economy. Of the $20 billion that …
This year, the Australian branch of Ausra, a US-based company, is preparing to announce new deals worth more than $1 billion to build large solar power plants in at least two Australian states.
Former Sydney University …
Underneath the proposed Zero Carbon Masdar City in Abu Dhabi (see this earlier post) will lie a hidden, vault-like space, in which a long dreamed of transportation system may one day carry passengers back and …
This is the second installment in my series of 10 New Developments in Renewable Energy This Week detailing all the important events of the last week or so.
Barack H. Obama was sworn in as President …
Lead-Carbon batteries are a possible game changing energy storage technology. The Economist published an article about Axion Power International (AXPW.OB) titled “Lead-acid Batteries Recharged” and Sandia National Laboratories released a report detailing side-by-side testing of …
In a study, carried out by Mark Jacobson of the atmosphere and energy programme at Stanford University, wind power was found to be by far the most desirable source of energy. At the bottom of …
Last week the Florida Public Service Commission recommended that 20 percent of Florida’s energy should come from solar and wind power and other renewable power sources by 2020.
Renewable energy requirements for utilities have already been …
With the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) being hosted in Masdar, Abu Dhabi next week (January 19 to 21) it is a clear signal that the Arab oil producing states have now set their sights …
