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Alternative Energy

New Technique Discovered to Help Harvest Algae

Feb 01, 2012 at 16:39 | Brian Westenhaus

At the UKs Sheffield University (SU) a team led by Professor Will Zimmerman in the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering believes they have developed an inexpensive way of producing…

Energy-Poor Albania Wants Nuclear Power Plant, Neighboring Montenegro Opposes

Feb 01, 2012 at 15:12 | John Daly

The good news? According to Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha, Albania has postponed its intention to build a nuclear power plant (NPP) in the Shkoder region near Albania’s border with…

U.S. - China Energy Trade War Imminent?

Jan 31, 2012 at 17:40 | John Daly

Washington loves free trade – if it produces a surplus for the U.S. In an election year, with a modest economic recovery underway, American politicians are trumpeting their credentials…

Hydrokinetic Power Could Grow to be a Big Player if it Passes its First Test

Jan 31, 2012 at 17:18 | James Burgess

Hydrokinetic power shows great promise for growth as it can be theoretically installed in both industrial waterways such as wastewater treatment and food processing plants, and natural water ways without…

In 2011, Global Spending on Renewable Energy Rose 40 Percent

Jan 30, 2012 at 17:43 | John Daly

A global revolution is slowly transforming the world’s energy market, with traditional transnational fossil fuel conglomerates facing future changes that will transform their previously cozy environment, whether they like it…

The Dirty Truth: Some Biofuels are More Polluting than Fossil Fuels

Jan 28, 2012 at 10:02 | James Burgess

Biofuels are a clean, alternative energy that many are hoping will become the next source of liquid fuels for internal combustion engines; a clean substitute for polluting fossil fuels. The…

Waste to Energy: A Great Source of Clean Energy - But is it the Correct Waste?

Jan 26, 2012 at 17:34 | Barry Stevens

Converting Waste-to-Energy, and in particular MSW, are hot topics throughout the global landscape. The conversion process, which consists of a number of physical and complex chemical steps, serves a much…

Does Engineered Material Herald a New Dawn for Nuclear Power?

Jan 26, 2012 at 17:25 | James Burgess

Nuclear power has been getting a hard time of late and outside observers would be well in their rights to assume that this once lauded energy source is dying out…

Our Energy Future: Can the Ocean Provide for all our Energy Needs?

Jan 25, 2012 at 17:49 | Tom Murphy

With the exception of tidal energy, our focus thus far has been on land-based energy sources. Meanwhile, the ocean absorbs a prodigious fraction of the Sun’s incident energy, creating thermal…

European Supergrid to Revolutionise Renewable Energy?

Jan 25, 2012 at 15:29 | James Burgess

Europe is the world leader in renewable energy generation, but as with all renewable energy sources they face the problem of reliability. One way of overcoming this limitation and ensuring…

Outrage over Dams Being Built as Part of India's Hydro Energy Scheme

Jan 23, 2012 at 18:11 | Open Democracy

In demonstrations barely reported in the media, peasants and students in the North-eastern Indian state of Assam are fighting together against a proposed gargantuan network of dams across the upper…

Using Ocean Temperature Differences to Create Renewable Energy

Jan 22, 2012 at 19:38 | James Burgess

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is an idea for creating renewable energy by exploiting the difference in ocean temperatures between the surface and the seabed. The OTEC permit office first…

Study Finds that Childhood Leukemia Rates Double Near Nuclear Power Stations

Jan 18, 2012 at 18:29 | John Daly

In a report certain to cause fear and loathing in the global nuclear industry, an eminent French research institute published a study in the International Journal of Cancer,…

Sunny Dubai to Make Large Investment in Solar Power

Jan 18, 2012 at 18:23 | John Daly

The Middle East has two things in abundance – oil and sunshine. Seeking to capitalize on the latter, Dubai’s Supreme Council of Energy has presented plans for the 1,000…

Algal Biofuels - Time for Grand Scale Production?

Jan 18, 2012 at 18:16 | Professor Chris Rhodes

Though there is much mention of the promise of algal biofuels and word of their commercial development, it seems timely to view what precisely has been achieved in terms of…

The Different Ways in Which Solar Energy can Power the World

Jan 17, 2012 at 20:08 | Tom Murphy

Who hasn’t enjoyed heat from the sun? Doing so represents a direct energetic transfer—via radiation—from the sun’s hot surface to your skin. One square meter can catch about 1000 W,…

Why Wind Power Doesn’t Live up to its Environmental Promises

Jan 17, 2012 at 19:33 | MasterResource

“I cannot abide the suggestion that we must sacrifice our environment in order to save it. This is an absurd argument enabling this energy imposter’s invasion of delicate habitat with…

Has Algae.Tec Cracked Algae's Biofuel Pricing Ability to Compete with a Barrel of Oil?

Jan 16, 2012 at 22:04 | John Daly

Amidst the relentless promotion of renewable biofuel alternatives to traditional fossil fuel hydrocarbons, the three leading contenders are jatpropha, camelina and algae. But among the many barriers holding back industrial…

Uruguay Seeks Investments in Wind Power - With Price Caps

Jan 16, 2012 at 21:59 | John Daly

The good news for potential investors in Uruguay is that two months ago Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining Ramon Mendez, commented that by 2015 Uruguay could have $1.3 billion…

China Wind Power - Good Time to Invest?

Jan 16, 2012 at 21:54 | John Daly

With the ongoing financial turmoil in western markets nervous investors are looking more and more to overseas opportunities in order to protect their capital and few markets are more alluring…

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