clean energy
What’s the connection between the Black Sea, renewable energy and the smell of rotten eggs? Turns out that hydrogen sulfide — the gas that gives eggs gone bad their distinctive smell — is present in abundance in the Black Sea … in amounts great enough that it could be tapped as a
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Clean energy investments around the world aren’t high enough to avert the worst effects of climate change, according to New Energy Finance’s (NEF) “Global Futures 2009.” Analysts from NEF presented their findings today at the New Energy Finance Summit. While the global economic crisis will likely reduce carbon
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What will it take to save the world from the worst of climate change? A report from the World Economic Forum in Davos says we’ll need to spend $515 billion (US) a year on clean energy development between now and 2030 to prevent an unsustainable global temperature rise. The
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This week saw the founding of a new global organisation — the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) — aimed at giving renewables “an international voice and political impetus,” according to Sigmar Gabriel, Germany’s Federal Environment Minister and representative to the new group. Seventy-five nations (though neither the UK nor US) signed
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A proposed $825 billion programme to revive the US’s tottering economy includes spending for a long list of clean and green initiatives. Unveiled this past week by President-elect Barack Obama and Democratic members of the House of Representatives, the plan calls for heavy investment in renewable energy development, electric
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Planning to tour one of the US’s most infamous prisons? Now you can do so while minimising your carbon footprint too. Alcatraz Cruises, which contracts with the US National Park Service to provide sightseeing ferryboat service to Alcatraz Island, last week launched the Hybrid Hornblower, a vessel powered by
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Virtual computer networks can do more than help in the search for little green men or aid in humanitarian-focused research. IBM and Harvard University are hoping to tap the power of virtual networks to develop a cheap yet effective plastic solar cell. Harvard’s Clean Energy Project will use IBM’
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A big “mahalo” (thank you) to Hawaii for becoming the second state in the U.S. to team up with Better Place to create a network for electric cars. Under the plan, Hawaii will begin working to create an electric-car infrastructure within a year, and start introducing electric cars in