csr
Aviva’s just put out its 2008 CSR report and, rather handily, it’s even divided into sections so Greenbang can skip all the dull bits and just go straight to the bit marked ‘environment’. Luckily for you, Greenbang’s gone even further and just pulled out the good bits
electricity
Don’t say we don’t spoil you. Earlier this month, Greenbang brought you the news of Marine Current Turbines’ SeaGen turbine up and running in the sea off Strangford Lough. Well, now Greenbang has pictures to share. Greenbang realises in retrospect that the fact she has pictures to share
boulder
In December next year, there’s going to be a bit of a celebration in Boulder, Colorado. No points if you guessed that’s because of Christmas, a lot of points and a triple word score if you guessed that’s because Xcel Energy’s $100 million SmartGridCity project will
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Could you imagine going into a supermarket, plonking your shopping down at the checkout only for the cashier to scrunch up her face, scratch her chin in contemplation, then say ‘Yeah, that’ll be 80 quid please” without ringing it up on the till? Could you? I don’t know
australia
It looks like there’s something rotten in the state of Queensland. Last month, Greenbang brought you news that Australia’s sunshine state had started a scheme that promised people putting up solar panels would earn 44 cents for every kilowatt they create. Only now things aren’t looking so
electricity
Dammit. The EU must be feeling a bit like the superhero battling a supervillian when the energy from the laser weapon he uses is eaten up by the supervillain and only serves to make him stronger than he was to start off with. Sort of. Apparently, the European carbon emissions
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PC box shifter Dell is now powering its HQ – a bit of a beast at 2.1 million square feet and home to 10,000 Dell types – with ‘green power’. Greenbang had rather hoped that meant the company has The Incredible Hulk down in the basement and is milking him
electricity
Ireland has always come across as a place with its finger on the pulse. How else could you explain it being the most successful country in the Eurovision song contest, ever? Seven times no less. Scratch James Joyce and Seamus Heaney, Greenbang bets many an itinerant Irish man gets teary
electric
Now, Greenbang doesn’t want to sound churlish here, but when she initially read reports on new research Oak Ridge National Laboratory research bearing titles along the lines of ‘plug in hybrid vehicles could affect electricity supply’, she thought “Well, durr.” After all, if you suddenly start putting lots of
boulder
When Greenbang heard that the city of Boulder was getting smart, she wasn’t sure what Colorado had other bits of America were somewhat lacking in, notably the area around Paris Hilton. Still, it turns out that it’s not an injection of brain food is not what’s on
electricity
Ausra is a solar power technology company. While you might think to yourself, rightly, that the firm might have its own motives for putting out studies bigging up the potential of solar power to conquer the world’s energy needs, Greenbang will share Ausra’s latest research gem anyway, as
battery
Here’s an interesting little development from Tunisia, courtesy of the folks of Kyocera. It seems that solar power is not just doing its thing and getting rid of other carbon-heavy electricity generation, it’s also bringing people onto the grid who have never had electricity before. From this year,