energy
In an interview with The Guardian last month, James Lovelock — the scientist who conceived of the Gaia hypothesis — said he believes that humans have not yet “evolved to the point where we’re clever enough to handle as complex a situation as climate change.” Could it be? Is our species,
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A new European alliance focused on sustainable energy is set to launch tomorrow at Austria’s Graz University of Technology. The “European Sustainable Energy Innovation Alliance” (ESEIA) aims to create innovations for sustainable technologies, establish an interdisciplinary panel of experts, and strengthen measures for further and continuing education. “If you
energy
Some carbon and energy goals set out by the UK, Spain and Greece earn poor risk ratings in terms of investment potential in a new report from Deutsche Bank (DB). Produced by DB Climate Change Advisors, the “Global Climate Change Policy Tracker: An Investor’s Assessment” provides investors with an
energy
Climate change and energy supplies are, of course, issues of importance around the globe. But there are some energy and eco-challenges likely to put the UK to the test more than some other countries. Britain’s top 10 future challenges include: 1. Staying dry. Two new reports from the Environment
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Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has launched Energy University™ by Schneider Electric, a vendor-neutral, online educational community that provides the fundamentals needed to implement successful energy-efficient strategies scaling various applications. The courses are designed to provide anyone involved in the decision-making, management, planning, design, or construction of
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David Clarke, CEO at the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI), will offer a lecture on “Keeping the lights on — affordable engineering and technology solutions.” The free lecture is scheduled for 5 to 8 pm 8 June at Cranfield University. The programme will focus on pressures facing the UK energy system, requirements
conservation
If not everyone is taking the steps they should to reduce their energy consumption, at least most realize they should be. Not so with water, though: the Environment Agency this week released numbers showing few business owners think saving water is as important as saving energy. In fact, only 10
energy
Sure, the global economy is a mess and is expected to stay that way for some time, but the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) sees a bright spot in the morass: cheap oil and natural gas prices. In its latest “Short-Term Energy Outlook,” released this week, the EIA revised downward
energy
The European Commission is proposing a vast ‘super grid’ using wind farms and solar power to help move Europe to a low carbon economy and secure its future energy supply by reducing dependency on imported gas and oil. The EC’s Second Strategic Energy Review acknowledges the dependence on fossil
climate
The global economic meltdown has, amazingly, relegated even the US presidential election race to an “in other news today” item, but Greenbang has been following the TV debates with interest and is still, frankly, absolutely terrified by the prospect of Sarah Palin getting anywhere near the White House. Now that
energy
So you’ve got your low emissions PC from Fujitsu. Looks a bit bare on its own doesn’t it? So what about a nice greener-than-green monitor to go with it, hmmmm? Yes, those cunning folks over at Fujitsu have dreamt up a so-called zero watt monitor. What does that
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The Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council aren’t names imbued with rockstar status – unless you like rockstars with a working knowledge of microprocessor innards and the periodic table – but with the money they’re bandying around today, they might as well be asking their
