Renewable Energy

Selfishness is key factor in biofuel supply chain

Biofuel image via Shutterstock Studies on how to maximise the biofuel supply chain have overlooked a key factor – selfishness, say researchers. University of Illinois scientists have created new computer...

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Getting exotic with clean energy technology

Clean energy image via Shutterstock Solar, wind, and biofuels aren't the alternative' energy sources ' they once were. That's because, in a world turned-on to the benefits of clean energy,...

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Scots smash renewable energy targets

By yon bonnie braes, it's a Scottish wind farm. One of many for these weather-beaten shores hills and mountains - Wind Farm Image via Shutterstock With one third of Scottish...

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Hydrogen economy draws closer

Hydrogen via Shutterstock Hydrogen could start to replace fossil fuels and be commercially produced by nuclear power plants by 2020, scientists claim. The technology to create the 'hydrogen economy' has...

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Uranium: Mining to Power to Weapons

Uranium ore via Shutterstock Uranium is a remarkable mineral; it has played a central role with other naturally occurring radioactive elements in the movement of the Earth's plates. The heat...

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Call for more research into nuclear disasters

Nuclear power plant via Shutterstock Twelve months on from the Fukushima power plant disaster, little is known about what happens to nuclear fuels during extreme conditions, an American scientist claims....

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Total green electricity generation for Scotland

Hydro-electric power via Shutterstock Scotland can generate all its domestic electricity using renewable methods by 2020, the Government has confirmed. However, it will be challenge to reach the target and...

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Is Trump wrong to protest the wind?

Offshore wind turbines; Credit: Shutterstock For those looking for the entertainment value of a news-story packed with combustible ingredients, you'd be hard-pressed to do better than throwing a US property...

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