Renewable Energy

Is wind energy what we want?

On the 2nd August Chris Huhne addressed employees of the wind energy company Vestas at their new research and development facility on the Isle of Wight. Huhne, the energy and...

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No respite for Kenyans, as power cost rises

NAIROBI - (ET) There is no respite ahead for Kenyans as cost of electricity supply is set to steadily rise for the next three months due to low rainfall. Kenya...

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New Scottish hydro-electric power scheme approved

The Scottish Government has given the go-ahead to a new hydro-electric project in the Highlands. A five megawatt development near Kinlochleven at Loch Eilde Mor on the western side of...

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Kenyans ready for dark days ahead

Kenyans are getting ready for dark days ahead as the National Power distributor Kenya Power and Lighting Company begins rationing power supply from 27th July. The rationing is a culmination...

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Water suppliers embrace solar energy

Yesterday the San Juan Water District, in California, began buying power from a solar energy facility that it developed on land it owns. The facility is designed to supply 90%...

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Wind of discontent

The downside of the world's energy solution An environmentalist observing the steady rotation of the hundreds offshore wind turbines at the coast of Germany's North Sea, stretching from the Dutch...

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Putting ambient energy to work

There is energy all around us, and with every cellphone we turn on, we add to the invisible web of energy that we are immersed in. As the world is...

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