Renewable Energy

What to do with CO2

Union Wood at Ballygawley, Ireland is one example of the few remaining ancient examples of carbon storage that covered the planet. We've lost tw0-thirds of the forests already. In sourcing...

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Wind turbines save your city

NASA here shows a sight we never want to see. A huge hurricane like Katrina approaches Cuba and the south-east of the US; Hurricane image; Credit: © Shutterstock Mark Z....

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Energy aplenty from the tides

Tidal and wave energy converters abound, but the monitoring of their efficiency is becoming key to their development and confidence in their productivity. This is a wave energy converter, shown...

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Energy across borders cuts prices

The idea of connecting the powerhouses of Europe has been delayed too long. Now, to bring down energy prices, and, looking at this diagram, to potentially sell more energy outside...

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Energy on the cheap

If only humans could produce such beauty at a geyser as these bacteria, surrounded by pristine forest and blue sky. They don’t, of course, but we sure have to try!...

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Future energy from photosynthetic protein

The photosynthetic megacomplex from a cyanobacterium, which scientists have managed to isolate in its complete, functioning form, weighs about 6 million Daltons. It has three parts: on top is a...

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The future offshore is wind

It’s not only in the stormy waters of the NE Atlantic that wind farms thrive. Here, Chinese enterprise is building large farms in the East China Sea; East China image;...

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Nuclear deserted?

One of the two pressurised water reactors at Three-Mile-Island in Pennsylvania had a partial meltdown in 1979. The accident caused radioactive krypton and iodine to be released and public opinion...

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Fusion attempt successful

With only neutrons and helium as waste products, we have the ideal fuel reaction with nuclear fusion. The amount of energy produced is hoped to reach 100 times the amount...

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Energy for free from the sea

Those waves, off the Scottish north coast have been feared for thousands of years. Now they can be admired for that power; Credit: © Aquamarine Power Martin McAdam of Aquamarine...

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