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With Japan bowing out, where will the anti-nuclear tsunami stop?

With Japan bowing out, where will the anti-nuclear tsunami stop?

Posted Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:39:00 GMT by Martin Leggett

Japan's PM has urged the country to consider a future without nuclear power, becoming the latest country to look to joining the ex-nuclear club. But where will this widening worldwide shunting of nuclear power lead us?

With Japan bowing out, where will the anti-nuclear tsunami stop?

Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Japan Task Force Makes Its Report

Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Japan Task Force Makes Its Report

Posted Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:01:17 GMT by Mike Campbell

The Fukushima nuclear power plant was directly in the path of the tsunami and was also at the epicentre of some aftershocks. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission established a Japan Task Force which was charged with identifying lessons that the USA should learn from the Fukushima incident.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Japan Task Force Makes Its Report

Putting ambient energy to work

Putting ambient energy to work

Posted Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:22:00 GMT by Gracie Valena

A team from the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering have designed an ultrawideband rectifying antenna that can harness ambient energy from radios and television transmitters and cellphone and satellite communication networks and convert it to DC power to enable a wide range of devices.

Putting ambient energy to work

Investment in green energy soared to $211 billion in 2010

Investment in green energy soared to $211 billion in 2010

Posted Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:20:00 GMT by Kieran Ball

Investment in renewable energies leaps between 2009 and 2010. Developing countries were seen to be making up the vanguard, forging ahead with green energy investment and development. China, in particular, invested $48.9 billion, an increase of 28% on 2009.

Investment in green energy soared to $211 billion in 2010

Termite guts provide biofuel cocktail

Termite guts provide biofuel cocktail

Posted Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:11:00 GMT by Colin Ricketts

Termites break up woody food to eat - one of the reasons they're such a feared pest - and, new research shows that the enzymes they use could also be used to produce biofuels. Research published online in the journal PLoS One, and is the first time that sugar outputs from termites have been measured.

Termite guts provide biofuel cocktail

Cradle to grave stance urged for nuclear industry

Cradle to grave stance urged for nuclear industry

Posted Sun, 03 Jul 2011 22:02:01 GMT by Mike Campbell

The devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami which wrought much destruction to north east Japan on March 11th 2011 triggered a nuclear emergency at Fukushima which has had consequences on nuclear policy much further afield: Germany has announced that it will abandon plans to use nuclear power in the future.

Cradle to grave stance urged for nuclear industry

New York body gives amber-light to fracking

New York body gives amber-light to fracking

Posted Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:33:00 GMT by Martin Leggett

Shale gas extraction has been given a half-hearted thumbs up by New York's Department of Environmental Conservation, in draft legislation published today. Sensitive areas will be off-limits for fracking, and tougher regulations will apply - but up to 85% of the resource in the US state could potentially be opened up for exploitation.

New York body gives amber-light to fracking

Winds of change in the US

Winds of change in the US

Posted Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:23:01 GMT by Laura Brown

Campaigner call for more consistent policy for the wind energy sector. The new chair of the American Wind Energy Association is calling for more consistency at policy level to develop the wind sector. Does it point to a change in how government sees wind energy in the US?

Winds of change in the US

Biodiversity Research Institute studies wind turbine dangers to wildlife

Biodiversity Research Institute studies wind turbine dangers to wildlife

Posted Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:09:00 GMT by Julian Jackson

Careful location of renewable energy developments may reduce impacts on birds and bats. Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) has established a new wildlife and renewable energy program to study and understand the movements of birds and bats and to assess the potential interactions between energy facilities and wildlife.

Biodiversity Research Institute studies wind turbine dangers to wildlife

UK wave power machines get new funding

UK wave power machines get new funding

Posted Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:39:00 GMT by Julian Jackson

Climate Change Minister in Scotland to announce £20m for marine industry. Funding to take marine power devices to the next level of development has been announced by Climate Change Minister Greg Barker on a visit to Pelamis Wave Power at Leith Docks in Edinburgh.

UK wave power machines get new funding

Double boost for U.S. solar energy industry

Double boost for U.S. solar energy industry

Posted Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:02:00 GMT by John Dean

Solar energy production in the United States has taken a big step forward with the announcement of a loan guarantee to an American company developing new technology. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced a $150 million loan guarantee to 1366 Technologies, Inc. to develop multicrystalline wafers.

Double boost for U.S. solar energy industry

Web tool measures biofuels' green credentials

Web tool measures biofuels' green credentials

Posted Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:41:00 GMT by Colin Ricketts

Biofuels, once thought of as the great hope of the post-oil economy, have had a mixed press. While they're not oil, their production is often, itself, environmentally and socially damaging. A new tool from Swiss energy experts allows anyone to rate the sustainability of their fuels.

Web tool measures biofuels' green credentials

Google Invests $280 Million In Solar Energy Project

Google Invests $280 Million In Solar Energy Project

Posted Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:02:00 GMT by Kieran Ball

Google makes biggest ever investment in solar power project. Google's investment is its largest yet in clean energy and will be used to help homeowners finance the start up costs of installing a solar energy system. The project is one of 15 operated by SolarCity, one of the US leaders in solar power.

Google Invests $280 Million In Solar Energy Project

Celebrate the power of wind with Global Wind Day

Celebrate the power of wind with Global Wind Day

Posted Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:39:00 GMT by Lucy Brake

Today, Global Wind Day is being celebrated around the world to promote the untapped possibilities of using wind to supply our energy. Today there are wind farms in operation in more than 75 countries, which generate renewable energy delivering power to millions of people.

Celebrate the power of wind with Global Wind Day

The bad and the ugly? How the public see the risks of coal and nuclear

The bad and the ugly? How the public see the risks of coal and nuclear

Posted Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:01:00 GMT by Martin Leggett

A survey into how coal and nuclear power risks are perceived by the public has thrown up some interesting insights on the Clean Energy debate. Its not just nuclear accidents and global warming that dominate peoples worries about these controversial energy sources, with the public having a strong grasp of other potential drawbacks.

The bad and the ugly? How the public see the risks of coal and nuclear

Focus turns to energy crops

Focus turns to energy crops

Posted Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:47:00 GMT by John Dean

A major agricultural conference due to take place in the UK next week will focus attention on farmland crops which can be used to generate electricity. One of the biggest areas of interest will be the growth of energy crops for biomass power stations.

Focus turns to energy crops

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Scotland the Wave (tidal power takes over in the north)

Posted Tue, 20 Sep 2016 08:40:31 GMT by Paul Robinson

Central Asian Powerhouse of the Sun

Posted Thu, 16 Jun 2016 17:45:01 GMT by Dave Armstrong

Battery Power helps renewable energy independents.

Posted Wed, 04 May 2016 08:05:00 GMT by Dave Armstrong

Climate warriors, renewables champions, carbon absorbers or not?

Posted Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:00:00 GMT by JW Dowey

Is El Niño the elephant in Paris or will it change the mindset there?

Posted Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:57:00 GMT by JW.Dowey

Hybrid energy: bacteria+solar harvesting!

Posted Tue, 21 Apr 2015 09:14:16 GMT by Paul Robinson

Smart, energetic glass could take over

Posted Sun, 12 Apr 2015 16:56:57 GMT by Dave Armstrong

Rise of Renewables: a first for Solar Power in Central Asia

Posted Fri, 03 Apr 2015 19:20:00 GMT by Dave Armstrong

Oil boom in Texas is over?

Posted Mon, 02 Mar 2015 10:24:00 GMT by JW Dowey

Wave power works with heart technology!

Posted Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:28:18 GMT by JW Dowey