Archive for February, 2009
Irish wind turbines get government grants
The Irish Minister for Energy, Eamon Ryan, will announces plans today to encourage members of the public to generate their own electricity using wind turbines. Home owners and landowners who install wind turbines will be given incentives to generate power for their own homes. They will also have the option to sell excess energy to […]
Welsh renewable energy plan unveiled
Welsh Environment Minister Jane Davidson today unveiled a new plan to lessen Wales’ reliance on fossil fuels and increase the use of renewable, low-carbon energy sources. The Bioenergy Action Plan for Wales aims to generate at least 5 terawatt hours of electricity, about 20% of Wale’s current needs, from renewable biomass by 2020. It also […]
NRG signs 500MW solar power deal with eSolar
NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) has signed an agreement with eSolar, a leading provider of modular, scalable solar thermal power technology to develop solar power plants with a total generation capacity of up to 500 megawatts (MW) at sites in California and the Southwest. When at peak capacity, these units can power more than 400,000 […]
China Solar Power project up for tender
China’s National Development and Reform Commission will open a tender competition to select a project developer to constructing a massive solar power plain in the desert. The tender, which will open on on March 20 2009, will be for an on-grid 10MWp (megawatt-peak) solar photovoltaic power plant in Dunhuang of Gansu Province, northwestern China. It […]
London food waste emits more CO2 than whole of Estonia
Londoners produce nearly 19 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, a report commissioned by the Greater London Authority and the London Development Agency reveals. The report examines the impact of London’s eating habits on climate change, and the results are startling. London emits huge amounts of carbon emissions (carbon dioxide), methane, nitrous oxide and […]
Obama launches massive green energy stimulus
President Obama has launched a massive stimulus for green energy with a sweeping range of measures as part of his economic stimulus package. The measures center around three key changes to legislation; Tax Incentives, Direct Spending and Bond and Loan Programs. They will kick start development of renewable energy projects and increase energy efficiency in buildings, […]
Marks & Spencer go green with nPower
Marks & Spencer has demonstrated its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by signing the biggest renewable energy deal in the British retailing sector. The company has entered into a six year deal with nPower to provide 2.6 terawatt hours (TWh).
All power will come from green sources such as wind and hydro electric farms. It is […]
Carnegie Corp catches South Australian Wave Power
Australian Wave Energy Developer Carnegie Corporation Limited (ASX: CNM) has announced the signing of a License Agreement with the Government of South Australia to investigate a suitable site for the development of a wave energy power project. The License Area covers approximately 17,000 ha of seabed adjacent to Port MacDonnell near Mt Gambier in the […]
Bioniqs drive to clean up ‘greenwashing’
Bioniqs, the solvent technology specialist, is introducing a green solvent certification known as econiqs in response to the widespread confusion over what constitutes a “green” solvent. Bioniqs is responding to the level of “greenwashing” concerning the purported environmental benefits of many novel solvents, including ionic liquids, by launching what it hopes will become a […]
Carbon Connections Conference due in March
The Carbon Connections conference is now open for reservations. ‘Success through Innovation - Knowledge Transfer and the path to a low carbon economy’ will take place on March 12th from 09.30 - 17.00 at the Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD.
At the event a £10,000 prize will be awarded to the most innovative project as […]
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