Energy
Power Sources
US-Russian wind turbine breakthrough
A team-up of engineers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Makeyev State Rocket Center in Miass, Russia has developed a new model of wind tur...
And then there was street light
Japanese city streets will soon have solar powered lights. Sharp Corporation is launching the new light, which combines a new type of solar cells with high-inte...
Inspiration comes first
The Eco- marathon we previewed last week was a close contest between ‘Inspiration’ and ‘Team Green’ on Sunday at the Grampian Transport ...
Sex and drugs and Biofuel for Neil Young
Former Crosby Stills Nash and Young singer, Neil Young chose soya oil to power his 2004 USA tour. The singer was escorted by a fleet of biodiesel powered vans a...
Scotland hosts eco-car race
The lightest, smallest cars in the world will be competing this weekend in a strange car race in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Hydrogen car Gh2ost and its driver Tea...
Mobile solar panel offer
LOW PRICE SOLAR PANEL Coleman’s Exponent Flex 5 solar energy pack recharge your mobile phone and other small items on the move – at a better price t...
Energy efficiency is key to off-grid comfort
Careful planning can decrease the amount of energy consumption of an off-grid building — a key issue if you don’t want to maintain a shed full of ba...
Tide power
Houses on the banks of New York’s East River might soon be powered by a new kind of electricity. Six electricity turbines will be plunged into the East Ri...
Actor lives for green energy
Actor Dennis Weaver is doing more than just talking about energy conservation. He created his own environmental consultancy and is regularly seen driving off fr...
Planning permissions relaxed
Approval’s been given for more relaxed planning permissions for wind farms and other renewable energy projects. The government’s plan to increase re...
Solar goes stellar
Oil giant BP have a strategy of enlisting celebs to back their green energy program. Actors Daryl Hannah, Pierce Brosnan and Danny DeVito are part of the progra...
Oil price could force power cuts
Washington (AP) Oil prices could rise as high as $50 per barrel before the year is up, analysts said, as the world’s growing thirst for crude stretches su...