Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Unexpected turn at Icelandic research site leads to test of magma’s energy potential
Friday, 25 February 2011 Dan McCue Could pools of underground lava become an attractive source of high-grade energy? That’s the question researchers will be asking when a pilot geothermal plant tapping the magma flow at Iceland&r...
Electric vehicles end epic 80-day world race
Friday, 25 February 2011 Toby Price Yesterday marked the end of the inaugural Zero Emissions Race in Geneva (Switzerland). The 80-day race between three electric vehicles ended after some 28,000 km of driving across 16 countries and sto...
Where there’s wind there’s a way: GL Garrad Hassan launches new wind resource maps
Thursday, 24 February 2011 Toby Price As new wind energy markets begin to emerge, renewable energy consultancy firm, GL Garrad Hassan, has added new wind resource maps to its global resource mapping range, which includes wind maps for Ind...
Latest renewables news hot off the press - 23/02/2011
Wednesday, 23 February 2011 • France to Cap New Solar Projects at 500 Megawatts a Year, Les Echos Says Bloomberg• Drax blames government for hampering biomass co-firing plans Business Green• Permit granted for Fin...
Stewart Brand: Can democracies deal with a new energy regime?
Friday, 18 February 2011 Dan McCue Stewart Brand has lived a charmed life. A public intellectual in a media-dominated world that often seems too fickle to support them, for more than 40 years he’s exhibited an uncanny knack for i...
Germany
Opel unveils electric police car
Thursday, 17 February 2011 Toby Price In a bid to get one up on its rivals, the automaker Opel has produced a police version of its all-new Ampera electric vehicle for Germany. The company claims the silent operating mode of the vehicle c...
Europe
Solid biomass has bright future with 3.6% rise in energy production in EU in 2009
Friday, 11 February 2011 Toby Price In our final report on the recent findings of the latest bioenergy EurObserv’ER barometers, we look at solid biomass in Europe, a market which remained buoyant despite the recession. According t...
Europe
Biogas sector has become a “blue-chip value” in Europe
Thursday, 10 February 2011 Toby Price Last week, Renewable Energy Magazine summarised the findings of the latest bioenergy EurObserv’ER barometers. Here we take a closer look at the Biogas Barometer, which reveals that the biogas se...
United States
Quantum physicist sees long road before renewables achieve dominance as energy source
Friday, 04 February 2011 Dan McCue Despite the best efforts of scientists, commercial enterprises and even the surging Chinese, alternatives to fossil fuels like solar, wind and biomass likely won’t come to dominance for another ...
United States
Thin-film solar PV reaches record 12 percent efficiency
Wednesday, 02 February 2011 United Solar, the thin-film subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., has achieved a 12 percent conversion efficiency rating for a large-area solar cell using its proprietary Nano-Crystalline(TM)...
Globeleq inaugurates 44 MW wind farm in Nicaragua
A land speed world record: Relive the electrifying attempt
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