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Wind Power Expansion for UK

The UK has also taken the step to increase their production of renewable energy in order to reduce the reliance on oil and to reduce greenhouse emission. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for a national debate on achieving the UK’s target of 15% renewable energy by 2020.
However, this may translate to more costs for [...]

Green energy push planned for UK

As many as a quarter of British homes could be fitted with solar heating panels under new government plans for a “green revolution”.
Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the new proposals are “the most ambitious” such strategy that Britain has seen.
The goal is to meet the EU target of [...]

Building More Bio-gas Pools in China’s Rural Areas

China has just announced an overnight rise in its domestic energy prices on friday. The cost of diesel is up by 18.1% while gasoline price increases by 16.7%. Amidst the rising oil price, what can the chinese government do to deal with the energy crunch, especially in the poorer rural areas? Solution: Build more bio-gas [...]

Going Green Makes Sense

In an article on 22 June (The Sunday Times), Andrew Raven who is a Canadian-born copy writer with the Straits Times wrote this article about how the increasing cost of energy has affected his daily routine.
Ever since he arrived in Singapore, he has gradually changed his habits in terms of public transport and his usage [...]

Genepax unveils Water Energy System

A Japanese company named Genepax may have pulled ahead of the competition with a prototype vehicle that runs entirely on water and air. And the best part is that it does not emit carbon dioxide.
Their new “Water Energy System (WES),” generates power by supplying water and air to the fuel and air electrodes using a [...]

Green Power: Algae Biodiesel Meets Fuel Standard

Solazyme, a South San Francisco, California based company has announced that the algae biodiesel that they have developed has passed the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D-975 specifications.
What this means is that this new fuel is fully compatible with the existing transportation fuel infrastructure and furthermore, it is more environmentally friendly [...]

World’s Largest Photovoltaic Solar Power Farm

The world’s largest photovoltaic solar power farm has opened in Jumilla, southern Spain. This solar power farm is said to have an installed peak power capacity of 20 megawatts. This is 6 megawatts more than the one at Nevada.
The farm can produce an annual energy output that is enough to support 20,000 homes. It is [...]