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NASA researchers this week said they are using global satellite data to create maps of ocean areas best suited for wind energy.
The maps will be useful in planning where to build offshore wind farms that can convert wind energy to electricity, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Islands of floating wind farms have the [...]

According to Bi-Me, Middle East private equity and venture capital investors are set to play a crucial role in increasing global moves towards green technology and alternative energy.
“The region has amassed new fortunes from the rising worldwide price of oil and gas and now sees huge opportunities in green investing,” said Swati Taneja, Director of [...]

Another issue that is worth analysing. Biofuels have always been linked to causing food prices to increase. But to what extent? And how true is it? Well, according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian, biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated.
The unpublished assessment [...]

With the recent increase in oil prices and also with the demand of energy increasing due to a sharp increase in population and an expanding economy, Philippines is considering the feasibility of restarting a nuclear energy programme.

Was reading the papers when I came across this article on the front page. It was discussing how oil cultivated from algae could be used as alternative source of energy in Asia, mainly Japan.
The viability of using algae to produce oil has been already been widely discussed. It is possible for algaes to produce oil [...]

Faced with looming energy crises in their developing economies, Indonesia and the Philippines are looking at harnessing geothermal energy to solve their woes.
Both countries are located in the Pacific Ring of Fire- an area peppered with volcanoes and home to the world’s biggest reservoir of geothermal power.
“When I think of Indonesia and energy, I think [...]