Tag Archives: renewable
Is The South-West The Low Carbon Economic Area For The Wrong Renewable Energy?
Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by Ross.
Should the South-West abandon it’s empty tag as wave power experts and pursue geothermal energy instead?
The scene is an easy one to imagine. A group of UK politicians come with a great idea: create specialist areas of excellence across the country in different low-carbon technology sectors, allowing creativity, research efforts and infrastructure improvements to concentrate [...]
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Polymer Solar Cells Connected To Grid And Are Greener Than Semiconductors
Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by Ross.
Danish company Ris
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Scottish Wind Turbines Providing Energy In Extreme Antarctica
Posted on 18. Feb, 2009 by Ross.
The extreme weather conditions of Antarctica were always thought to be prohibitive to the use of wind turbines to generate energy for the 60+ scientific research stations littering the white continent. Around 4,000 personnel man the stations during the winter, with a quarter of that number also braving the -60 degrees Celcius temperatures and gusting [...]
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Germany Invests In Energy Efficiency Projects
Posted on 04. Feb, 2009 by Ross.
Germany’s Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWI) has increased the budget for its Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection programme by 15% to



