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UK and India Proves That Not All Of Copenhagen Was All Talk And No Action

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Ross.

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Copenhagen was full of hot air, right? Commitments by developed and developing nations fell short of the mark then and have since been further scaled back, correct? There’s no hope for further progress on the international response to climate change, is there?
Some countries have other ideas.
The Copenhagen agreement was a complicated beast, and although most [...]

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India Makes Strides In Renewables And Energy Efficiency; Ominous Accord With USA

Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by Ross.

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India is still the Jekyll and Hyde of climate change this week: despite positive announcements over solar power targets and steps to help transfer low-carbon technologies to developing countries, their growing agreement with climate change sloth the USA could spell trouble at the Copenhagen negotiating table in December.
After months of rumours and draft report leaks, [...]

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Optic Fibre Solar Cells: Dye-based Nanotech 3D Energy Harvesting

Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by Ross.

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Could conventional photovoltaic solar cells finally have met their match?
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new three-dimensional solar cell structure using optic fibres and dye-sensitised nanowires to produce a solar cell which with further optimisation could supercede the efficiencies of silicon-based photovoltaic solar cells.
Dye-sensitised solar cells have been around for a [...]

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Desertec: The Project, The Problems & The Pipe Dream

Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by Ross.

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Since July 13th 2009, a scheme to build a gigantic array of solar thermal power stations all over the Sahara to provide electrical power to Europe and North Africa has been garnering the attention of the media, especially in solar-mad Germany.
Although little more than a website and a memorandum of understanding at present, the Desertec [...]

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US Renewable Energy Drive Will Aid Drought-Stricken South

Posted on 05. Jun, 2009 by Ross.

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Continual droughts across the southern states of the US will be lessened by the same projects which will secure America’s low-carbon future - wind and solar power stations.
Water supplies across much of the American south have been pushed to breaking point from a combination of inefficient usage, increased agricultural and industrial demand, and poor rainfall [...]

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Polymer Solar Cells Connected To Grid And Are Greener Than Semiconductors

Posted on 27. Apr, 2009 by Ross.

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Danish company Risø DTU is the first in the world to connect polymer solar cells to the grid: a massive milestone in advancing the green energy revolution.
Commercial and domestic solar power generation has been rapidly growing over recent years, as well as commanding massive amounts of attention from green journalists and climate change activists. Underlying [...]