Posts for energy

Via earthtimes.org, 22-05-2011 Scotland announced on May 20, 2011, that it is targeting to use only renewable energy by 2020, increasing its former target of 80 percent by that year.

Via Greenpeace New Zealand, 23-05-2011 This weekend, Labour fired the starting gun on their election campaign by offering a glimpse of their vision for rebuilding the nation’s economy. Bruised from the debate that engulfed last week’s budget cuts, the opposition party have set about putting…

Via inhabitat.com, 07-05-2011 China just announced that it has more than doubled its target goal for solar power generation over the next decade in an effort to decrease dependency on nuclear power in light of the recent crisis in Japan. The country has set a…

Via Low-tech Magazine, 03-03-2008 New research shows, albeit unintentional, that generating electricity with solar panels can also be a very bad idea. In some cases, producing electricity by solar panels releases more greenhouse gases than producing electricity by gas or even coal. Producing electricity from…

Via inhabitat, by Lori Zimmer, 27-04-2011 With the possibility of fossil fuels running out in our lifetime, Universal Lubricant is looking ahead. Through the re-refining of used motor oil, they’ve created Eco Ultra. With production increasing to 1.5 million gallons, the recycled oil is gaining…

Via inhabitat, by Andrew Michler, 29-04-2011 This unconventional façade has turned out to be a wise energy choice for the International Grammer School in Sydney Australia. Recently claiming an award for the best use of glass for energy efficiency, the building’s outstanding energy performance is…

Via inhabitat by Bridgette Meinhold, 29-04-2011 NL Architects recently unveiled their competition-winning plans for a new school in Belgium that is completely covered with a green roof. Organized around a central ‘heart’, four branching arms pinwheel off the center to provide space for different grade…

Via earthtimes, posted Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:26:00 GMT by Martin Leggett In a supreme example of the grasping of straws, in the face of a gathering global warming storm, a breathless new report from California’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) outlines an impressive-sounding…

Via goodcleantech, 04-04-2011 Farmers produce all sorts of goods in order to earn money, and soon they may be able to add renewable energy to that list.

Via Goodcleantech, 01-04-2011 For researchers at the University of Liverpool, wind turbines weren’t enough. They need to be solar powered wind turbines.