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The Newest Hybrid Model
Friday, March 5th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
In former swamplands teeming with otters and wild hogs, one of the nation’s biggest utilities is running an experiment in the future of renewable power.
Across 500 acres north of West Palm Beach, the FPL Group utility is assembling a life-size Erector Set of 190,000 shimmering mirrors and thousands of [...]
Biogas Climate Benefit Greater Than Previously Thought?
Monday, March 1st, 2010Image via Wikipedia
Biogas from refuse produces 95 per cent less greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline,
according to a new research report. With a few simple improvements to the biogas plants, the figure can rise to 120 per cent — i.e. biogas becomes more than climate neutral. This can be compared with the [...]
Possible Fix For Global Warming?
Monday, March 1st, 2010Image by Rétrofuturs (Hulk4598) / Stéphane Massa-Bidal via Flickr
Environmental Engineers Use Algae To Capture Carbon Dioxide
Engineers have designed a simple, sustainable and natural carbon sequestration solution using algae. A team at Ohio University created a photo bioreactor that uses photosynthesis to grow algae, passing carbon dioxide over large membranes, placed vertically [...]
Utility to Build First Power Plant with Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits in California
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Image by kqedquest via Flickr
The planned natural gas-fired power plant will be the first to accept federal restrictions on the amount of greenhouse gas it can emit
Calpine Corp. is poised to build the first U.S. power plant with federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions in California after clearing a final regulatory [...]
Big Oil is being forced to rethink its future
Friday, February 5th, 2010Image via Wikipedia
ON THE face of it the world’s big and publicly quoted oil companies should be celebrating some pleasing results this week. Royal Dutch Shell unveiled its results on Thursday February 4th, reporting that it had made $9.8 billion in 2009. Two days earlier BP boasted profits of $14 billion [...]
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