Full Coverage: Renewable energy

26.02.2007 "Bene la domenica, ma ora è necessario pensare subito al lunedì". Cosi Legambiente ha commentato il blocco delle auto di ieri nella pianura padana. "Questo blocco ha ribadito l'esigenza di un intervento antismog che coinvolga non solo i sindaci e le Regioni, ma anche le istituzioni nazionali, il Governo. Per far si che questo stop al traffico deciso dalla Regioni settentrionali non diventi la solita, inutile giornata di chiacchiere e buone intenzioni bisogna lavorare da subito per realizzare quelle azioni capaci di abbattere non solo le polveri sottili e i connessi rischi sanitari, ma in grado anche di affrontare a fondo il problema della congestione delle aree urbane". Intanto Legambiente ha presentato la seconda edizione di "Comuni Rinnovabili 2007", una mappatura delle fonti energetiche pulite nel territorio italiano.

26.02.2007 Biodiesel@MIT is a group of MIT students, faculty, and staff whose goal is to install a biodiesel processor on the MIT campus as part of the MIT Energy Initiative. The processor would convert waste vegetable oil from campus dining facilities into biodiesel to be mixed with regular diesel fuel and used in the institute's diesel-powered Tech Shuttles.

23.02.2007 President Bush’s Texas ranch is off-grid and eco-friendly. Does he know something we don’t? Is he prepared while the rest of us are doomed?

22.02.2007 Scottish ministers have announced funding for what has been described as the world's biggest wave energy farm.

21.02.2007 Uuden Seelannin parlamentin istuntokauden avajaisissa puhunut pääministeri Helen Clark esitteli kunnianhimoisen suunnitelman päästöjen vähentämiseksi ja uusiutuvien energiamuotojen kehittämiseksi.

15.02.2007 from Green Options:
A new technology that could make large-scale geothermal energy widely available. It could supply all US electricity demand.

15.02.2007 from Treehugger:
Wave power deserves a bigger share of the spotlight: a Google Talk (video) by Max Carcas of Ocean Power Delivery on a neglected resource.

13.02.2007 from ZDNet blogs:
The "Night Wind" project wants to store wind energy produced at night in refrigerated warehouses and to release this energy during daytime peak hours.

12.02.2007 from The Sietch Blog:
Spanish orange juice producers have found a way to make ethanol from orange wastes.

09.02.2007 from Green Options blog:
'Silicon solar cells are the most expensive part of today's solar panels. Heliotube substitutes much of the costly photovoltaic material with inexpensive optics to focus the equivalent light onto small solar cells.'

08.02.2007 from Terrapass:
The savings are quite staggering. At the upper end of the spectrum, where the entire house is purposely designed, heating bills can drop by 50%.

05.02.2007 from Yahoo News:
The government should scrap barriers to home energy generation if the sector is to play its full part in the fight against global warming, says a parliamentary report.

03.02.2007 Në kuadër të projektit "Sustainable Energy for Albania" Co-PLAN ka ndërmarrë nismën për të ngritur një debat në nivelet më të larta shkencore (bazuar mbi kërkime shkencore në këtë fushë), në lidhje me shfrytëzimin dhe mundësinë e penetrimit në Shqipëri të teknologjive të reja që shfrytëzojne burimet e rinovueshme të energjisë.

02.02.2007 from solarsaddle blog:
Are Green tariffs 'like the availability of "diet" foods - which make little difference to people's waistlines because all they do is make them feel virtuous and that somehow they have a "right" to indulge in a "sinful" Mars bar?'

01.02.2007 Maailmanpankki on rahoittanut viime vuosina suunniteltua enemmän uusiutuvien energiamuotojen käytön lisäämiseen ja energian käytön tehostamiseen tähtääviä hankkeita. Tavoitteena on ollut lisätä näiden hankkeiden rahoitusta 20 prosenttia vuodessa, mutta kasvuvauhti on ollut suunniteltua suurempi.

01.02.2007 from Mother Earth News:
Charles Komanoff wades into this heated debate and presents a rational, nuanced argument for wind development while giving opponents due attention.