Category: Energy Matters
The twentieth century way of life has been made available, largely due to the miracle of cheap energy. The price of energy has been at record lows for the past century and a half.As oil becomes increasingly scarce, it is becoming obvious to everyone, that the rapid economic and industrial growth we have enjoyed for that time is not sustainable.Now, the hunt is on. For renewable sources of energy, for alternative sources of energy, for a way of life that is less dependent on cheap energy.Â
admin /14 May, 2010
Stakeholders Team Up To Expand Europe’s Super-Grid
Berlin, Germany — Europe has plenty of grid initiatives to help meets its ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions with the help of renewable energies, such as wind and solar. Now it just needs an action plan. All the talk over the years about building new long-distance high-voltage transmission infrastructure to span national territories has, for the most part, remained just that.
But experts say the talk has now advanced to a new level, especially in the area of offshore infrastructure in northern Europe where around 100 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power are planned.
admin /13 May, 2010
Venezuela gas rig sinks into Caribbean Posted 7 minutes ago A natural gas exploration rig hailed as evidence of Venezuela’s engineering prowess sank in the Caribbean early on Thursday, less than a month after a deadly explosion in the Gulf of Mexico sank a BP-owned oil rig and created a natural disaster. All 95 workers Continue Reading →
admin /11 May, 2010
Shelved ETS funds clean energy programs By Ben Atherton Updated 3 hours 52 minutes ago The new fund will be used to support renewable energy projects like wind and solar power. (flickr.com: dbking) The Drum: Federal budget: have your say Related Story: Swan plots course back to the black Related Story: $4.3b to bolster national Continue Reading →
admin /9 May, 2010
How to make a solar water heater from plastic bottles Giovana Zilli 6th May, 2010 Retired mechanic Jose Alano invented a simple, cheap, energy saving rooftop solar water heater which is benefiting thousands of people. Here’s how it’s done… José Alano is a model of creativity in tackling environmental problems in Brazil. In 2002, the Continue Reading →
admin /8 May, 2010
Dome placed over leaking US oil well
By US correspondent Michael Brissenden
Updated 7 minutes ago
The oil slick passes through the protective barrier formed by the Chandeleur Islands, as clean-up operations continue for the BP Deepwater Horizon platform disaster off Louisiana, on May 7, 2010. The Gulf of Mexico oil slick threatens disaster for the fragile US coast and an army of workers hired by BP, along with the US Coast Guard and local officials in Louisiana, have rushed in to help restrict it. (AFP: Mark Ralston)
BP says it has positioned a 100-tonne concrete and steel dome over the blown-out oil well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.
It will take a couple of days yet to determine if the dome is actually working but hopes are high that it will stem the flow.
admin /2 May, 2010
Gulf of Mexico oilspill spreads all the way to Capitol Hill
The Deepwater Horizon oil disaster has killed people, harmed the environment, and has severely damaged BP as a company
The Deepwater Horizon rig burns in the Gulf of Mexico. The damage it has done includes BP’s reputation as a company, and its share prices. Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP
The fact that 11 people are presumed dead should have made it obvious that the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico represented a threat to the reputation of BP. It was only today, however, a week after the accident, that the penny dropped in the City: BP‘s share price fell 6.5%, an enormous fall for a £100bn company.
