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New England Wood Pellet’s Jaffrey, New Hampshire plant produces approximately 75,000 tons of wood pellet fuel per year. Most is bagged and shipped to a network of more than 100 retailers throughout the Northeast. From there it helps heat homes, businesses and schools. Steve Walker, the company’s president and CEO, took the time to show Continue Reading →
by Ralph Sims, International Energy Agency Within recent months biofuels have gone from making headline news as being the world’s salvation for when the oil runs out to becoming a “crime against humanity.” Almost every day the world’s media run a story on the topic, often blaming biofuels for all the world’s pending disasters. Even Continue Reading →
CAR giant Toyota is poised to manufacture its hybrid Camry in Melbourne with a deal set to be clinched by mid-year. Talks are still underway but senior Toyota executives in Tokyo are strongly backing plans to make the company’s Altona plant the regional production base for the green Camry, Fairfax newspapers report today. The deal Continue Reading →
From the ministers officeÂ
Australia will spend A$12.9 billion ($12 billion) over the next 10 years to improve the way water is used and to ensure long-term supply in the face of a changing global climate, according to Climate Change and Water Minister, Penny Wong.
The government will spend A$5.8 billion to enhance the efficiency and productivity of water use and A$3 billion buying back water to be returned to rivers under its ‘Water for the Future’ plan, Penny Wong, minister for climate change and water, said today in notes prepared for a speech.
From The Economist Polluted, poisonous and immune to popular efforts to enforce a clean-up: Tai Lake is a metaphor for the state of China’s politics AP THE plain-clothes police are always there, watching Xu Jiehua. When she goes out, two of them follow by motorcycle. Sometimes an unmarked car joins them, tailing her closely on Continue Reading →
From Jens Luddabeh in der Spiegel
A tiny fraction of the sun’s energy that shines upon the deserts of North Africa and the Middle East could meet all of Europe’s electricity demands. The technology to harness the energy already exists. So why is hardly anyone investing in it?
The oil of the 21st century is not buried deep within the earth. Instead, it falls on its surface — as sunshine.
“The sun is the hidden asset of North Africa and the Middle East,” says Gerhard Knies, a spokesman for the Trans-Mediterranean Renewable Energy Cooperation (TREC), a network of scientists and politicians from various countries who have taken it upon themselves to solve Europe’s energy problem.