Archive for July 2nd, 2010

The Ultimate Solar Cell?

The ultimate step in utilizing solar power is to convert maximum energy from sun into electricity. This will make solar power highly cost-advantageous compared to other traditional power sources. Capturing energy wasted as heat from the sun can increase solar conversion efficiency greatly. Research funded by the U.S. Department of Energy is on-going to [...]

Greg Barker, climate change minister: ‘We cannot go on relying on foreign fuel’

Greg Barker, the Climate Change Minister, tells Louise Gray about plans to give Britain its own supply of clean energy.

Car fuel made from carbon dioxide and sunlight

New technology for “photosynthesising” fuel could lead to “petrol” made from carbon dioxide and sunlight.

Island paradise made from reused bottles

SCIENTISTS plan to use floating rubbish in the Pacific to make an island city the size of Hawaii.

We challenge BP to end the oil age

When we heard that Tony Hayward was scheduled to speak to the World National Oil Companies Congress – a collection of the greats and good of the oil industry – we knew it was too good an opportunity to pass up.
We wanted to challenge him to live up to BP’s slick branding and actually take [...]

Lawns suffering from drought

Wimbledon may be looking green but the rest of Britain’s lawns are already turning brown this summer due to a combination of unusually dry weather and an invasion of hungry bugs.

A bank for wind power

A last we can store vast amounts of wind energy and use it when we need it, as New Scientist reports

IEA’s U-turn on energy growth

The International Energy Agency calls for limits on growth of energy demand for the first time

‘Evanescent coupling’ could power gadgets wirelessly

Electronic devices would start charging themselves as soon as their owner walks into their home or office

 

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