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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Rural Peru gets connected
More than 100 communities in rural Peru now have renewable energy and internet access, thanks to an aid programme that is being rolled out across the eight poorest nations in Latin America Lea este artículo en español The programme will … Continue reading
Getting Smart in the Suburbs of Tokyo
Introducing plans for Japan’s first smart city to be built “from scratch” in May could not have been better timed for Panasonic, the driving force behind the project to build an eco-savvy town in a Tokyo suburb by 2013. Tomohiro … Continue reading
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Tagged IT, Japan, LED Lighting, Panasonic, Solar Power, Technology
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Can Biofuels Save Sub-Saharan Africa?
Jacob Silberberg for The New York TimesA man sprays pesticide on a farm in Sangalkam, Senegal. When soaring food prices, climate change, growing energy demands, poverty, international politics and social justice are in the mix, you have a tried and … Continue reading
Shale gas push ‘would wreck UK’s climate change targets’
Report says that exploiting just one-fifth of Lancashire’s shale gas reserves would put carbon emissions targets out of reach Cuadrilla Resources’s shale gas drilling site near Blackpool, Lancashire. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images The UK will fail to meet its climate … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon Emissions, Fracking, Green Energy, Shale Gas, Solar Power, UK, Wind Power
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Shale gas: Frack on
People should worry less about fracking, and more about carbon AT A recent shindig in London of the shale-gas industry, energy firms gave a rosy view of the fuel’s prospects in Europe. Like America, Europe has vast beds of shale … Continue reading
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Tagged Earthquakes, Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Shale Gas, Solar Power, Wind Power
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China Bends to U.S. Complaint on Solar Panels but Plans Retaliation
Jianan Yu/Reuters Employees sorting solar panels at LDK Solar in Hefei, China. American rivals say such companies are benefiting from unfair competitive advantages. Chinese solar panel makers plan to shift some of their production to South Korea, Taiwan and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, China, Commerce, Economy, Investments, Solar Panels, Trade, USA
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Apple hopes to turn green with solar power data centre
The tech giant – the least green of the big tech companies – is preparing to swap its North Carolina centre from coal to solar The site of the new Apple data centre in Maiden, North Carolina. Photograph: Jason Miczek/Getty … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Business, Cloud Computing, Solar Power, Technology, USA
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Clean energy in California: On its own sunny path
As in so much else, the Golden State’s energy plans look distinctly un-American JERRY BROWN started talking about solar power in the 1970s, when he was California’s governor for the first time. He was lampooned for it, but the vision … Continue reading
Tapping the Tappan Zee for Wind
Cassi Alexander for The New York TimesThe Tappan Zee Bridge, which bears far more traffic than it was designed for and is due to be replaced. Replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge, which carries the New York State Thruway across the … Continue reading
From Edison’s Trunk, Direct Current Gets Another Look
Thomas Edison and his direct current, or DC, technology lost the so-called War of the Currents to alternating current, or AC, in the 1890s after it became clear that AC was far more efficient at transmitting electricity over long distances. … Continue reading
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Tagged ACDC, Alternating Current, Batteries, Direct Current, Solar Power, Wind Energy, Wind Farms
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