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Offshore Wind Necessary to Meet EU's 20% Renewables Target

If Europe wants to meet its 20% binding target for renewable energy by 2020, it must increase its use of offshore wind, delegates heard today at the opening of the Offshore Wind Conference in Berlin, Germany.

4 Dec 2007

Climos Receives First Methodology for Ocean Iron Fertilization From EcoSecurities

Climos, a company dedicated to removing carbon from the atmosphere, today announced that EcoSecurities has prepared a draft version of a methodology for Ocean Iron Fertilization, based on precedent established by the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism.

4 Dec 2007

Disguising Environmental Harm Eases Only Our Conscience

We can disguise environmentally harmful practices and dress them up in words to help ease our consciences, argues Albert Bandura of the Department of Psychology at Stanford University, but such practices will have a negative impact on the planet and the quality of life of future generations, no matter how we label them.

4 Dec 2007

Lithium Borohydride Stimulates Hydrogen Storage Research

Research on hydrogen-fueled cars may be one step closer to application thanks to a new form of hydride discovered by scientists at the ESRF.

4 Dec 2007

Green Products Can Only Succeed if They are Better

A green mortgage from Rabobank or an energy-saving adapter from BCC: products with a green twist are hot. And yet it is not that hint of green that will determine the success of a product; consumers still place the highest priority on quality and function.

4 Dec 2007

A Green Supercomputer from Fraunhofer

The Herkules supercomputer is not only powerful, but also kind to the environment. It consumes considerably less electricity than similar supercomputers. In terms of energy efficiency, it occupies a leading position worldwide.

4 Dec 2007

EESTech Announces World Leading Carbon Capture Technology

EESTech, Inc. (EESH.OB) today announced the acquisition of a world leading Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology from Canadian company, HTC Purenergy.

3 Dec 2007

Researchers from Argonne Lab Present 11 New Papers During Electric Vehicle Symposium-23

Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory's Transportation Technology R&D Center (TTRDC) will present 11 papers during the Electric Vehicle Symposium-23 that will be held in Anaheim, Calif., from Dec. 2-5.

3 Dec 2007

Quantum's Advanced Hydrogen Storage Technology Supports Challenge X Vehicles Exhibited at EVS-23

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. has announced its support of the student teams participating in Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility.

3 Dec 2007

University of Delaware Car Runs On and Sends Electricity Back to Grid

The price of oil nearly reached $100 a barrel recently, but a new University of Delaware prototype vehicle demonstrates how the cost of the black stuff could become a concern of the past.

3 Dec 2007

Crop and Pasture Response to Climate Change

Global agriculture, already predicted to be stressed by climate change in coming decades, could go into steep, unanticipated declines in some regions due to complications that scientists have so far inadequately considered, say three new scientific reports.

3 Dec 2007

New Biofuel Production Incentive Program in Canada

More Canadians will soon be putting cleaner biofuels in their vehicles such as ethanol and biodiesel.

3 Dec 2007

Climate Change Will Drive Trees Northward - Ranges May Decrease Sharply

The most extensive and detailed study to date of 130 North American tree species concludes that expected climate change this century could shift their ranges northward by hundreds of kilometers and shrink the ranges by more than half.

3 Dec 2007

New Data Analysis Conclusive About Release Of CO2 From Peatland When Natural Swamp Forest Is Converted To Oil Palm Plantation

A new data analysis undertaken by Dr. Susan Page of the University of Leicester Department of Geography and colleagues involved in the EU-funded CARBOPEAT and RESTORPEAT projects shows conclusively that large amounts of carbon dioxide are released from peatland in Southeast Asia when it is converted from natural swamp forest to plantations of oil palm or pulpwood trees.

3 Dec 2007

Design and Operation of Power Systems with Large Amounts of Wind Power

The production of wind power varies and is harder to forecast than the fluctuations in electricity demand. Adding large quantities of wind power to power systems is therefore challenging.

3 Dec 2007