Monthly Archives: September 2010
Northern Ireland sets out a target of 40% of electricity to come from renewable sources by 2020
It’s definitely a huge challenge for Northern Ireland. And a really good example to follow. Currently less than 10% of Northern Irleland’s electricity is generated from alternative energy, mainly land-based wind farms. And through a new energy strategy, the Strategic [...]
Solar costs lower than nuclear for the first time
It can be controversial for some people and delighting for some others. But the title of this post is true. At least it is according to the study, “Solar and Nuclear Costs – The Historic Crossover“, carried out by John [...]
Are the "Green" Millenium Development Goals being met?
Five years from the target date for the Millennium Development Goals, leaders from around the world have gathered this week at the United Nations to undertake a comprehensive review of progress and together chart a course for accelerated action on [...]
World´s plant inventory reduced by 600,000 species and biodiversity decreases (but not that much)
If some years ago you had asked a scientist how many plants there were on the planet probably he or she would have said somehow like more than one million. Today he or she would say about 400,000. This doesn’t [...]
World largest solar plant is about to be constructed
The Blythe concentrating solar power project, the largest solar plant in the world, is about to become a reality. Last Wednesday, 15th of September, the project cleared an important hurdle when the California Energy Commission (CEC) approved the planned $6 [...]
Next U.S. sport matches will be against climate change
Collective sport is a competition between two teams. But what if in America’s next matches were also a third player to beat? This third team is climate change, and it is a really hard player. For this reason major League [...]
Europe´s largest onshore wind farm to become even bigger
Scotland has a wonderful landscape, but is a rainy, cold, and very windy land. Most of people live in urban areas (over 3 of the 5.2 million inhabitants of the region). In fact, Scotland has one of the lowest population [...]
Subways: the new energy source
A large number of people use public transport each day to get from one place to another. In Paris, France, the Metro is a very common option for daily travelers, providing an easy way to go wherever they need. For [...]
Geothermal energy popularity is resurging
What do IKEA and Paris’ Orly airport have in common? Both are worried about the rise of the earth temperature and at the same time they are taking advantage of that feature, I mean earth temperature. In fact they are planning [...]
From plastic back to oil
Imagine being able to recycle plastic, any kind of plastic (including Styrofoam, plastic bags and bottle caps) back into oil. Not to mention then converting this oil into gasoline or any other oil by-product. The amount of garbage that would [...]
New step for green lighting thanks to OLED technology
Technology moves forward really fast. And, luckily, it does too green lighting technology. Recently LED technology, a much more efficient lighting and displaying device than conventional ones has come up strongly. But parallel, a LED based technology has been developed [...]
The San Francisco Bay Area, the new electric vehicle capital of the US
The San Francisco Bay Area is ready to install 50 fast-charging electric vehicle (EV) stations along highways, 2,000 public stations for public parking lots and participating company-owned parking lots, and 3,000 residential charging stations. This will be possible thanks to [...]
