Energy
“Clean” Coal Power Plant Canceled–Hydrogen Economy, Too
The FutureGen coal-fired power plant would not only have captured greenhouse gas emissions, it also would have produced hydrogen.
The U.S. government—and major U.S. banks—seem to have lost their appetite for coal. After spending five years and approximately $50 million on preliminary studies as well as selecting a proposed site in Mattoon, Ill., the U.S. Department [...]
Green Promotional Item Cuts PC Energy Use
About Ecobutton
Plugs into any PC’s USB port
At the push of a button, the ecobutton automatically puts your computer into a special “ecomode” that saves more energy than normal sleep mode, drawing only the same nominal power as when the computer and monitor are completely shut down
Save energy while taking a phone call [...]
Energy from river weirs promises long-term revenue flow
New project in Derbyshire hopes to pave the way for widespread rollout of micro-hydro technologies
The UK is missing out on an affordable and plentiful source of renewable energy through its failure to deploy micro-hydro technologies capable of generating usable power from existing river weirs.
Bio-crude turns cheap waste into valuable fuel
CSIRO and Monash University have developed a chemical process that turns green waste into a stable bio-crude oil.
The bio-crude oil can be used to produce high value chemicals and biofuels, including both petrol and diesel replacement fuels.
Fluor to Build World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
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LONDON, May 14, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it signed a contract with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) to design and construct the 500 megawatt (MW) Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm. The venture is the world’s largest offshore wind farm project to move into the construction [...]
Oil Shortages Start in 2010; Peak Oil Hits 2012-2015
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Nearly 40 years on Wall Street, plus 12 years before that working for a major oil company, equals a lifetime of experience for Charles T. Maxwell, senior energy analyst at Weeden & Co., known as the “dean of energy analysts.” Now, in an interview that sounded like a preliminary draft of a [...]