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October 2009

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North Sea is Europe’s best hope for carbon storage

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Jurdy: Who pays the tab? thumbnail

Jurdy: Who pays the tab?

Jurdy thinks we all will …
New company forms to make Desertec solar plan a reality thumbnail

New company forms to make Desertec solar plan a reality

The plan to cover North Africa with solar panels now has a company with a name to back it up: DII GmbH. Announced earlier
Can cutting carbon be fun? Volkswagen thinks so thumbnail

Can cutting carbon be fun? Volkswagen thinks so

Can’t persuade your family members and friends to recycle, ride their bikes and do other things to reduce their carbon footprints? Maybe the answer
Drive your car with a mobile phone? There’s an app for that thumbnail

Drive your car with a mobile phone? There’s an app for that

James Bond did it in “Tomorrow Never Dies,” and one day soon, you might too: drive your car using a mobile phone. Yes, there’s









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Smarter energy markets: Another benefit of smart grids

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What is the smart grid?

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Clean-energy incentives: Here … then gone thumbnail

Clean-energy incentives: Here … then gone

Call it penny-wise, pound-foolish (or Euro-foolish) … although “cutting off your nose to
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New buildings – even the ‘green’ ones – aren’t so green

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There will be energy … or trade wars … or something

The year 2012 might not see the fulfillment of
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Forget the politicians: Vote for your favorite energy innovations

You can’t turn an energy-technology dream into reality by

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Who’s the leading smart-city brand?

More than half of the world’s nearly seven billion people now live in urban areas, and that proportion is expected to reach almost 69 per cent by 2050. To avoid pushing local and global systems to the point of collapse, cities will need to become much smarter and more efficient Read more ...
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Managing the smart-grid data overload

Developing the UK’s smart-grid infrastructure will require communications and data technologies that can manage far more information than utilities must handle today. That’s the focus of a strategy report from Greenbang Research: “Enabling the UK’s smart-grid future: The wireless spectrum debate.” The report answers such questions as: Should dedicated Read more ...
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Incentives fire up UK solar market

The introduction of the feed-in tariff (FIT) incentive policy on 1 April has sparked an explosive reaction in the UK renewable energy market with solar leading the way in installations, according to a new Greenbang research report titled, “The UK’s Feed-in Tariff: Impact, response and market trends for the decade Read more ...
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