energy security
If you had to sum up the UK’s new energy and climate plans in one word, that word certainly has to be “ambitious.” Chris Huhne, the newly appointed Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, said as much in his speech this week at the Economist UK Energy
The Nissan LEAF is a game-changing car. It brings all the style and comfort of a standard compact car bundled with the wizardry of Japanese electric technology. Quite simply, it’s an amazing piece of engineering and, if it sells as a product, could encourage the mass rollout of electric
environment
Since launching its “ecomagination” strategy in 2005 to build its business while also finding ways to solve pressing environmental problems, GE says it’s now spent more than $5 billion on research and development programmes. The company expects to spend another $10 billion on such efforts over the next five
green IT
Europe’s recently approved “green” code of conduct for data centres paves the way for a new generation of providers that take energy efficiency and the use of renewables to ever higher levels, according to one industry expert. “As we plan the first data centres under the new code of
concentrating solar power
Desertification is a dirty word, but deserts are not entirely without their uses. Plans are underway to transform swathes of the Sahara into a glimmering sea of mirrors, with the goal of piping cheap, clean and efficient solar energy into the heart of Europe. Dubbed the Desertec Industrial Initiative, it
What began as a research project at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is now an ambitious business venture that aims to convert millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into clean, green fuel. EASEL Biotechnologies this week won a 2010 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for Recycled Fuel Breakthroughs
water
An emerging market around the world is seeing more and more government agencies and other organisations compensating people to protect natural water resources. The practice is called payments for watershed services, or PWS. “While PWS may not be the only solution, … in some parts of the world it can be
csr
An overwhelming majority of corporate CEOs — 93 per cent — believe sustainability will be critical to the future success of their companies, according to a survey released today by the United Nations Global Compact and Accenture. The largest-ever study on executives views about sustainability, the survey questioned 766 CEOs around the
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smart meters
Nearly eight in 10 US consumers — 79 per cent — say in a new survey that they’re ready to make short-term changes in their energy use habits to gain longer-term benefits. Commissioned by GE, the national survey found that 72 per cent believe that, left unchanged, today’s energy sources
