Harry Hill – the genius behind Harry Hill’s TV Burp – is getting behind Fairtrade nuts. Greenbang went down to Harry town to find out what he’s really up to. Harry – how farmer-friendly are your nuts? Well they are 100 per cent Fairtrade and not everyone knows this but Fairtrade
Thames
Greenbang is reassured she isn’t likely to die from a tsunami rolling up the Thames like in the film Deep Impact. The findings of a Met Office and Environment Agency (EA) study say current government predictions and previous flood scenarios are realistic and that London won’t be submerged
Iberdrola
Not to be outdone by its Iberian neighbour Portugal (as reported on by Greenbang here yesterday), Spain has also deployed a commercial wave energy project. The project is being led by Spanish utility Iberdrola and the pilot consists of a bouy 10 metres in diameter with a shaft that contains
Portugal
What is claimed to be the world’s first commercial wave power project opened off the coast of Portugal this week. The €9m Aguçadoura project is the first of a series experimental wave energy projects by the Ondas de Portugal (Waves of Portugal) consortium, which is made up of Babcock
Everyone knows London’s West End is the best place for theatre, that you would head down to Canary Wharf for finance and to Soho for, um, less salubrious things. But, up until now, there’s not really been a UK hub for sustainable business. Now Sea Space has announced
PC World has launched its first energy saving computer, which it claims uses only a fifth of the energy used by the average PC. The Advent Eco PC uses just 25w – about half the power it takes to light the typical light bulb, with the energy differential primarily coming from
Opinium
Brits are doing their bit to help the environment by recycling, putting in insulation and turning down thermostats but they are unwilling to pay higher taxes to help combat climate change. In a survey of almost 2,000 people, two-thirds say the government’s recent energy measures need to go
Clean Tech Start-up Index
Today’s entry from Greenbang’s special report on UK Clean Tech Start-up businesses is about PowerOasis, just one of the many companies found in the report. * Founder/Chief Executive: Nick Smailes * Founding date: December 2006 * Number of employees: 9 * Turnover: 2008 £250,000, projected * 2010 £20 million * Website: www.
Clean Tech Start-up Index
Today’s entry from Greenbang’s special report on UK Clean Tech Start-up businesses is about Origo Industries, just one of the many companies found in the report. * Founder/Chief Executive: Ian Houston * Founding date: September 2007 * Number of employees: 8 * Turnover: Estimated £2.4million in the first two years
groundwater
We’ve had a lot of stuff recently on Greenbang about how carbon capture and storage (CCS) – injecting liqueified carbon underground – might be the only realistic way to make the dramatic cuts in CO2 emissions needed to tackle climate change. But, as we’ve pointed out before, there is another
IEEE
A new wireless standard is set to introduce power saving features that will “green up” wi-fi networks. That’s according to wireless expert Matthew Gast, principal engineer at Trapeze Networks and chair of the Wi-Fi Alliance wireless network management and security technical taks groups. Known by the catchy name of
australia
Australia, the largest exporter of coal in the world, has unveiled plans to sweep carbon underground. The Australian government has announced it will fund a $100m (that’s in Aussie dollars) a year carbon capture and storage (CCS) institute. It will help Australia to meet a G8 commitment to have
