Energy & Nuclear

EU plans call for the UK to increase its use of renewables in the energy mix from the current 5% to 15% by 2020. An independent British government commissioned report for BERR, the Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, shows that … [Read more...] about EU Renewables Plan to Cost £160 per Household

Plans to construct one of Europe's largest onshore wind farms has been refused by the Scottish Government. It said Lewis Wind Power's (LWP) 181-turbines for Lewis on the Western Isles did not comply with European law protecting sensitive … [Read more...] about Massive Wind Farm Plan Blown Away

Three cheers ! At last the peddlers of doom have seen the light : bio-fuels do displace food crops and rain forests ! Starving the poor and destroying biodiversity to give us good conscience as we pour cereal-based ethanol into our tanks is not a … [Read more...] about European Commission Cut from Reality? PR from Bellamy and Duchamp

WASHINGTON – Two top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee today asked committee Chairman John Dingell, D-Mich., and U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., to open an investigation into carbon offset programs. U.S. Reps. Joe Barton, … [Read more...] about Republicans Ask for Investigation Into Carbon Offset Programs

The University of Birmingham will unveil the only hydrogen gas fuelling station in England on its Edgbaston campus on Thursday 17 April 2008 at 11.30am. Press Release: Fuel for Thought: University Opens England’s Only Hydrogen Fuelling … [Read more...] about Birmingham University Opens England’s Only Hydrogen Fuelling Station