HAVING forked out a ridiculous EUR680 on a fill of home-heating oil recently I spent a whole day last week at an alternative energy exhibition.
I could have been at home with a roaring fire, a DVD and a tub of Ben and Jerry’s but the cost of the oil was killing me.
Like most I’m a [...]

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It’s time to harness the world’s virtually inexhaustible supply of solar energy and start building a brighter future
We know that relying on coal, oil and natural gas threatens our future with toxic pollution, global climate change and social unrest caused by diminishing fuel supplies. Instead of relying on unsustainable fossil fuels, we must transform our [...]

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Solar power produces, per unit of energy, only about one-tenth as much carbon dioxide and other harmful emissions as does conventional power generation, a new study shows.
Solar panels don’t release harmful gases during use, but making the solar cells does consume materials and energy-mainly from conventional power sources such as coal-fired power plants, which in [...]

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If we could extract all the geothermal energy that exists underneath the United States to a depth of two miles, it would supply America’s power demands (at the current rate of usage) for the next 30,000 years. Getting at all that energy is not feasible — there are technological and economic impediments — but drawing [...]

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While Projects in U.S. Stall, Europe’s Utilities Expand Their Reach….
In the U.S., more wind power was installed last year than in any country in the world — 2,454 megawatts, or more than the equivalent of two nuclear reactors. Despite the recent action, the U.S. still lags behind other countries that have spent decades nurturing wind [...]

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