Green power’s potential
Summary of the major forms of renewable energy, and how they are being implemented locally in Ohio.
Electricity
Sustainability and Environment Headlines – 27th July, 2005
Farmers market feeding the poor / Couple does its part to avoid guzzling resources / How To Do Decentralized Energy / Lending a Hand to Argentina’s Protesters / The Green Machine That Could Be Detroit / Academics propose teaching organic farming / Report gives Nova Scotia a reality check, proposes new energy strategy / More and Dumber People – Hot and Hotter Planet / Climate change inevitable: Minister / Rainbow Warrior interrupts Newcastle’s coal operations / Farms spew out nitrogen oxides / Methane May Pack Double the Climate Punch of Earlier Estimates / Planet of the Plants / Mayor calls for action to fight global warming / Congress Told Hydrogen Fuel Decades from Being Practical / With a Push From the U.N., Water Reveals Its Secrets / Power plants worried as heat wave warms Great Lakes
Report on UK Peak Oil Day: Peak Speak
PowerSwitch recently held a conference outside London, titled Peak Speak, providing a platform to discuss the causes, consequences, and mitigation of the peak and decline in global oil production, and action that can be taken. Report includes notes on the speakers, topics they covered, and links to presentations.
Wind farms could meet energy needs
(CNN) — Wind power could generate more than enough sustainable electricity to meet global energy needs, according to new research.
UK Peak Oil Conference – London, 11 October
On 11 October 2005, in London, a major conference will look at the peak
oil problem and its impact on climate change, the world’s food supply and
the world economy. Speakers include Michael Meacher MP, Tim Lang and
Andrew Simms (of NEF), and the chair will be Dr Ian Gibson MP. The
conference is being organised by East Anglia Food Link, CRed, Sustain and
PowerSwitch.org.uk.
Jatropha oil: A promising, clean alternative energy
Discovering an affordable and cleaner burning alternative energy source has long been the dream of industrial chemical engineer Robert Manurung.
Environment/Sustainability – 1 July, 2005
Blair may snub US on climate /
Nightmare vision of underwater Britain /
Climate change warnings ignored /
Flushed drugs in waterways /
CO2 turning oceans acidic /
‘Clean energy’ power station in Scotland /
Clean cars in California should interest other states /
Ethanol’s potential: looking beyond corn
Exponential Enrons Ahead
There has been a lot of media focus on the $18 billion in tax incentives contained in the Senate energy bill, but almost nothing about PUHCA repeal, even though the latter is by far the greatest prize: according to Lynn Hargis the value of all regulated utilities exceeds one trillion dollars. [PUHCA = Public Utilities Holding Company Act, a cornerstone New Deal financial reform]
There’s no fuel like an old fuel
Strongly reasoned case put for biofuels as the solution to decline of fossil oil supply. Dr Chia (cardiologist) calmly lays out the Hubbert/depletionists case, dismisses any central role for nuclear energy, and goes on to advocate bioengineered phyto-fuels (for biodiesel etc) and the development of artificial photosynthesis.
The cost of gas set to soar
DOMESTIC gas bills are expected to soar this winter as the future cost of gas hits record highs. The price of gas for delivery in October is currently 66p a therm, a 75% premium on this point last year.
Nicaragua’s Economic/Energy emergency
On May 30 Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos issued an emergency decree that, amongst other things, enabling him to raise electric prices as demanded by producers, primarily the Spanish company Unión Fenosa.
Is this a point of inflection in Nicaragua’s energy descent, or business as usual? We’ve collected a few articles to throw some light on the question.
The next 50 years: Four European energy futures
Report considering European energy transition scenarios, four story lines connecting plausible global developments in world energy markets and climate change policies consistently with European energy regime changes and related national innovation pressures. It includes explicit consideration of anti-globalisation arguments and climate change scenario’s, setting a new standard for integrated analysis.