The Problem: We’re Almost Out of Oil and Fossil Fuels
A treasure chest of downloadable presentations on Peak Oil topics, including OPEC, energy and equity, alternative energy, and hydrogen.
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Report from Germany: The 3rd International Meeting on Peak Oil and Gas
Eight-page report on the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO)conference this May in Germany…Our conclusion from the meeting? Peak Oil is real, and it’s getting closer.
British Telecom gets behind renewable energy
British Telecom has announced a three-year plan to get all of its energy needs from renewable sources – the biggest such project in the world.
Wind power can create thousands of manufacturing jobs in hard-hit states
Boosting U.S. wind energy installations to approximately eight times
today’s levels could create 150,000 manufacturing jobs nationwide, with
most jobs being added in the 20 states that have lost the most over the
past three years, according to a report released today by the Renewable
Energy Policy Project (REPP).
Ireland: Wind energy farm plan bites the dust
Plans by a North Cork based company, D. P. Energy Ltd., to develop a wind energy farm on the picturesque mountainside have been given the thumbs down by An Bord Pleanála, and the communities who fought a vigorous campaign against the project now believe it has finally been consigned to the pages of history.
Ireland – Wood Energy tipped for carbon & price benefits
“Wood energy can provide certainty of supply and certainty in price. This is an important message for commercial and industrial customers who are currently exposed to the fluctuations in the world energy markets.
Are the days of cheap power bills at an end?
MILLIONS of Scottish gas and electricity users face further increases in their bills – despite the recent record price rises. A ScottishPower spokesman admitted: “The era of cheap electricity is over.”
China warns of more power cuts
China has warned that several of its key regions face more power shortages this winter and spring.
Widescale Biodiesel Production from Algae
Article discusses the energy efficiency, large scale production feasibility and cost of biodiesel production from algae, draws favourable comparisions with Hydrogen production and infrastructure costs.
Change in the Chinese Wind
The world’s largest wind power project will begin construction this month near Beijing, bringing green energy and cleaner air to the 2008 Summer Olympics and city residents coping with some of the worst air pollution in the world.
POWER FROM MOVING WATER
The technical and policy difficulties of harnessing ocean energy.
Hydrogen-producing ship will use wind
Bremerhaven, Germany: A former coastal tanker is being adapted for a new role as a wind plant-fitted, hydrogen production ship. Following completion of the conversion scheme by the end of 2004, the 66 m Hydrogen Challenger will be put into service in the German Bight. It will lie off the wind-scoured Niedersachsen coast or in the vicinity of the island of Helgol, produce hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis, and transport the gaseous cargo to industrial buyers on the mainland.