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Energy-efficient, Smoke-free Stoves Improve Lives for Pakistan Village Women

Here in the Union Council Gharo of Thatta district in Sindh province, some 125 kilometres from the southern port city of Karachi, Siddiqi is happily making a living by building earthenware stoves for the villagers.


Tue, 11/08/2011 - 15:43 — admin

£5.1M Government Funding Secured To Develop Wave Energy Device, Oyster 2

Wave energy developer Aquamarine Power received a major boost on 2 February 2010 when it secured £5.1 million of public funding to support the manufacture of its second generation wave energy device, Oyster 2, which will be manufactured later this year for testing at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney (EMEC) in 2011.


Tue, 11/08/2011 - 15:41 — admin

Hydro-electric Wave Energy Device “Oyster” Launched Off the Coast of Scotland

Scotland's potential renewables capacity is estimated to be around 60GW. Our waters hold around ten per cent of Europe’s wave power potential and as much as a quarter of its tidal power potential.  The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) provides world-leading test facilities for Aquamarine and other companies to develop the technology needed to harness this huge untapped potential.


Tue, 11/08/2011 - 15:32 — admin

Pew Center Launches Online Resource on Corporate Energy Efficiency

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change on September 29, 2009 launched a new Corporate Energy Efficiency Web Portal that features a myriad of resources designed to help businesses develop new and stronger energy efficiency strategies.


Tue, 11/08/2011 - 15:24 — admin

Commuting Bicyclists: A Growing Transportation Trend

Biking is gaining popularity as a form of commuting which benefits  the environment.


Tue, 11/08/2011 - 14:26 — admin

Researchers make Breakthrough in Creating Gasoline from Plant Matter

Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of "green gasoline," a liquid identical to standard gasoline yet created from sustainable biomass sources like switchgrass and poplar trees.


Tue, 11/08/2011 - 14:24 — admin

Barriers to a Green Economy Breaking Down According to UNEP Year Book 2008

An emerging Green Economy is seen in the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) 2008 Year Book which indicates that growing numbers of companies embrace environmental policies and investors are pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into cleaner and renewable energies.


Tue, 11/08/2011 - 14:18 — admin

Remarkable New Shirt Harvests Energy from Wearer's Movement

Nanotechnology researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing a shirt that harvests energy from the wearer's physical motion and converts it into electricity for powering small electronic devices worn by soldiers in the field, hikers and other users.


Tue, 11/08/2011 - 14:12 — admin

Microbes Churn Out Hydrogen at Record, New Efficient Rate

By adding a few modifications to their successful wastewater fuel cell, researchers have coaxed common bacteria to produce hydrogen in a new, efficient way.


Tue, 11/08/2011 - 14:07 — admin

Clean Coal-Fired Power Plant Test Traps 95 Percent of Carbon

Tests of a new technology for capturing greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants have achieved 95 percent cuts in a step towards new ways to fight climate change, a Norwegian company said on November 16, 2007.


Tue, 11/08/2011 - 14:06 — admin

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