Alternative Energy News Archives
Thursday 5th of January, 2006
The Free Market in Alternative Energy ★★★★★
TreehuggerWhy, if government incentives are acceptable for a coal gasification project, which is still an experimental technology, are not detailed cost comparisons made for a wider range of proven alternatives, including a mix of renewable and non-renewable options?
John Laumer does a bit of math after questioning the cynicism that often comes along for the ride when discussing alternative energy.
State offering energy saving tips ★
Greensboro News-RecordState officials in North Carolina are hosting workshops this month to help businesses find ways to trim energy costs.
Cars made of plants? It ain't sci-fi ★★★
Globe and MailAn interview with Professor Mohini Sain, the director of the Centre for Biocomposites and Biomaterials Processing at U of T. He is working to with biocomposites, in an attempt to get an economic solution with an environmentally sustainable alternative for transportation, construction, building, furniture, electronic and medical devices applications.
Aviva to invest in alternative energy in 2006 ★★
Insurance Business ReviewUK insurance and pension leader Aviva has revealed the strategic focus for its socially responsible investments in the coming year with reinsurers, oil dependent companies and gas guzzling carmakers being given a wide berth.
Aviva's Clare Brook states that climate change, carbon dioxide emissions and the energy challenge will be a key theme for socially responsible investors in 2006.
Thomson inventor branches into tree energy system ★
The Prairie AdvocateTwo men from the United States have been able to take a current detected running from trees and store the unstable energy in a usable format.
Energy expert says crops seen inefficient as biofuel ★
ReutersLord Oxburgh, a former chairman of Shell Trading and Transport, outlined at the annual Oxford Farming Conference that You put in nearly as much energy into producing energy [using traditional crops] than you get out of it. It doesn't actually make a lot of sense
and went on to explain how using waste to produce biofuel may make more sense.
