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27-Oct-08

Biofuel flying will take off in three years

Boeing claims that biofuels will be available for aircraft within 3 years, yet "Fuelling the world's 13,000 commercial planes with soya bean-based fuel, for example, would require setting aside the equivalent of the entire land...


24-Oct-08

'Drastic' reforms on energy urged

""Urgent and drastic" policy and system changes are needed if the UK is to meet EU targets on renewable energy, a House of Lords committee has said."

Category: Energy sources

24-Oct-08

Energy challenges for US

Excellent video from Newsnight highlighting the differences between oil states like Oklahoma and Hawaii, where renewable energy is coming from volcanoes. Scroll down for the video.

Category: Energy sources

24-Oct-08

Drax has £2bn plan for biomass power stations

"Drax Group, the owner of Britain's most carbon-intensive power station, is turning green with a £2bn plan to build the country's first large-scale biomass plants which burn plant-based materials."

Category: Energy sources

24-Oct-08

The great green electricity con

"In his first of his weekly Greenwash columns, Fred Pearce finds that "green" electricity tariffs are often far from what they seem"

Category: Energy sources

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