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18-Oct-10

Biofuels: 'bubble-maker' that boosts algae growth

"A bubble-maker that looks like the flux capacitor from the Back to the Future films last night won a £250,000 prize from the Royal Society for its ability to transform the cost and effectiveness of growing algae for biofuel,...

Category: Energy sources

15-Oct-10

Greenfield sites dropped from list of new nuclear reactors

Two sites in Cumbria appear to have been dropped from the government's list of proposed areas for new reactors.

Category: Energy sources

15-Oct-10

Google invests in $5bn wind-power superhighway

The Atlantic Wind Connection Project will serve 1.9m homes from New Jersey to Virginia with electricity from dozens of offshore windfarms.


29-Sep-10

Environmental concern over Sri Lanka nuclear plans

"Environmentalists in Sri Lanka have expressed concern over government plans to build a nuclear power plant by 2025. Energy Minister Champika Ranawaka... ...has said the country needs to ensure that there will be no power cuts...

Category: Energy sources

29-Sep-10

South Africa plans a solar power park

"The country experienced rolling blackouts in 2008 and has been rationing electricity ever since. The solar park will be built in the Northern Cape Province and generate 5,000 megawatts of energy, about 11% of the country's...

Category: Energy sources

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