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16-year-old discovers catalyst to turn Egypt’s plastic waste into biofuel
Egyptian teen calculates that her method could generate $78 million in biofuels for country annually. Photo: Euro Azza Abdel Hamid Faiad is not your average 16-year-old. While most teens were delivering pizza or working on their tans this summer, … Continue reading
Growing food in the desert: is this the solution to the world’s food crisis?
Philipp Saumweber is creating a miracle in the barren Australian outback, growing tonnes of fresh food. So why has he fallen out with the pioneering environmentalist who invented the revolutionary system? Desert blooms: Philipp Saumweber, the foun… Continue reading
UK tidal power potential estimated at 153GW
Crown Estate unveils findings of a new study designed to help predict the future growth of the marine energy industry The UK has the potential to install tens of gigawatts (GW) of tidal and wave power capacity, according to a new report from the C… Continue reading
Germany’s renewable energy revolution leaves UK in the shade
The country expects renewables to contribute 35% electricity by 2020 ??? no matter what the cost The blazing blue skies that Germany baked under last weekend added a fresh gleam to the nation’s renewable energy revolution: a new world record for sol… Continue reading
Geothermal energy could meet a fifth of UK’s power needs
The UK could meet a fifth of its power needs ??? the equivalent of nine nuclear power stations ??? by exploiting geothermal power, a new report into the technology has found. But the report found that the current subsidy regime does not provide su… Continue reading
David Cameron briefed on concerns over green deal for homeowners
Impact assessment shows loft insulations and cavity wall insulations are set to fall dramatically under current plans Deep concerns over the government’s flagship policy to make 14m homes warmer and cheaper to heat have reached the top of governme… Continue reading
Gujarat Solar Park – the largest solar park in the world
It’s the biggest solar farm in the world, covering 2,000 ha of northern Gujarat, India, and it has the capacity to generate 600MW of power. Gujarat Solar Park is estimated to save 8m tonnes of CO2 emissions every year via guardian.co.uk Continue reading
Plans afoot to tap Iceland’s geothermal energy with 745-mile cable
Nesjavellir Geothermal Power Station: Iceland’s second largest geothermal power station Photograph by ThinkGeoEnergy A proposed high voltage electrical cable running across the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean to tap Iceland’s surplus volcanic ge… Continue reading
Wind power: new poll finds 66% of UK public in favour
Figures showing public support for wind energy published on the same day as the launch of a national anti-wind campaign The figures show a slightly higher enthusiasm for wind power than a Guardian poll in March. Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Im… Continue reading
Population growth isn’t really our problem
Maggie Koerth-Baker wrote on BoingBoing: In the course of preparing for a panel here at the Conference on World Affairs, I ran across a 2009 editorial by environmental journalist Fred Pearce, in which he explains why current global population tren… Continue reading
