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Recent food price increases have served to stoke further the debate about the benefits of biofuels. Ethanol, which is the principal alternative fuel to gasoline, is under particular scrutiny as it is produced by fermenting sugar.
Full story...The World Bank has called on national governments not to mandate an increase biofuels production until there is greater clarity about how much biofuels are contributing to the global food price crisis. Juergen Voegele, director
Full story...In February, London’s previous mayor implemented a low-emission zone (LEZ) that requires all diesel vehicles over 12,000 tonnes entering London to be fitted with exhaust treatment systems or pay a £200 daily charge. This new
Full story...Last week’s decision by oil and gas giant Shell to pull out of the London Array offshore wind farm project caused understandable consternation about the future of the project and, indeed, about the future of large scale
Full story...The Indian economy is forecast to grow at around nine per cent per year, and it’s that simple statistic that lies behind India’s rapid emergence as one of the potential economic powerhouses of the 21st century. But the country’s
Full story...The increasing consumption of food commodities by the alternative energy sector at a time of shortages is causing increasing international disquiet. In the US on Friday, two dozen Republican senators asked the Environmental
Full story...If anyone in Hollywood is looking for a theme for the next version of Mission Impossible, a potential script could go like this: The world must boost electricity production by 500 per cent to sustain economic growth between now
Full story...Lord Lawson, the man who was Chancellor of the Exchequer and Energy Minister under Margaret Thatcher, seems to have lost none of his marbles. In his new book “An Appeal To Reason: A Cool Look At Global Warming”, he describes
Full story...Randall MacEwen, chief executive of Los Angeles-based Solar Integrated Technologies, jokes that the last year feels more like ten years. But looking back, it’s clear that Mr MacEwen has achieved a great deal in a short time. When
Full story...As the price of crude oil nears US$120, soaring food prices are provoking a rethink as regards biofuels in the US and Europe. While the amount of fuel produced from crops such as corn and soya is currently only a small part of
Full story...Energetix boss Adrian Hutchings is proud of the simplicity of his company’s Genlec combined heat and power (CHP) unit, which he hopes will soon begin to challenge standard household boilers as an energy efficient way of powering
Full story...It’s all in the name – Poweralternatives.com. When this website was launched by Commodity Watch some nine months ago, the intention was to focus on forms of energy other than those derived from fossil fuels which consist of oil,
Full story...President George W Bush’s conversion on green issues has so far failed to impress. The day before the third meeting of a US-led major economies grouping in Paris last week Mr Bush announced a new target of halting the growth in
Full story...Since joining London’s Aim market last July, solar cell maker Jetion Holdings has hit every milestone it set for itself, including doubling the capacity of its manufacturing facility in China, increasing sales into Europe and
Full story...Aim-traded Romag doesn’t generate much news flow. Lately, though, the shares have started to react to announcements affecting the solar industry. This is indicative of a change of emphasis at Romag, a UK-based specialist glass
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Zenergy‘s High Temperature Superconductor `HTS‘) Induction Heater Wins Prestigious Hermes Award
March 2008, Half Year Report for the half year ended 31 December 2007
EcoSecurities awarded contract by China Datang Corporation to purchase 6 million
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NEGOTIATIONS FOR PROJECT FINANCING, TURBINE DELIVERY AND CONSTRUCTION FUNDING
Commercial Order for Full Scale HTS Induction Heater for Copper Processing
Completion of Field Technical Programme And Progressing Coal-to-Liquids Feasibility Study
