Solar Park to Create Power for 10,000 Homes
Great news in the green energy sector this week – Canada has turned on its new solar energy park. The Ontario First Light Solar Park is the largest of its kind in Canada and can proudly boast to generate enough power for 10,000 homes each year.
The joint project [...]
Posts Tagged ‘green-energy’
21 Oct
The Ontario First Light Solar Park in Canada
23 Jun
North African Solar Panelled Farms
Will North African Solar Panelled Deserts Result in Cheaper Energy
The deserts of North Africa are now being considered to supply Europe with energy generated by massive solar paneled farms. The idea is now a very attractive one now that the numbers have been crunched to see if harvesting the deserts of North Africa could actually [...]
17 Mar
Google goes Green
It is being reported that the gods at Google are planning on looking into green and cheaper energy solutions, at Google they understand that they have a large part to play in the future development of renewable energy, after all they do dominate most of the internet market, just think how many computers they are [...]
6 Mar
Green Hydro Energy
Hydropower
Of the renewable energy sources Hydropower is the most established of them all. Hydropower has been used for centuries when the likes of water mills where used to generate power but in the last couple of decades turbines have been used to convert the flow of water into electricity, generally the modern systems is a [...]
25 Nov
Scottish and Southern Energy plans to lower bills
SSE Shakes Things Up with 2009 Energy Bills Cut
Scottish and Southern Energy has put the cat amongst the pigeons by announcing that is is seriously considering price cuts in the new year. There is no indication from SSE as to the level of these reductions, although Price comparison service energyhelpline.com has said it expects energy [...]
30 Oct
Renewable Vs Nuclear Debate continues
Continuing on from Johnny Ball championing Nuclear Power, i came across a very interesting letter in The Herald today from Kerr McGregor of the Scottish Solar Energy Group. Aside from detailing an appealing energy-mix solution, the summary paragraph addresses the Nuclear debate far more elegantly that i ever could:
As for nuclear, it is fatally flawed [...]
27 Oct
Johnny Ball backs nuclear power – is he right?
Writing in The Sun last month, childhood TV hero Johnny Ball outlined his opinion that Nuclear Power is the way forward for UK energy. Ball maintains that nuclear tech has come a long way in the last 20 years, coining the phrase ‘New Nuclear’ for this latest generation.
…. the French are already 85 per cent [...]
12 Sep
Green Energy Evangelist – Paris Hilton
We are aware that we are behind the curve on this but the recent Paris Hilton spoof response video had us in stitches. The notorious hotel heiress seems more clued up in Green Energy that most of the world’s major policy makers!
See some of the highlights here:
26 Aug
Biofuels – The Ulitmate Clean and Green Energy?
Biofuel has long been claimed as the answer to rising oil and gas prices, the ultimate in ‘clean and green energy’. As if to emphasise this further, a group of enthusiasts are currently en route to the cradle of Western Civilisation using only waste oil and cooking fat obtained from Chip Shops along the way. [...]
