 Al Gore set for 24-hour climate change broadcast
Five years after releasing An Inconvenient Truth, former US Vice President, Al Gore, is back and hoping to raise public awareness on climate change with a revised version of his now-famous slide show. The new release comes days after UN General Secretary, Ban Ki-moon, once again warned of the consequences of global warming and called for urgent international action. | Google finally fesses up about energy use 
Every time you click “Search”, Google’s data centres and servers use about the same amount of energy that your body burns in ten seconds. A useful fact, not really, but what is more interesting are the data released yesterday by the search giant about its overall energy use. Shy to reveal such data, Google has taken the historic step of publishing figures on its energy consumption: continuously enough energy to power 200,000 homes or about 0.01% of global electricity use. | Wind energy to cover 3% of global electricity demand by year end
The world market for wind energy saw a sound revival in the first half of 2011 and re-gained momentum after a weak year in 2010: The worldwide wind capacity reached 215,000 MW by the end of June 2011, out of which 18,405 MW were added in the ¬first six months of 2011. This increase represents 15 % more than in the first half of 2010, when only 16’000 MW were added. | Panorama United States
Obama speech, job plan promote renewables but differ on attention to bio-fuels Breakthrough in hydrogen fuel cells touted by National Science Foundation UK
Electricity market reform encourages new investment Wind Wind power on the up… literally Gamesa wins third Swedish turbine order in four months Brazil
Wind power taking off, industry seeks long-term policy Germany
New recruits wanted, no landlubbers need apply Electric/Hybrid Electric vehicle charging station installations to reach 7.7 million by 2017 Ocean Energy Kenya
OpenHydro to partner with EDF Renewables on second tidal power project Ocean Power Technologies PowerBuoy successfully withstands Hurricane Irene Agenda Wind PowerExpo 2011 TIREC 2011 |
