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Two Small Renewable Energy Firsts: Offshore Wind Power in Germany, Solar Photovoltaic in Greece

Written by TreeHugger
07/25/2008
Thessaloniki sunset photo by Eva via flickr. Recently when I presented the news of the world’s largest thin-film solar power plant and commented that, at 10 MW, it wasn’t really all that big and sometimes... Read more...

'It feels like a sci-fi film' - accidents tarnish nuclear dream

Written by guardian.co.uk Environment
07/25/2008
French nuclear companies are hoping to play a central role in building reactors in the UK. At home, however, the industry has been dogged by mishaps, writes Angelique Chrisafis Read more...

First Commercial-Scale Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Approved for California

Written by TreeHugger
07/25/2008
photo by Dan Klinge You may have read how Verenium recently opened the first demonstration-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in the United States. Well, that record may soon not mean as much: Read more...

OLED Breakthrough at U. of Michigan and Princeton: 70 Lumens/Watt!

Written by TreeHugger
07/25/2008
Paradoxically, technology both moves very fast yet more slowly than we sometimes wish. New things are coming out all the time (like this big LED breakthrough from Purdue), but we get used to them so fast that we're always looking ahead and it never seems to get... Read more...

10 Steps to Renewable Energy Future: A TreeHugger Review

Written by TreeHugger
07/25/2008
photo by Brett Danley As I’m sure most TreeHugger readers are aware, Al Gore recently articulated his vision of how the United States can combat climate change, help national... Read more...

EDF deal could value British Energy at £12.4bn

Written by Mark Milner
07/25/2008
France's EDF and Britain's nuclear generator, British Energy, are understood to have reached agreement in principle on the terms of an agreed bid Read more...

Khaled Diab: Seeing through the climate change hot air

Written by Khaled Diab
07/25/2008
Khaled Diab: The climate change debate has become shrouded in hot air. We need to step back and look at the larger picture Read more...

Low Impact Living: Are Geothermal Heat Pumps For You?

Written by Low Impact Living
07/25/2008
Over the past few months we’ve noticed quite a bit of interest in geothermal heating and cooling amongst our site visitors, and in particular in geothermal heat pumps. We’ve also had many questions from people about exactly what they are and how/if they should consider them as an eco-friendly heating/cooling option. If this describes you, [...] Read more...

New Technology Can Turn Heat Waste Into Electricity

Written by Ariel Schwartz
07/25/2008
Great news on the power efficiency front: Scientists have invented a new material that can efficiently convert heat waste in cars, power generators, and heat pumps into electricity. The new material is thermoelectric, and can turn heat into energy without any pollution. The invention, thallium-doped lead telluride, is twice as efficient as the second most efficient [...] Read more...

Uranium leak at France's Tricastin nuclear plant

Written by guardian.co.uk Environment
07/25/2008
Local rivers and groundwater contaminated, leading locals to rely on bottled water and tanks trucked in from other parts of France Read more...

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