Renewables

Vivace, another renewable energy source

After my writing of two articles on renewable energy sources from the oceans in October, here comes VIVACE or vortex-induced vibrations for aquatic clean energy. According to an interesting article by The Telegraph, this prototype could enable us to harness some energy from our rivers and waterbeds around the world. The potential is huge as […]

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Al Gore’s brilliant plan to repower America

Al Gore, the former US Vice President and co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize with the IPCC, wants to take the opportunity of having a President that promotes change to repower America. To do so, he launched a new website and wrote a most interesting article in the New York Times which perfectly sums up

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Latest news on solar photovoltaïc energies

Solar photovoltaïc (also known as PV or solar cells) is the subject of numerous researches around the world. Indeed, Earth receives so much energy from its star that the potential is simply tremendous. Accounting for less than a percent of our energy consumption, scientists around the world want to make solar an affordable energy source

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More data on energy sources from the oceans

Only two days after my first article on the various possibilities of harnessing a part of the tremendous energy from our oceans, GreenTech Media provides us with more on this topic. This article focuses forecasting the future of this particular market segment. With less than 10 MW currently installed, experts believe installed power could reach

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Various energy sources from the oceans

Oceans are covering up to 70 percent of our planet. Yet, until now we didn’t hear much about their potential for providing us with huge quantities of renewable energy. But as things are beginning to change as projects are being launched in Europe and in the United States it is time for me to write

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Economic turmoil and sustainable investments

With the economic turmoil around the world and a crisis dubbed as the largest one since 1929, it is normal to wonder if sustainable investments and clean technologies will be hit. EcoGeek – a reference website on all green technologies, gizmos and investments – proposed an article last week that allow us to better grasp

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The European Union steps back on biofuels

After Germany, it seems that the whole European Union is willing to steps back on its support to biofuels as they are one of the main reason for the recent riots of hunger. First generation biofuels’ use are competing directly with the traditional consumption of cereals: food. Even worse, some studies have shown that they

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US Congress should extend renewables tax credit

According to the Daily Green, the US Congress should renew as soon as possible its tax credit for renewable energy companies and this for four different reasons. From high oil prices to the unemployment rate and from climate change to the unrest of some oil producing regions, there are several grounds for us to want

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Google invests in Enhanced Geothermal Systems

Google is really interested in renewable energy sources. After putting millions in solar and wind energies, they are this time investing in harvesting the ground’s energy. Focusing this time on a specific technology called Enhanced Geothermal Sytems – EGS for short – Google is putting 10.25 million USD (7 million euros) on the table. EGS

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Better Place : an interesting project of hybrid cars

Even if oil prices decreased during the last weeks – as I write these lines they are around $120 at the NYMEX – there is no doubt they will soar again and reach $200 in the very next months. Since our transportation habits are depending so much on this energy source, it is high time

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