The UK’s first bus powered entirely by human and food waste has gone into service between Bristol and Bath.The 40-seat “Bio-Bus” runs on biomethane gas generated through the treatment of sewage and food waste.
The KEXPORT Cluster’s 20 environmental member companies have established a network of co-operation for mutual business success, which aims to more efficient business on foreign markets, because now the export is the effective way for business and provides opportunity for development in the Hungarian economy.
The Drake Landing Solar Community (DLSC) is a master planned neighbourhood in the Town of Okotoks, Alberta, Canada that has successfully integrated Canadian energy efficient technologies with a renewable, unlimited energy source – the sun.
The SusTrans project is an international cooperation for a more offers sustainable transport. The project offers solutions in transport for decision makers.
There have been several instances in recent months when wind energy has accounted for all, or nearly all, electricity demand in South Australia. Last Tuesday, however, set a new benchmark – the combination of wind energy and rooftop solar provided more than 100 per cent of the state’s electricity needs, for a whole working day between 9.30am and 6pm.
The multinational furniture giant IKEA will soon begin selling residenatial solar panels in its stores in the Netherlands, as per recent reports. The move is part of a new partnership between the thin-film module manufacturer Hanergy and IKEA.
The cost of utility-scale US solar energy is currently 59% cheaper than what industry analysts predicted in 2010 it would be by now, according to a new report from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).
The state of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany is investing in electricity storage by developing a 30 MW lithium-ion battery there. It will be built by SK Innovation Co. Ltd., a South Korean company. Saxony-Anhalt is the site of something called the Solar Valley because of the infrastructure there that has been created over the years to support solar power. About €9 billion have been invested since 1991.
The Solar Keymark was created to certify solar thermal products of high quality at European level. The aim is to reduce trade barriers and promote the use of high quality solar thermal products in the European market and beyond.
Two geography students in London have come up with a way to give the city’s old red phone boxes a new life. An iconic symbol of the English city, the phone boxes have fallen out of use as the majority of people now have cell phones.
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