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Eskom Embarks on Pilot Solar Project
Eskom has embarked on a pilot project that will see it using the power of the sun to generate electricity at three of its facilities.
In the Aftermath of Fukushima, Germany’s Renewable Energy Sources Rise to 20 Percent
The worldwide implications for nuclear power advocates in light of the 11 March disaster at Japan’s Daichi Fukushima nuclear complex, battered first by an earthquake and a subsequent tsunami, are slowly unfolding.
Over 2 Million Mozambicans Using Renewable Energy
Mozambican Energy Minister Salvador Namburete reports that over 2 million Mozambicans are now using renewable energy sources.
India, Iceland Jointly Explore Geothermal Energy
Due to Iceland’s unique geology, which includes a high concentration of volcanoes, five major geothermal power plants produce approximately 26.2 percent of the nation’s energy, while geothermal heating provides for the heating and hot water requirements...
Army Interest in Renewable Fuels Growing
On 10 August Secretary of the Army John McHugh announced the creation of a new Energy Initiatives Office Task Force, whose purpose is to assist the Army face challenges arising from rising fuel costs.
In the Aftermath of Fukushima, Japan Turns to Renewable Energy
In the immediate aftermath of the 11 March nuclear catastrophe at Fukushima, which took six of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s offline, the Japanese government took immediate steps to conserve energy and urged its citizens to the do the same.
Coal And Ethanol Are Not Alternative Energy Policy
The domestic alternative energy policy in the US seems to rotate on semantics and adding words to other words to make it look like something is going on. However, the truth of the matter is, energy policy is as defunct as ever and on most fronts the US...
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Approves 10-year National Power Plan
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved an ambitious decade-long national power development plan that will attempt to boost Vietnam’s power production to 330 billion kilowatts by 2020.
