Oil spill sparks evacuation off Australian coast
Comprehensive Alternative Energy Events Calendar We recently revamped our events page to include a google calendar to help you all keep up with upcoming conferences, shows and workshops that promote energy alternatives and provide networking opportunities for all of you involved in the industry. If you know of any upcoming events/conferences that we have missed, please feel free to [.]Posted in: Future Energy, Industry, Politics |
| Oil spill sparks evacuation off Australian coast An oil leak off Australia’s western coast has sparked the evacuation of dozens of workers from a rig, the operator PTTEP Australasia said Friday. |
Solar Lanterns for Sub-Saharan Africans When one lives in a developed country it becomes hard to visualize that how people manage in those parts of the world where electricity is still a distant dream. Residents of the village Ahire, Maharashtra in India claimed that people didnt want to marry their daughters in their village due to lack of electricity. [.]Posted in: Inventions, PhotoVoltaics, Solar Power |
| Environmental initiatives stalled by NY politics. New Yorkers who need to toss old TVs and computers could help avoid harming the environment with the heavy metals in the electronics if the state Senate takes up one of several bills sidetracked by political gridlock earlier this summer. |
| The Superb Grid vs. the SuperGrid Please see the article by Sam Carana on how a larger and simultaneously more local grid can be implemented, to capture as much of the electricity being generated as possible. Read about how many parts of Europe already have surplus electricity and countries are linking their grids together toimprove efficiency.  |
| Africa seeks climate change cash. The leaders of 10 African countries are gathering in Ethiopia to try to agree a common position on climate change, months before a crucial UN meeting. |
First Hydrogen Power Plant in Italy Italy has come up with worlds first hydrogen power plant. This power plant is situated in Fusina, near Venice in the Veneto region of Italy. Enel is constructing this power plant producing no undesirable greenhouse gases. It is Italys largest power company with a track record of fifty million power and gas customers. Enel [.]Posted in: Future Energy, Hydrogen Fuel, Industry |
| Oil spill sparks evacuation off Australian coast An oil leak off Australia’s western coast has sparked the evacuation of dozens of workers from a rig, the operator PTTEP Australasia said Friday. |
Electricity and Desalination from Wastewater In most part of the world safe and clean drinking water is unavailable for daily consumption and industrial use. Currently to desalinate water two kinds of technologies are being used. First is known as reverse osmosis and the second is electro-dialysis. Both of these processes need huge amount of energy. A team of scientists [.]Posted in: Environment, Future Energy, Waste Energy |
| California moves toward stringent chromium 6 standard for drinking water Proposed goal of 0.06 part per billion could force costly treatment on providers that get water from the heavy-metal-contaminated San Fernando Valley aquifer, including L.A., Burbank and Glendale. |