Beijing Review: Only 10 years ago, the lithium ion battery was limited to the lab…
Month: October 2009
Should Europe run on Sahara sun?
New Scientist: EVERY two weeks, the sun pours more energy onto the surface of our…
Europeans dream of a ‘supergrid,’ but many wires need connecting
New York Times: European energy planners have a dream: an electricity grid spanning the continent…
The plots thicken
ClimateWire: Now the real Senate bargaining begins on a climate bill. Late Friday night Sen….
Coral ‘cryobank’ saves reef species
Australian: SHOULD the Great Barrier Reef perish as a result of rising ocean temperatures and…
Carbon market will do well but ‘may run out of time.’
Straits Times: The global carbon industry is expected to perform well this year despite the…
A cascade of plug-in efficiencies
New York Times: With the first big wave of modern electric cars due to arrive…
Energy department aid for scientists on the edge
New York Times: The federal Energy Department will make good on a pledge for a…
AES taps into China’s rush to wind power
Washington Post: Along the flat shoreline of the Bohai Sea, 33 new Chinese-made wind turbines…
German coalition cautiously favorable on GMOs
Reuters: Germany’s incoming government drew mixed responses on Monday to its cautiously-favorable policy toward genetically-modified…