A new round of licenses has been awarded to successful bidders in Britain’s energy industry, allowing for the future development of thousands of offshore wind turbines, leading the way for the next phase of clean energy generation in the U.K.
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Ontario, Canada, is to be home to the biggest photovoltaic solar power plant in North America, thanks to plans to increase capacity of the Sarnia Solar Project to 80 MW, an increase of 60 MW. In a joint venture to quadruple in size the Sarnia Solar Plant, Enbridge Inc. and First Solar Inc. expect to start the expansion in 2010 at a cost of approximately $300 million.
Once hated by environmental activists and designated politically hazardous by public opinion, nuclear generated electricity is gaining support as a way to combat rising CO2 levels.
Norway has become the first country to delve into producing osmotic power, a new, emission-free way of generating electricity. As the name suggests, osmotic power is created by allowing fresh water and sea water to mix by means of a specially engineered membrane.
Better Energy Systems has developed the Solio Universal “Hybrid” Charger that is compatible with Sony PSPs, BlackBerries and, of course, the much-loved iPhone.
In the context of today’s world, ‘consuming’ and ‘balance’ in the same sentence seems to be an oxymoron.
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