Tag Archives: energy
Biofuel breakthrough announced – the hydrogen economy takes a giant leap forward
A new breakthrough has been announced in biofuel production that could mean cheap clean hydrogen energy is just around the corner. The new process has been able to produce hydrogen from simple plant sugars, something previously only theoretically possible. The new process is cheap and does not use polluting and energy intensive processes to do [...]
Crooked willows make better fuel
There’s always something in nature to amaze and a new study has shown that willows which grow at a diagonal are much better for biofuel production than willow trees that are left to grow normally. The difference can be substantial with the crooked tree producing 5 times more bio-fuel than their more straight cousins. While [...]
High energy costs fuels illegal logging in the UK
We often think of illegal logging taking place in South America, Asia or Africa. Trees are chopped down for timber or firewood threatening habitats of the local wildlife. Illegal timber thefts and more worryingly chopping down of trees is now happening in the UK and it’s driven by high fuel prices. High fuel prices puts 25% of households [...]
Massive new clean energy resources mapped across the US
A new study has shown that using currently known and available geothermal technologies the United States has energy generating capacity equivalent to 10 times the amount of energy produced by all it’s coal fired powered stations. A new heat map shows that the heat of the Earth could generate 3 million megawatts for the US. The research [...]
Could high energy prices bring back air pollution?
As the new higher energy bills start to drop through the letterboxes or, if you’re like me on internet tarriffs, arrive by email the true impact of the recent price rises are being felt. Energy bills are now easily 25% higher than this time last year. Clearly if we have another cold winter this year [...]