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Israel has discovered about 200 years worth of natural gas entirely within its own offshore waters. Under investigation since 2009, the massive 125 square mile Leviathon field is now yielding even larger discoveries. There may even be oil beneath the gas. A smaller field in scheduled to start producing energy in 2013, with Leviathon set [...]
Montana State University researchers have made a breakthrough in biodiesel — with the aid of common baking soda. When soda is added at just the right time in the growth cycle, algae produce two to three times the oil in half the time of conventional growth models. Above: the process into which the common baking [...]
A massive new solar power station has just gone under construction in California. BrightSource is a $1.7 billion solar megaproject in the Mojave Desert. It is expected to start producing energy for the grid by the end of 2012 and to reach full capacity in 2013, powering 140,000 homes. Six more such power stations are [...]
23-year-old Emily Cummins started work in the garden shed and came up with a solar fridge now being used in Zambia, Namibia and South Africa. Last week Emily was awarded the Oslo Business for Peace.
British home owners will be able to take a staggered loan to fit their homes with insulation from the end of 2012. There will be no initial cost, but the costs can then be paid in small instalments on normal utility bills. 14 millions homes should benefit.
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