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The Future of Energy heads to London as business thrives

Abu Dhabi, UAE, 21 January 2009: The UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband, spoke at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi on Monday to highlight the UK’s leading role in meeting the global challenge of combating climate change with renewable energy.

Britain is facing an energy crisis – Daily Mail (London, Uk)

NATIONAL Grid or Scottish & Southern Energy could play a pivotal role
in Britain’s future energy market, in a radical shake-up outlined by energy
watchdog Ofgem. The regulator warned the country faces power cuts in the next five years
unless the government takes greater control of the energy

Uncertainty clouds Georgia Power forecast – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Every three years, by law, Georgia Power files with the
Georgia Public Service Commission a document called an Integrated
Resource Plan. The plan updates the utility’s projections of future
energy demand by consumers and tells how the company expects to meet
those needs. In the last filing, in

Eco plan to make Glasgow greener – Evening Times (Glasgow, Uk)

A NEW scheme has been launched to drive down carbon emissions in
Glasgow and meet the city’s future energy needs. The Sustainable Glasgow report, believed to be the first of its kind, is the
result of a year long study by a consortium led by Strathclyde University. Its aim is to reduce carbon

Oerlikon Promises 30% Lower Solar Module Production Costs in 2010

Oerlikon Solar this week at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, said that it plans to reach production costs at grid parity by the end of this year meaning the company is on track to offer its customers an advanced fab design capable of producing modules for $0.70/W by that time.

Biofuels from Engineered Tobacco Plants?

A biofuel is tricky to define because the usual fossil fuel we use, is in a way biofuel too. But we can safely say that most of the biofuels don’t add up their quota of carbon dioxide to the environment. The biofuels are therefore considered to be “CO2 neutral.” Researchers from the Biotechnology Foundation [...]
Posted in: Biofuels, Future Energy, Industry

Abu Dhabi to host world energy summit – The Hindustan Times

Abu Dhabi, Jan. 5 — Officials of developed and developing countries,
including India, will meet here Jan 18 at the World Future Energy Summit 2010,
WAM news agency reported Tuesday. Finland’s Economic Affairs Minister Mauri Pekkarinen will be the keynote
speaker at the panel session on the first

Floating Geodesic Solar Molecules

Researchers speak in unison that if we develop the capability to harvest 40 minutes of sunlight falling on the entire earth, we can provide energy to the whole population of this planet for about a year. But we are successful in trapping just 1% of that energy till now. Scientists and industrial designers are [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Inventions, Solar Power

Energy Harvesting ‘Piezo-tree’ Concept

Researchers at the Cornell University have taken inspiration from nature and tried to imitate the swaying of tree branches. So what is the difference between natural swaying of trees and energy-harvesting tree created by Cornell University researchers? The flapping leaves developed in the laboratory generate energy which can be utilized by us. They are [...]
Posted in: Future Energy, Inventions, Wind Power