New Zealand: a Choice between Coal and Nuclear Power?

cover image from the video game "New Zealand Story" This article in New Zealand's Otago Daily Times suggests that nuclear powe...

Alternative Energy South Africa: Time to Prepare for "Post Commodity Economy"

Mining's contribution to South Africa's GDP has shrunk from 14% in 1983 to less than 7% by the end of the 1990s. Gold reserves are o...

Think Big: Plan for Massive Off-Shore Wind Farm in Scotland

Plans for a massive offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth have gained £6m of funding from the the U.K. government. The project will see two ...

India: Solar Power to Light Billboards

The Delhi government in India has decided to make use of solar power compulsory for lighting up hoardings and for street lighting. Article i...

Germany Leads the Way: Using Energy Tariffs to Increase Alternative Energy Use

This article asserts that no country has made a more profound and consistent commitment to rewewable energy as the world's third largest...

Stardust Probe to Reveal AntiMatter Source? - 500 days to go

A mass of data collected in the course of the encounter between the Starburts probe and the comet Wild-2 on 2 January 2004 including about 7...

Carbon Sink Technology Boost for Alternative Energy?

According to climate scientists at the EuroScience Open Forum 2004 governments should be exploring the potential of Negative Emissions Techn...