Due to its location on the periphery of Europe, biofuel developments by Finnish companies sometimes receive less media attention than they deserve. However, the country has been developing a range of technologies to convert its indigenous organic wastes, wood and biomass resources into high quality biofuels. One of the companies in the forefront of these […]
Read MoreWaste to Wheel
Due to its location on the periphery of Europe, biofuel developments by Finnish companies sometimes receive less media attention than they deserve. However, the country has been developing a range of technologies to convert its indigenous organic wastes, wood and biomass resources into high quality biofuels. One of the companies in the forefront of these […]
Read MoreWaste to Wheel
Due to its location on the periphery of Europe, biofuel developments by Finnish companies sometimes receive less media attention than they deserve. However, the country has been developing a range of technologies to convert its indigenous organic wastes, wood and biomass resources into high quality biofuels. One of the companies in the forefront of these […]
Read MoreGet into the Groove with Tekes
Few businessmen, entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists outside of Finland will have heard of Tekes. It is a public agency working under Finland’s Ministry of Employment and the Economy – and is the main public funding organisation for research and development (R&D) in Finland. Tekes has an annual budget of approximately 600 million euros and has […]
Read MoreGreener telecom networks
As an ever increasing number of people around the world become connected by mobile communications networks [the number of cell phone subscribers is set to reach 5 billion in 2010] the challenges to providing electricity to these expanding networks are becoming greater as well. In particular, developing countries are seeing unprecedented growth in wireless subscribers. […]
Read More2010 will be record year for offshore wind
On 20th July 2010 the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) published their latest statistics on offshore wind turbine developments. 118 new offshore wind turbines were fully connected to the grid during 2010 H1. These turbines have a capacity of 333 MW – well over half the 577 MW installed offshore last year – showing continuing […]
Read MoreNatural gas power station to use revolutionary fuel cell technology
AFC Energy plc, the world’s leading developers of low-cost alkaline fuel cell technology, announced in mid-July 2010 that they will be supporting a project being developed by B9 Coal, and its affiliate B9 Gas, to create a natural gas power station using revolutionary fuel cell technology. This ground-breaking project will incorporate up to 99% carbon […]
Read MoreImperial College to get CCS pilot plant
Work has begun on London’s first Carbon Capture Pilot Plant, as part of an £8.9 million redevelopment project at Imperial College London. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology is one type of technology that may be used in the future to reduce the UK’s greenhouse emissions by fitting coal and gas fired power plants with […]
Read MoreCarbon Neutral Tampere
Introduction Carbon neutrality is a simple concept – but one enmeshed in highly complex detail. It implies that a city should move away from using fossil fuels and reduce its waste outputs to near-zero. Several cities have started on the journey to carbon neutrality – led by the flagship urban development of Masdar City in […]
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