World’s First Wave Farm in Portugal, Lights up to 1,500 Homes
The Portuguese have come up with an innovative technology that can generate energy from the waves created on the sea surface, and the Agucadoura is one such wave farm built off the Portugal coast. The wave farm, which is the first of its kind in the world, consists of three Wave Energy Converters that can generate a total of 2.25MW of ...
Romania’s Green Side : Bike Counting in Timisoara
Romania is a small country in Eastern Europe, with not much of a success in making the world a better place when it comes to the environment. However, steps are being taken and young people get more and more actively involved in promoting greener technologies and solutions for the cities they live in. With the help of many foundations and eco clubs ...
Suzlon Energy Clarifies on Broken Turbine Blade in the US
India-based Suzlon Energy Ltd - the largest wind turbine manufacturer in Asia, announced on Friday that one of their wind turbine blades in the US, suffered an extremely rare and unusual incident, accidental breakage. [caption id="attachment_2064" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Suzlon windmill farm at Chitradurga"][/caption] We're talking about a "single V2 blade on a Suzlon S.88 turbine", while the rest are still operating without ...
England, Wind Power ‘Capital City’ in Europe
The north-east of England is soon to become the centre of an enormous wind farm industry that is being proposed to be set up because of its close proximity to the sea. Today with 3GW (a supply enough for 2m homes) of the 75GW of electricity consumed, Britain has come up to the fifth position, leaving behind Denmark in the ...
Sales of Elephant Ivory Banned on eBay
It has been declared by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) that a ban on elephant ivory will be brought into force from 1st January 2009. This has been a result of a thorough investigation by the IFAW that more than 7,000 wildlife products were found listed on 183 websites spread over 11 countries and astonishingly 73% of the ...
Open Rotor Propeller Plane by Rolls Royce, Cuts Down on Emissions
Here's another new discovery towards the green revolution! Rolls Royce has come up with a brilliant modified version of an open rotor propeller plane installed with a less noise making engine as opposed to its original loud engine. The engine has been tested with results showing a remarkable cut down on greenhouse gas emissions to 30% and also a great save ...
Tuna Under Threat in SE Asia Ecosystem
Some key tuna species, are under threat from overfishing in SE Asia's diverse Coral Triange region. The World Wildlife Fund is calling for a drastic rethink to stave off collapse. Indeed, we'd better save the coral, feeding the people be dam ....! The bluefin and bigeye tuna are overfished says the WWF. The Coral Triangle is bounded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the ...
Aussies Pressure Japanese on Whaling
The Aussies are putting more pressure on the Japanese and Japan's whaling exploits. Japan is permitted to kill 850 minke and 50 fin whales each year to prove that whale populations can recover. I am sure there is some logic there somewhere - we can kill to prove that they can survive. And the mean from the whales is sold ...
30% of World’s Heart Attacks Caused by Western Diet
Well, here's a conundrum. There's not enough food to feed all the people in the world (so some say) but there's a very easy way to make people live longer, thus increasing the number of people that can't be fed. Some 30% of the world's heart attacks are caused by a Western diet. Of course, 30% of the world lives in ...
Four Questions for GE’s Boss in Japan on Becoming Greener
General Electric (GE) wants to know what Japan knows about being green. GE wants access to Japan's high tech capabilities in areas of energy conservation and carbon emission reduction. [caption id="attachment_2035" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="General Electric in Schenectady, New York"][/caption] GE's boss in Japan answered 6 questions: Q: Why has GE has been strengthening technical collaboration with Japanese firms? A: Outside the U.S.,in Japan, GE's ...
