photo credit: Velo Steve A former World War II airfield in Buckinghamshire could become the UK’s first solar park, after the local council, Aylesbury Vale District Council, granted planning permission. Renewable energy firm Ownergy said installation of the first array of 1,500 panels, , start in the New Year in the middle of a former… Continue reading
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All electric Nissan Leaf is Europe's car of the year
The credibility of zero emission vehicles zoomed forward at the end of November (2010) when the 100% electric Nissan LEAF was named 2011 European Car of the Year. The first mass-market zero-emission vehicle for the global market beat 40 contenders to win motoring’s most important accolade. The LEAF’s rivals included just the sort of top… Continue reading →
Tony Blair backs technology to solve eco problems
photo credit: World Economic Forum Now there’s a name I didn’t expect to see, promoting hard from the heart of business for technological solutions to our environmental problems. Tony Blair, former UK Prime Minister. Blair happens to be, his many roles in the world, a senior adviser to US venture company Khosla Ventures. Khosla is… Continue reading →
General Electric to buy 25,000 electric cars
General Electric plans to buy 25,000 electric cars in an effort to give the nascent technology a jump start and help develop a potentially big new market for the company, reports Associated Press. The first mass-market electric cars are set to go on sale in December (2010), including the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf…. Continue reading →
Driving the new Nissan Leaf through the 100 miles barrier.
photo credit: kosabeMany people are not even considering the new generation of electric cars (EVs) because of range anxiety. This is the fear of setting off in an EV, and not making it home, or to a charging point before you grind to a halt. Manufacturers promise a range of around 100 miles, but is… Continue reading →
Biodiversity and how to save it — the world tries again
Targets to slow the extinction of plant and animal species have been agreed by 193 countries at the UN’s Biodiversity Conference in Japan last weekend (October 30). One of the central components in the Nagoya Agreement is a new protocol that rich and poor nations would share profits from pharmaceutical, crops or other products derived from… Continue reading →