ODAC Newsletter – Sept 26
A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective
Wave Energy
Renewables & cleantech – May 19
Australia’s first underwater wave farm
Bartlett’s renewable energy bill
Germany debates subsidies for solar industry
Market for LEDs for illumination could be big
Renewables – May 15
Biofuels majority of non-OPEC oil growth
New source for biofuels discovered- cyanobacteria
World’s largest offshore wind farm in the works
Wave/geothermal – energy return on investment (EROI)
Renewables and nuclear – Mar 8
CERA’s Yergin says renewables get competitive
Turning glare into watts (solar thermal)
Australia: Coalition goes cool on nuclear
Wind is not the enemy of nuclear
Wave-power proposals alarm locals
From geeks to greens
Transport – July 9
Arianna Huffington: Who killed the electric car? / Costly tar hurts paving / Blowing in the wind (sail revival)
Waving goodbye to oil
Soaring oil prices have convinced governments of the need for a change in energy technology – the race to build wave and tidal stream machines is on.
Scotland: Green energy scheme to connect Hebridean islands
THE wild Atlantic sound that divides the Hebridean islands of Harris and North Uist may be bridged for the first time by a £30m structure that harnesses the power of the waves to produce electricity.
POWER FROM MOVING WATER
The technical and policy difficulties of harnessing ocean energy.
UK ‘green energy’ centre created
A new national marine renewable energy centre is to help lay the foundations for an industry based on wave and tidal movements.
UK: Wave energy test centre launched
A new centre to harness Scotland’s wave and tidal energy has been officially opened in Orkney by the Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace.
Scotland: Report out to turn tide on energy focus
THE SCOTTISH Executive was today urged to switch its alternative energy focus from wind farms to wave power.