Renewable Power Blocked by Nuclear in Ontario

Shawn Patrick Stensil
Energy Minister George Smitherman is making another good news announcement today on the government’s support for wind power. What Minister Smitherman won’t mention is that he’s capped the development of green energy to make space for all of the big and expensive nuclear plants he wants to build. Despite all his talk [...]

Hot Air Balloons Could Power Your House

by Mike Chino

Hot air balloons have long fueled the imagination and now Brisbane-based Solartran has conceived of a way to harness the serene floating forms to generate significant amounts of renewable energy as well. Developed by Ian Edmonds, the “balloon engine” usessolar energy to drive a giant hot air balloon as a “piston”, producing as much as 50Kw – enough energy [...]

Bird Island: Zero energy home in Kuala Lempur

Bird Island is a stunning urban renewal project that is currently being developed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Designed by Graft Labarchitects for the YTL Green Home Competition, the project comprises a zero energy home made of sustainably-sourced silicone glass fabric. Its lightness and flexibility will allow it to sway organically with the breeze just like a treetop, and slots in the [...]

‘One million jobs in wind power’ by 2010

One million people will be employed in the world wind-power industry by the end of the decade, despite the impact of the financial crisis, it was forecast today.
Amid predictions that the world would need to install one new turbine every 25 minutes to reach global renewables targets, energyexperts at a green summit in Abu Dhabi said [...]

Important Information RE: Future of London Hydro

Important Information RE: The Future of London Hydro
Local ownership means local control, local operations and local economic value.
LOCAL UTILITY – means that decisions benefit London and London’s environmental vision including a CO2 emissions reductions strategy.
LOCAL OPERATIONS – means better customer service and quicker emergency response time. We now have [...]