Biogas power station will convert chicken manure from thousands of birds into electricity and heat for 350 homesCherie Blair may have been moved to buy a “beware of the hen poo” sign on eBay, but one town in Gloucestershire is embracing chicken manure as a fuel for lighting its homes.Thousands of chickens will next month [...]
American navy sails towards sustainability with biofuel-powered gunboat• John Vidal: Surging price of oil forces US military to seek alternative energy sourcesIt looked like a pretty ordinary day on the water at the US naval base in Norfolk, Virginia: a few short bursts of speed, a nice tail wind, some test manoeuvres against an enemy [...]
Fiscal reality is dawning as US jets and warships trial alternative fuels in bid to end military’s costly dependence on oil• US navy completes successful test on boat powered by algaeIt’s a secret just how much oil the US military uses, but estimates range from around 400,000 barrels a day in peacetime – almost as [...]
Post your questions on peak oil, wind power, nuclear power and more for our panel of six of the world’s leading energy scientists• See the questions other readers have submittedCan the world shift entirely from fossil fuels to renewable sources such as wind, solar and marine power? Is nuclear power a good green alternative to [...]
Chinese chemical companies’ use of offsets has a ‘total lack of environmental integrity’, says Connie HedegaardThe European commission is planning to clamp down on a £1.6bn carbon trading scam. The use of carbon permits from industrial gas projects in China could be banned because of their “total lack of environmental integrity”, the climate change commissioner, [...]