Thanks to blow-hard winds, the United States has just become the world’s largest generator of wind energy.
Germany previously held this distinction, though since the United States has about 26 times more land than Germany, the milestone isn’t a huge surprise. Nonetheless, we weren’t expected to reach this point until late 2009.
U.S. Takes Global Lead in Wind Energy Production
July 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
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Blow to introduction of greener fuel as oil firms face production delay
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments
A rape seed crop field in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. Photograph: Tim Graham/Getty Images
Government plans for the introduction today of cleaner fuel on all the country’s forecourts have been thrown into turmoil, with the oil companies ready to offer biodiesel but warning they will not have bioethanol available for greener petrol until the beginning of next year [...]
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Shell wants to produce five times more oil from tar sands
March 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Shell is gearing up for a huge expansion of its carbon-intensive tar sands operation in Canada at a time when it has been struggling to replace conventional reserves.
In an annual strategy update yesterday, Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive, said the Canadian business was at the centre of its wider ambitions to meet growing energy [...]
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