Green Times

The Dutch government said it will invest 7.5 billion euros in energy supply between now and 2011 with priority given to renewable energy, energy saving and CO2 reduction in order to reduce the country’s dependency on oil and gas, Dutch newspapers reported on Thursday.
In its energy policy unveiled on Wednesday the government said the country’s […]

Britain and Europe will be forced to fundamentally rethink a central part of their environment strategy after a government report found that the rush to develop biofuels has played a “significant” role in the dramatic rise in global food prices, which has left 100 million more people without enough to eat.The Gallagher report, due to […]

The argument that we can’t afford renewable sources of energy falls flat when considering the growth in solar, wind, biofuels, and fuel cells.
Clean-energy critics are fixated on cost. To them, the use and deployment of renewable sources of energy simply doesn’t make financial sense. That’s why we’ve got to continue doing things the old-fashioned way, […]

High oil prices and climatic change prompt call for clean energy sourcesIt was no accident that the Incas adored Inti, the sun god. Anyone who has felt the blaze high in the Andes has a rough idea of just how powerful the sun is.
The same is true of the strong winds that hit Peru’s long, […]