Finland's Proposed Green Highway To Be The World's First
The "green highway" will link Turku, Finland's southwestern coast with Vaalimaa near the Russian border and will measure almost 130 kilometers. In charge of the project is the town of Loviisa, which is located in the east of Helsinki, the ones who proposed making this road "green".
Researchers Develop New Green Paving Slabs to Improve Air Quality
In the German cities, the toxic nitrogen oxide concentrations are exceeding the maximum levels but this is about to change with the new innovative paving slabs which are reducing the amount of the nitrogen oxide in the air.
45 Percent of Portugal's Energy Comes from Renewable Sources
Five years ago, Portugal's government promised that by 2010, 45% of the country's energy will come from renewable sources (then, only 17 percent of Portugal's grid came from renewables). Sounds impossible, but it's true.
Ratio Between Black Carbon and Sulphates in Atmosphere Crucial to Global Warming
Black carbons are emitted from diesel exhausts and burned biomass and are considered an environmental and health hazard all over the world. Besides the fact that they favor global dimming, black carbons also attract heat.
UK Homeowners Could Rent Their Roofs for Free Solar Power Through Government Plan
The British government has established a scheme with a lifespan of 20 years, costing a total of £8 billion, that allows homeowners to reduce their utility bills by letting a solar power company install their panels on the rooftops... for 25 years.
Chinese Oil Company Cleaned Up 1,500 Metric Tons of Spilled Crude
Maybe this is not the typical alternative energy article we've gotten you used to, but it may look like BP could use some Chinese people in their fishing boats to clean up the spill.
Genetically Modified Enzyme Leads to Better Carbon Sequestration at Coal Powered Plants
Capturing the carbon dioxide that a coal-powered plant produces and sequestering it is not an easy task, and until now it rose the costs of the electricity produced by 80 percent. Due to researchers at Codexis, a Redwood, CA, company, genetically modified enzymes can make carbon dioxide capture much cheaper, increasing the cost of electricity by less than a third.
Powering The Future: Discovery Channel's Newest Show on Alternative Energy Premiering June 17
The 4 hour show is going to be hosted by a specialist in alternative energy: Dr. M. Sanjayan, lead scientist at The Nature Conservancy. Its purpose is to identify how humanity could tap "a clean, limitless, secure energy supply and addressing how it could possibly be delivered."
Germany to Get Its Electricity from Renewables by 2050
Germany is planning to become the first G20 country that will generate its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2050, being also a leader in this field. According to the Federal Environment Agency, this country currently produces about 16 percent of its electricity from solar, wind and other renewable sources.
Space Rocket Nozzle Technology Could Capture CO2 and Turn It Into Dry Ice
ATK, a company that builds the space shuttles' booster rockets may have a solution for the massively-polluting coal power plants, by using rocket nozzle technology to turn the carbon dioxide into dry ice, and capture it easier than they can do with chemicals.
