Articles, tagged with "renewable sources", page 2

2009 was a year of contradictions. The threat of further financial woes combined with low oil prices and other problematic economic and geopolitical situations happened alongside a very positive development. Renewable energy sources grew by leaps and boun...

When a municipality has finished with a landfill, they typically bury it. The organic matter in the landfill decomposes and releases gases consisting of methane and other chemical compounds. This gas, known as landfill gas, can be captured and recovered...

Rich Karlgaard, the publisher of Forbes magazine, writes a column in every issue called "Digital Rules." He is a very smart guy and, usually at least, very innovative and forward thinking. I say "usually" because he just missed the boat in his latest b...

Making maximum use of renewable energy sources is not only a good way to save money, but it also helps in making the environment better.Renewble energy sources like solar, wind, water and geothermal energy are considered to be best environmental friendly ...

On the flat landscape of an ordinary Texas ranch, wind turbines turns rise 600 feet in the air with blades as big as the wingspan on a jumbo jet. Just as Texas was North America's oil capital, the same industrialists who invested millions building an inf...

At the UN climate summit in New York in September China for the first time made a commitment to reduce the negative effect that their increased manufacturing is having on the environment. As yet they haven't revealed any specific detail as to how they wil...

Harnessing energy through wind turbines: The environmental impact of resource depletion calls for more intelligent ways of converting renewable sources into useful energy. People have been harnessing the power of the wind for many centuries and the bi...

The buzz word "green" has become increasingly popular in the last few years, and people all over the world are beginning to realize the importance of replacing the dependence on coal and oil with the independence of renewable energies. While some folks ar...

In 2007, the European Union pledged to significantly reduce carbon emissions by 2020. To further this goal, European countries have agreed to produce 20% of their energy from renewable sources such as wind farms and solar energy. Sweden has the most ambit...