The state of Lagos in nigeria has recently initiated a pilot solar energy project that will affect 5,000 residents of the said state. Before this electrification project, Lagos, which is a growing...

I know there are Biofuel cars running around town. Try to go to the marina and see if you can find a biofuel-boat. Chances are you won't. Not unless you head to New Zealand and talk to Pete...

I know this post is a bit off. But since Alternative Energy is related to the wider global goal of saving the planet, I thought it appropriate to write about one of the many simple yet intuitively...

I used to hear that joke about solar-powered flashlights getting used during dark nights. I found an item on the Herrington Catalog that turns around and makes that joke a reality! For about $60, you...

My friend and colleague Meikah who writes about the management concept called Six Sigma sent me this article about Silverlake's Lovecraft Biofuels, a company engaged in customizing old gas...

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Andrew Sullivan's piece entitled Wanted: A Practical Guide to Saving The Warming Planet. Written in the non-believer context, Andrew Sullivan thinks out aloud and...

I am pleased to report that even Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has set his sights on global warming. It maybe the "bandwagon" effect but I would like to think that the governor had...

Just what is happening in Australia? The federal government of Australia seems to be in disarray over the plight of parrots and the construction of wind farms. The migratory patterns of birds and the...

Talisman Energy of UK and Scottish and Southern Energy are testing the feasibility of installing wind farms at water depths of 45 meters, very deep compared to current industry standards. These deep...

Tidal power is undergoing a stage of research and development similar to wind farm development 15 years ago and solar cell development a couple of decades back. A number of developments in tidal power...

A Spanish company is developing a system for producing energy from marine algae, with the hope of replacing fossil fuel and reducing pollution by late 2007. Biofuel Systems SL (BFS), the Spanish...

The Japanese Environment Ministry has recently announced its move to relax restrictions on wind power generation within national parks. This move was initiated to promote clean energy development and...

What has 153 washers, 148 dryers, 15 flat-screen TVs, and 36 10X4 solar panels? The World's Largest Laundromat of course! But the fact that this laundromat, owned by Tom Benson of Berwyn, Illinois...

The Dutch love riding bicycles. It is therefore not a surprise that Industrial Engineering graduate from the Delft University of Technology in Netherlands Crijin Bouman invented a working prototype of...

A private Washington-based company called Green Power Incorporated has claimed to have the technology available for converting all forms of solid or liquid waste (except radiation waste) to...

A major deal breaker for most innovative technologies is the cost of commercial production. For example, the cost of prototype cars goes beyond several million dollars because the technological...

Spray on sunscreen was the rage when it first came out several decades ago. Today, another spray-on device is set to capture the world and turn the heat from sun into productive use. Scientists have...