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Written By: Dancr - Date published: 1:18 pm, March 21st, 2010 - 9 comments
A building with built in wind turbines that can generate a portion of it’s own power needs as well as feeding into the main grid? Well there’s a new building called the ‘Razor’, in south London, which can do just that, and looks like something out of science fiction. View the photo display featured in the Guardian.
Written By: Demeter - Date published: 10:23 am, February 26th, 2010 - 3 comments
Nothing like a good IT stoush, particularly of the David and Goliath variety.
Greenpeace has blown the whistle on Facebook’s use of coal to power its new data center in (note: renewable-rich) Oregon. The supposedly forward-looking social networking site picked this energy dinosaur (and the world’s leading cause of climate change), because it figures the incremental …
Written By: The Standard - Date published: 12:07 pm, February 21st, 2010 - 15 comments
At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world’s energy future, describing the need for “miracles” to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he’s backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. The necessary goal? Zero carbon emissions globally by 2050.
Written By: Eddie - Date published: 10:36 am, January 16th, 2010 - 42 comments
Despite almost never agreeing with Fran O’Sullivan, I have respect for her. She comes from the ACT-right and her pieces reflect that but she argues honestly and intelligently, the latter in particular being in short supply in this country’s political discourse.
So, I’m a bit saddened by her piece this morning:
If Wellington was devastated by an …
Written By: Eddie - Date published: 1:10 pm, December 11th, 2009 - 18 comments
Associate Professor Earl Bardsley, Waikato University:
taking Tekapo A and B power stations from Meridian and giving them to Genesis means Meridian must now rely on a rival company, through some kind of protocol, to provide a significant amount of the water inflow to Lake Pukaki, which supplies Meridian’s line of Waitaki River power stations.
The hope …
Written By: lprent - Date published: 10:30 am, December 10th, 2009 - 26 comments
From the Meridian Energy web site.
Meridian Energy Limited has confirmed it has suspended offering new Renewable Energy Notes under the investment statement dated 29 October 2009 following the decision from the Ministerial Review into the Electricity Market to transfer ownership of two of its South Island hydro stations to its sister SOE Genesis.
Energy Minister Gerry …
Written By: Marty G - Date published: 4:34 pm, December 9th, 2009 - 39 comments
A friend just texted: “Brownlee’s power reforms look relatively benign, what’s the catch?”
It’s true, Brownlee’s reforms are just minor tinkering. The only thing of note is the needless little kick in the guts for environmentalists by making Meridian take on Whirinaki.
And that tells us something. For all National’s bluster in opposition about power prices and …
Written By: Marty G - Date published: 7:58 am, December 4th, 2009 - 20 comments
Jon Stewart covers developments in the science around making meat without raising and killing an animal.
Jon has a laugh of course but this is actually really exciting stuff. I’ve been following the developing science around this for a while. The upsides are huge.
You can grow meat without the animal. That means no sow crates, no …
Written By: lprent - Date published: 2:35 pm, November 11th, 2009 - 14 comments
One of the things that has surprised me about the government and Brownlee’s energy policy is that it is so mundane and 20th century. In every other area of their political electoral strategy we saw a pithy slogan, often pinched from overseas, substituting for policy and dumbed it down to the level of the dittoheads …
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