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The newly formed Mediterranean Union - created to promote cooperation among the nations bordering the Mediterranean region - is considering the idea of a "Super Energy Grid" that would link Africa and Europe.

The bid to produce green power on a commercial scale using heat mined from subterranean rocks - or "hot rocks" - has suffered a major setback, with the breach of a four-kilometre-deep well on Friday in the Cooper Basin in South Australia.

Australia's first community wind farm.

The parameters for this project are interesting. The biggest challenge for these cooperatives is to scale up to finance larger projects. The fact that this group raised almost 10 M$ is encouraging.

"Resources such as guidebooks, technical reports, tools for training and asset management for social, public and cooperative housing professionals to support the development of their energy efficiency and environmental strategies; Case studies of both retrofitting of older properties and low energy new construction, effective partnerships with residents, ICT applications for empowering residents and more; An on-line forum for information and knowledge exchange between practitioners and policy makers and updates on EU funding opportunities; POWER HOUSE National/Regional platforms which gather enablers of the energy transition from all sectors to work in partnership; A platform to easily establish contacts and partnerships between local social and cooperative housing providers; Updates on development and policy discussions on EU legislation related to energy efficiency and renewables in housing and on the activities of the CECODHAS - Housing Europe Energy Policy work."

"Owenite Community Robert Owen 1771-1858 Owen's ideal community was drawn up in 1817 by the architect Stedman Whitwell. A large scale model was built and Owen used it on his lecture tours. The designed village spread Gymnasiums for Exercise attached to the Schools and Infirmary Conservatory in the midst of Gardens Baths, warm and cold Dining Halls with Kitchens beneath them Schools for Infants, Children and Youths, and the Infirmary Library, Detached Reading Rooms, Bookbindery, Printing Office etc Ballroom and Music rooms Theatre for Lectures, Exhibitions, Discussions. Museum with Library of Description and Reference Rooms Brew-houses, Bakehouses, Washhouses, Laundries, Dining halls Suites of adult sitting rooms and chambers Esplanade one hundred feet wide about twelve feet above the natural surface. Paved Footpath The Arcade and its Terracegiving both a covered and an open communication Sub-way leading to the Kitchens. As well as dwelling houses and dormitories for up to 2000 inhabitants. For more information visit Robert Owen's House in New Lanark."

Aren't the terms '50' and 'Manhattan project' in the same sentence an apparant contradiction. If we have to invent the atomic bomb 50 times, we'd be in real trouble.

Comprehensive and accurate information on government interventions in energy markets. Doug Koplow founded Earth Track in 1999 to more effectively integrate information on energy subsidies. For nearly 20 years, Mr. Koplow has written extensively on natural resource subsidies for organizations such as the Global Subsidies Initiative, the National Commission on Energy Policy, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Greenpeace, the Alliance to Save Energy, and the US Environmental Protection Agency. He has analyzed scores of government programs and made important developments in subsidy valuation techniques.

If Europe wants to meet its 20% binding target for renewable energy by 2020, it must increase its use of offshore wind, delegates heard today at the opening of the Offshore Wind Conference in Berlin, Germany. Two concrete steps towards large scale deployment of offshore wind were taken this morning: the European Commission announced an offshore action plan for 2008, and regional cooperation was promoted through the signing of a trilateral offshore research agreement by Germany, Sweden and Denmark.

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc (OPT) and Converteam Ltd. recently signed a Cooperation Agreement for the development of High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) Linear Generators for use in OPT's PowerBuoy wave energy converters. "HTS is a truly disruptive technology the advantages of which will radically change wave energy capture. Converteam is looking forward to working with OPT on this exciting and challenging new project." -- Derek Grieve, Technology Director, Converteam Ltd. The vision of the two companies is the direct conversion of the linear up and down motion of waves into electricity using OPT's PowerBuoy and Converteam's HTS linear generator. The proposed power take-off for the OPT PowerBuoy will employ Converteam's innovative and proprietary linear generator system with high temperature superconductors to provide the magnetic field.

Energy ministers from around the world got together at the G8 meeting in Rome last weekend to launch the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC).