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The European Commission is currently in the process of dreaming up an offshore wind power action plan and it's put a shout out for anyone with an opinion to come forward.

The Scottish Government granted ScottishPower planning permission for what the company says would be the world's largest wave farm. The announcement is a milestone for the $20.4 million project which will see four floating generators, designed to convert wave movement into electricity, positioned off the coast of the new facility's sister site - the European Marine Test Centre also in Orkney. Expected to be operating by 2008, the 160-metre Pelamis Devices (Sea Snakes), are anticipated to provide around 3 megawatts (MW) of electricity.

What if this was implemented in Europe?
who would have the power to put such a scheme in place?

The draft Regulations include plans for: New houses built in Ireland will be more environmentally friendly according to plans unveiled today by the government's Green party ministers. A 40% improvement in energy efficiency for new homes in 2008. A 40% reduction in CO2 emissions. A mandatory minimum renewable energy requirement in all new homes, such as solar heating systems. Mandatory levels of energy efficient fixed light fittings. Minimum standards on heating systems to ensure they are highly energy efficient.

San Jose will convert 115 lights to energy-efficient, programmable LED lamps by June 2009, and is seeking funds from the stimulus package to install additional lights and control systems. The plan is to change all of the city's more than 62,000 streetlights to a new system by 2022.

The UK Government has revealed more details today about its plans to roll out smart meters to all households in the country by 2020.

An energy company in Israel plans to launch a solar farm this month using new technology it says can produce cheap and efficient electricity while supplying hot water to homes. As with all solar energy systems, investors and consumers may be turned off by high initial costs and the need for strong sunlight. But if the commercial pilot works, Israeli start-up ZenithSolar plans to make small units for homes in two years.

The UK Government and energy regulator Ofgem have firmed up plans that will open up the licensing of grid connects to offshore wind farms.

It seems cruelly ironic that tapping into Southern Nevada's vast solar energy potential could slowly drain our desert. Traditional solar thermal power plants that use wet cooled technology require millions of gallons of water over time in the process of converting solar rays into clean, renewable power for our community. Southern Nevada received some good economic news last month when Solar Millennium, a division of one of the world's top solar power generators, announced new plans to use a "dry-cooling" system on two proposed solar power plants in Amargosa Valley, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. This dry-cooling system will use 90 percent less water than previously planned.