Clean Energy Transition

The Scottish Government has approved plans for the second largest wind farm in Scotland, capable of generating power for 120,000 homes. The project will be created at Harestanes, near Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, and comprise of 71 turbines.

Two new branches of high street chain Marks & Spencer in Scotland are to be powered by windmills. The new shops, in Glasgow and Galashiels, have been branded the company's first "green" stores and include a series of eco-features aimed at reducing their carbon footprint.

The numbers don't seem to add up, but ...

'Dutch ex-astronaut and Physicist Dr Wubbo Ockels successfully demonstrated his Laddermill in a field near the university city of Groningen, The Netherlands, on August 29th. His radio-controlled high-flying energy kite, created 10.5kW of electrical energy.'

Mariah Power's Windspire is a neat looking 1kW vertical axis wind turbine that provides an aesthetically pleasing wind power option. It is appropriate for rural, urban, and residential environments alike, and at 30 feet and producing only 25 db, it conforms to typical residential and urban zoning restrictions.

The World Bank hopes to bring modern lighting to one-fourth of Africa's people by developing markets for products not hostage to fossil fuels or the continent's lamentable electricity grid. The bank and its private investment arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), say their "Lighting Africa" programme aims to bring light to 250 million sub-Saharan Africans cut off from existing power infrastructure by 2030. "Modern lighting will mean improved air quality and safety for millions of people in Africa," S. Vijay Iyer, the bank's energy sector manager for Africa, said in a statement. "It will mean longer reading hours for students and longer business hours for small shops."

A new process for using aluminum alloys to generate hydrogen from water could make fuel-cell vehicles more practical,

With the best of intentions ...

An apparently big story - why doesn't it come from a mainstream news source?

The next generation of hybrids will be almost electric vehicles, with a combustion engine for backup.