From the end of this month, BT will start upgrading its exchange to provide broadband connections running at up to 24 megabits per second - three times the present limit of 8Mbps - thanks to a technology called ADSL2+, which transmits the data signal down the line on a carrier frequency twice as high as the present ADSL2.

Solar power, the holy grail of renewable energy, has always faced the problem of how to store the energy captured from the sun's rays so that demand for electricity can be met at night or whenever the sun is not shining.

Heavy metal larceny is burgeoning, prompting 17 states including Delaware to pass or propose laws tightening regulations on the salvage industry.

Green Energy and Green Optimism. We're all blogging brothers. Watch it and blog!

The hydrogen-based cogeneration systems could reduce primary household energy consumption by 22 percent.

China exported 4.16 million tons of steel in March, an increase of 1.05 million tons from February, spurred by the widening price gap between the domestic and international markets.

For several years, we've been watching breakthroughs and ideas in the world of digital paper / e-paper / electronic ink. The concept is that paper thin digital screens will eventually redefine our consumption of paper and applications for display technology

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc. (www.nanocomptech.com), a developer of energy-saving performance materials and component products, today announced it has been awarded a Phase One contract by the United States Air Force under the Department of Defensebs Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The intent of this SBIR project is to develop a new generation of very lightweight, electrically conductive wires, cables and materials made from carbon nanotubes (CNTs).

Focus on European Smart Grids by Michael Setters, Smart Electric News London, UK [RenewableEnergyWorld.com] A host of initiatives across Europe has led to an explosion in interest into how -- and where -- smart grids will be implemented and deployed. According to Jose Antonio Vanderhorst-Silverio, a leading voice in the Electricity industry, "It is clear that dramatic change is coming in the future for the electric utility industry...the way energy is generated, delivered and consumed [is] substantially changing the whole business model. This change is coming to a piece of the industry that hasn't been known for radical change over its 120 plus year history... Implementation of the Smart Grid will require a complete rethinking of the utility business model and business processes."

New financial credits for renewable energy in Brazil: 1053 MW for biomass

obots could fill the jobs of 3.5 million people in graying Japan by 2025, a thinktank says, helping to avert worker shortages as the country's population shrinks.

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. has halted exports with the strong yen and soaring steel scrap prices cutting into profit.

Eco -towns sound lovely but are really a red herring to give the Government's housing plans a stamp of green credibility.

The European Commission has adopted a third package of legislative proposals to ensure a real and effective choice of supplier and benefits to every single EU citizen. The Commission's proposals put consumer choice, fairer prices, cleaner energy and security of supply at the centre of its approach.