German company Siemens announces a new wind turbine factory is to be built in the UK. The new factory, expected to cost almost £80m and create hundreds of jobs, is another big boost to the government’s future renewable energy plans. Last year, the only major wind turbine factory in the UK, owned by Danish company Vestas and situated on the … Read More
Bloom Box launched
This week saw the launch of Bloom Energy’s new fuel cell technology, called the Bloom Box. The Bloom Box was launched this week at the eBay headquarters in California. The launch was attended by former secretary of state, Colin Powell, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California. The box is designed by a former Nasa scientist, and it uses fuel cells, … Read More
£100bn wind farm plans unveiled
Huge new windfarms are to be built around the UK in a £100bn scheme The new plans are for offshore wind farms to be built around the UK on nine different locations, totalling about 6,400 new wind turbines. These offshore wind farms will be unlike anything the UK has seen before. The largest of the new farms will consist of … Read More
President Obama backs renewable energy
US President voices support for green energy alternatives Speaking on Monday, President Obama claimed that the country to make power from renewable energy sources such as solar and wind available to customers at a similar price to energy from fossil fuels will become the economic superpower of the future. He acknowledged the fact that whilst the costs for generating renewable … Read More