This weeks roundup of renewable energy news features ink-wasting fonts, banned vacuum cleaners, electric cars, Pacific islanders and Chinese trains!
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Our Top 5 Energy Stories – 3rd July 2014
Our weekly round-up of energy saving news is back, with satellites, sports cars, scientists, more scientists and Richard Branson!
The Coca-Cola Bio Cooler
Aipir, Columbia is a village with no electricity where temperatures can often exceed 40°C. So Coca-Cola went there to donate their new prototype fridge that works without any power.
University creates semi-transparent, colourful solar cells
Engineers and scientists from the University of Michigan have developed a world first — coloured, semi-transparent photovoltaic solar cells.
Solar Power Around the World
With spring almost upon us, we thought it was time we started talking about solar panels. We’ve put together a list of some of the largest and most ambitious solar energy projects from around the world.
Our Top 5 Energy Stories – 12th February 2014
In our regular round-up of energy efficiency news we have flood warnings, Pharrell Williams’ new fashion brand, green skyscrapers, eco-friendly bikes and climate change on Google Earth!
Can the government increase our road capacity without harming climate change goals?
We’ve talked about the governments climate change goals several times on this blog, with policies such as CERT, ECO and the Green Deal designed to reduce the energy consumption of our homes.
With such a seemingly eco-friendly government, many are surprised to learn that the government want to increase the number of cars on the roads.
The following article originally appeared on the excellent Carbon Brief website.
You can read the original version here.
Our Top 5 Energy Stories – 18th December 2013
In our final news round-up of the year, we have hi-tech bikes from Bangkok, Japan’s plans to put solar panels on the moon, renewable energy news from Chile & Italy, and eco-friendly Christmas trees!
