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The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) has recently summarized the UK Government’s reasoning concerning Wind Power thus: “Britain faces an energy gap of up 32 GW by 2015 as older coal and nuclear power stations are paid off. At the
Full story...It is ironic, but not totally surprising, that the UK's flagship offshore wind project, the London Array, should be rescued by overseas firms after the much-publicised withdrawal of Shell from the scheme earlier this year.
Full story...The exodus of funds from the soft commodity sector, as the dollar strengthened and the oil price dropped by 5.4 per cent, caused considerable commodity price falls. And looking into the outlook on a more fundamental basis, the
Full story...Sunny Tropicana: not a holiday destination but the site of a potentially significant new gold project that could become the scene of groundbreaking developments in mine solar power generation in Australia. Certainly, 70 per cent
Full story...What do you do as a sovereign government when energy prices go sky high and your population starts screaming about unmanageable electricity and gas bills, and high oil prices start feeding through to the petrol pumps? There’s
Full story...It may not have been widely heralded, but earlier this month it was announced that testing to establish communication between the UN and the European Union carbon registries had been successfully completed. Unheralded, yes, but
Full story...Another Commodity Watch PLC production hits cyberspace! Oilresources.com went live on Tuesday 19th August, after a gradual buildup of content on our alternative power website, Poweralternatives. The new website aims to provide a
Full story...Solar power was first observed in 1839 by Edmund Becquerel, who noted, “electric currents arose from certain light-induced chemical reactions”. But it was not until 1954 when three scientists working at Bell Labs (now Lucent) in
Full story...The commodity bull market has a long way to go. This bull market is not magic. It's not some crazy "cycle theory" I have. It does not fall out of the sky. It's supply and demand. It's simple stuff.
Full story...Despite the massive sell-off in the commodity markets, international trade in grains remained strong. Demand lifted prices in US cash markets regardless of the strengthening dollar, news of good EU and Black Sea harvests, and US
Full story...In June 2007 Leaf Clean Energy was admitted to Aim. In the process it raised £200 million to invest in clean energy assets in the US. To date, the fund’s advisers Energy & Climate Advisors, a joint venture between EEA Group and
Full story...Bringing the crops through to harvest is difficult enough this century. Weather patterns have created havoc for farmers the breadth of the globe. For the Georgia farmers for whom, against the trends elsewhere, growing conditions
Full story...Edinburgh-based Melrose Resources is an oil and gas explorer and producer with a wide-ranging portfolio that includes interests in Egypt, Bulgaria, the United States, France and Turkey. Its operations span a range of activities,
Full story...Aim-traded Zenergy Power is beginning to gain traction as its order book grows. The company specialises in the development and manufacture of commercial applications for high-temperature superconductive (HTS) materials. Recently
Full story...If you were to believe most investment discussion boards or perhaps those conferences that cover the Aim-end of the oil & gas market, then the ‘sexy’ companies are those that are pursuing exploration in exotic faraway places –
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Successful Operation of World’s First Commercial Full Scale HTS Induction Heater
Finavera Renewables Provides Mid-year Update on 2008 Activities
Finavera Renewables enters into discussions for the financing of 300 megawatts of wind projects in British Columbia, Canada
