Google Solar Farm

Google Solar Farm

Google investing in Residential Solar If you are still not convinced that Solar Power is the future – what if Internet Search Giant Google pledges $1.25 Billion in large scale energy projects including a Solar Farm. In April 2014 Google signed an agreement to put $100...
Heat pumps extract warmth from cold water

Heat pumps extract warmth from cold water

Heat pumps extract warmth from cold water The residents of Drammen have rather an unusual way of keeping warm. The county capital, 40 miles west of Oslo in Norway, extracts most of the heat needed to insulate its houses, offices and factories against the biting Nordic...
Eden Project Goes Geothermal

Eden Project Goes Geothermal

In partnership with Cornwall-based EGS Energy, The Eden Project in Cornwall planning permission has been granted for a 3-4MW geothermal power plant on the Eden Project site, taking energy from the heat in underground granite rocks. Geothermal energy is the heat in the...
Worlds largest Solar Power Station

Worlds largest Solar Power Station

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is a solar thermal power station in the California Mojave Desert, 40 miles (64 km) south west of Las Vegas, with a planned gross capacity of 392 megawatts. The £1.5 billion facility consists of three power plants...