Our energy http://www.our-energy.com/ Our energy - Energy news, energy videos and energy articles. Energy and ecology. en-EN Our energy (www.our-energy.com) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:28:53 GMT 10 Our energy http://www.our-energy.com/ http://www.our-energy.com/template_media/images/rss_logo_en.jpg 144 33 Our energy - Energy news, energy videos and energy articles. Energy and ecology. New nuclear power plants in the United States http://www.our-energy.com/news/new_nuclear_power_plants_in_us.html http://www.our-energy.com/news/new_nuclear_power_plants_in_us.html On February 16, 2010, US President Barack Obama announced more than $8 billion of federal loan guarantees to begin building the first US nuclear power stations after more than 30 years. New nuclear expansion will start with the construction and operation of two new 1100 MW Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors which are to be constructed as a unit 3 and unit 4 of an existing nuclear power plant Vog ... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 22:33:20 GMT Wind energy in west Texas http://www.our-energy.com/videos/wind_energy_in_west_texas.html http://www.our-energy.com/videos/wind_energy_in_west_texas.html Wind energy is the fastest growing energy sector in United States and many companies are putting in great efforts to build a renewable energy economy. At the end of 2009, the installed capacity of wind power in the United States was just over 35,000 megawatts, making it the world leader ahead of Germany, and wind power accounts for about 1.2% of the electricity generated in the United States. Texa ... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:26:38 GMT Are biofuels capable to replace fossil fuels? http://www.our-energy.com/news/are_biofuels_capable_to_replace_fossil_fuels.html http://www.our-energy.com/news/are_biofuels_capable_to_replace_fossil_fuels.html Fears that increased energy demand, as well as the need for ecologically acceptable fuels that would replace highly polluting fossil fuels are the main reasons behind many different alternative energy researches. One segment of the alternative fuel market that has been recently gaining plenty of popularity are biofuels. The definition for biofuels is any liquid fuel that originates from renewable ... Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:21:54 GMT India - Solar power expansion http://www.our-energy.com/news/india_solar_power_expansion.html http://www.our-energy.com/news/india_solar_power_expansion.html India looks to be ready to launch massive "Solar Mission" under the National Action Plan on Climate Change. Under this National action plan India should install 1,000 MW of solar power every year by 2013. Leading energy experts believe that if this solar expansion goes well it could lead to massive solar power installed capacity of 20,000 MW by the year 2020. Thats an ambitious goal for ... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:25:55 GMT Wind power - Global installed capacity http://www.our-energy.com/news/wind_power_global_installed_capacity.html http://www.our-energy.com/news/wind_power_global_installed_capacity.html In 2008, cumulative installed wind power capacity increased nearly 29% worldwide which is the highest gain of all renewable energy sectors. At the close of 2008, three-quarters of the nearly 121 GW of the world’s wind generating capacity was operating in the IEA Wind member countries. In the IEA Wind member countries, 17,000 MW was added in 2008 for a total of close to 92 GW of generating capacity ... Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:29:49 GMT Biofuel production from algae http://www.our-energy.com/biofuel_production_from_algae.html http://www.our-energy.com/biofuel_production_from_algae.html Algae farm. The world’s dependence on the non-renewable energy sources (fossil fuels) is thorn in the eyes of many environmentalists and scientists across the globe. It is really no surprise why there is global effort to cut down the dependence on fossil fuels and develop an economically viable and scalable alternative fuel source that will significantly reduce massive emissions of CO2 ... Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:02:49 GMT EU: 17% of electricity from wind by 2030 http://www.our-energy.com/news/17_of_eu_electricity_from_wind_by_2030.html http://www.our-energy.com/news/17_of_eu_electricity_from_wind_by_2030.html Wind energy is one of the most important renewable energy sources, and if we are to believe a European Wind Energy Agency (EWEA) wind could provide 17% of EUs electricity by 2030. This however would require a serious improvement of wind energy sector in Europe because offshore wind farms are currently meeting just 0.3% of total EU electricity demand. In order to achieve such bold targets wind ener ... Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:59:36 GMT Obama optimistic about new energy bill http://www.our-energy.com/news/obama_optimistic_about_new_energy_bill.html http://www.our-energy.com/news/obama_optimistic_about_new_energy_bill.html President Obama called a House-passed energy bill "an extraordinary first step" toward tackling climate change and reducing the use of fossil fuels, but he also expressed some reservations about a bit controversial provision that intends to slap tariffs on imports from countries that do not have similar laws. Obama predicts that such measure would spark innovation and jobs, and that its ... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:14:37 GMT Solar energy for Europe http://www.our-energy.com/news/solar_energy_for_europe.html http://www.our-energy.com/news/solar_energy_for_europe.html World population is constantly growing and Europe is no exception. The bigger the population the higher energy demand there is, and Europe already tries to figure future out energy sources that could satisfy future energy demand. One of these future energy sources could easily become Africa, or to be more precise Sahara desert in North Africa.At least this is what “Desertec”, an organization focus ... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:13:42 GMT United Kingdom not renewable enough http://www.our-energy.com/news/uk_not_renewable_enough.html http://www.our-energy.com/news/uk_not_renewable_enough.html UKs Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has issued latest report how Britain has failed to reach its renewable energy targets. There were lots of talks in Britain about the necessity to revive renewable energy sector but in the end this hasnt resulted in anything except disappointments. The internal UK forecasts show that by 2020 the UK will be getting only 5% of its total energy from r ... Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:51:48 GMT