Tiny Saint Lucia to Get Geothermal Power Plant
A 120-megawatt geothermal energy plant is slated to be built on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia. The plant will be built by U.S.-based Qualibou Energy Inc. The proposed geothermal site, Sulphur S...

Oil Sands Threaten Canada’s Copenhagen Pledge
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has drawn attention, not only to deepwater drilling, but to other unconventional forms of extraction. One such environmentally destructive practice is oil sands developme...

Can Haiti Be Rebuilt with Old Tires and Heart?
Dirt-filled tires, plastic bottles, rebar and heart could be the recipe for solving the shelter problem for the million or more homeless survivors of the Haiti earthquake. The buildings, called Earths...

New Generation of Solar Cells Promises Efficiency
The laboratory for photovoltaics of the University of Luxembourg has produced its first thin film solar cells made from compound semiconductors, already reaching 12% efficiency. Thin film solar cells ...

Green Power Islands: A Solution for Renewable Energy Storage Problems?
A Danish architectural firm is taking a well-known method of energy storage and applying it to renewable energy, turning unused land surrounded by water into Green Power Islands. The firm, Gottlieb P...