September 13th, 2008

DARPA looks to coal for energy solution

The energy debate isn’t going away anytime soon… if ever. Two of the big topics are of course, foreign oil and global warming. We want it here, we want it cheap and we want it clean. The Air Force (as a large fuel consumer) is trying to paint coal as a solution. → Read More

June 24th, 2008

Japan to build two mega solar power plants

Today Sharp Japan [JP], the city of Sakai and Kansai Electric Power [JP] announced [JP] the so-called “Sakai City Waterfront Mega Solar Power Generation Plan”. Under the initiative, two mega solar power generation plants are to be built in Sakai (near Osaka) by 2010. One facility will have an output of 10,000 kW, while the second plant is planned to produce 28,000 kW. The complex will… → Read More