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In pictures: Let’s celebrate World Energy Day

Wind turbine in Portland, Australia © Greenpeace / Dean Sewell Image caption: Wind turbine in Portland, Australia © Greenpeace / Dean Sewell Today is World Energy Day which highlights the importance of society’s choices regarding energy production and the environment. I love positive solution stories, so had a look in our photo archive to share some of our interesting energy pictures with you and celebrate this day. Over the years we have documented renewable energy projects from solar projects in India to geothermal plants in Iceland showing what options we have if no oil is left.Andasol 1 solar power station is Europe’s first commercial parabolic trough solar power plant. Andasol 1 will supply up to 200.000 people with climate-friendly electricity and save about 149,000 tons of …

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The alternative Autumn Statement

The sun shines on a new Britain, powered by clean renewable energy Image caption: The sun shines on a new Britain, powered by clean renewable energy This morning, the Chancellor George Osborne gave his Autumn Statement. People on Twitter say he’s launched a dash for gas that would wreck our climate targets and make us the Dirty Man of Europe all over again. But that can’t be right, because my boss, John Sauven, got hold of an advanced copy of the speech. It’s meant to be confidential, but I nicked it of off his desk and thought I’d share it with you all.Mr Speaker, let me start by saying this is a statement for green growth, for investment, for UK…

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Nipton – self-powered town in California

One of the world’s biggest solar power collectors is being built next to the tiny town of Nipton, Calif., which is ironic because Nipton is the closet thing to an off-grid town – with 85 per cent of its energy coming from a set of solar panels installed by one of its 60 residents. Gerald Freeman unlocks the gate to the small power plant and goes inside. Three rows of solar collectors, elevated on troughs that track the sun’s arc like sunflowers, afford a glimpse of California’s possible energy future. This facility and a smaller version across the road produce …

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Nipton – self-powered town in California

One of the world’s biggest solar power collectors is being built next to the tiny town of Nipton, Calif., which is ironic because Nipton is the closet thing to an off-grid town – with 85 per cent of its energy coming from a set of solar panels installed by one of its 60 residents. Gerald Freeman unlocks the gate to the small power plant and goes inside. Three rows of solar collectors, elevated on troughs that track the sun’s arc like sunflowers, afford a glimpse of California’s possible energy future. This facility and a smaller version across the road produce almost all of the power required by Nipton’s 60 residents, its general store and motel. Freeman, a Caltech-trained geologist and one-time gold mine…

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