Glen Bennett, EAE Ltd
Yesterday I interviewed Glen Bennett, founder and MD of EAE Ltd, a Scottish leaflet marketing business. This video, made by young people as part of...
Engineering the Future
Jul 27, 2009
I'm a member of the Institute of Engineering & Technology - back when I was appointed a member it was the Institute of Electrical Engineers...
Green Wednesday?
Jul 17, 2009
And lo! It came to pass that the UK did publish a huge raft of low carbon strategies on one day in July. And as...
Low carbon strategies – but are they too little, too late?
Jul 15, 2009
The UK Government is launching a raft of strategies today: Low Carbon Transition Plan, a Renewable Energy Strategy and the Low Carbon Industrial Strategy. I'll...
Book Review: The Solar Economy by Hermann Scheer
Jul 13, 2009
German MP and Solar Champion Hermann Scheer wrote this book about 10 years ago and it has been available in English for about 7 years,...
Green Energy Investment Overtakes Fossil Fuels
Jun 8, 2009
In 2008 wind, solar and other clean technologies attracted $140bn (£85bn) compared with $110bn for gas and coal for electrical power generation (source: Guardian). There...
What planet is the energy industry on?
Apr 6, 2009
I've written a couple of posts recently about the retail and automotive industries seeing green as the way out of the recession, but the rather...
Weekly Tip #34: Blowing in the wind
Nov 17, 2008
This is the latest of a series of tips extracted from the forthcoming Green Business Bible e-book:Wind is currently the most cost effective source of...
Clean Energy Investment Booms
Feb 29, 2008
New Energy Finance is reporting that "Clean" energy investment almost hit $150bn last year - up 60% on the year before. Their press release states:Among...
EU’s climate action & renewable energy package
Feb 6, 2008
I've been meaning for some time to comment on the European Commission's Climate action and renewable energy package. The EU has committed to reducing its...