The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has announced Europe’s targets for alternative energy sources and carbon emission reductions. The targets are ambitious, and the proposed new rules for the ETS should lead to higher prices. Member states and MEPs need to endorse these proposals before they come into force.
“The [...]

According to this report, engineers at the French Atomic Energy Commission have developed a method to harnass energy from rain. The technology is still very immature yet, however.
“Engineers have developed a way of harnessing the force of rain storms to generate power.
Although the technology produces only tiny amounts of energy, researchers believe it [...]