Posts Tagged ‘green energy’
Liquid Air – A Major Upcoming Technology?
Long established science may be the key to a renewable electricity grid Compressing gases to liquids has been around for a long time. Liquid air powered cars were available in the early 1900s, but the technology was not mature enough and was superseded by petrol and diesel. Now it looks like liquid air, a versatile, […]
National Trust Goes Green
Heritage organisation to invest £3.5 million in clean energy The National Trust has come up with an ambitious plan to provide clean energy to forty-three historic properties in partnership with green electricity supplier Good Energy. The 2013/14 pilot project sees five heritage sites receive £3.5 million to install various green improvements including hydropower, biomass and […]
Taken at the Flood
Feature on Dinorwig Pumped Storage Power Station In the dramatic Welsh mountain scenery of the Snowdonia National Park lies a well-kept secret. Snug in Llanberis, under what’s known locally as “Electric Mountain”, lies a buried power station, built on the site of a disused quarry. Dinorwig is comprised of 16km of underground tunnels, deep below […]
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