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Author Archives: Carlo Ombello
Photo of the week (1st Oct 2013)
This is a new section of the blog, photography. It’s a great passion of mine, so it will be a different and meaningful way to express myself, rather than just by writing. Photos posted here will be related to the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Photography
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Plans for World’s largest solar plant unveiled in India
India is set to build the largest solar power project in the World, with a proposed capacity of 4,000MW. The Government has announced the massive scheme in a press release by the Ministry for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. The … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Energy, How hard can it be?
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Can we save Canada’s wilderness from human exploitation? [w/video]
Canada’s hidden natural treasures are under threat. Tar sands developments in the Alberta region are already causing a devastating impact on the local environment, which many of us will have already witnessed through dramatic pictures of barren landscapes and polluted … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Fossil Energy, Photography, Water
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Largest tidal project in Europe gets go ahead
The largest tidal energy project in Europe has been granted permission by the Scottish Government. MeyGen Ltd., a joint venture between American investment bank Morgan Stanley, French independent power generator International Power and Australian tidal technology provider Atlantis Resources Corporation, … Continue reading
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Let’s name storms after climate change deniers! [w/video]
What if we named the most devastating storms caused by climate change after climate skeptics? This is exactly what folks at ClimateNameChange.org have done! Since 1954, the World Meteorological Organization has been naming extreme storms after people. But we propose … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Gotta Be Kidding, Water
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PV market topped 21 GW in 2010, recession ahead
As more reliable data are released over last year’s photovoltaics installations figures, the picture of solar market’s growth is getting clearer. The latest information gathered from the World’s top markets have been summarised by EPIA (the European Photovoltaic Industry Association) in … Continue reading
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Italian ‘killer’ Decree threatens global solar industry
In a move that will shake the global PV industry like an earthquake, the Italian Government approved on 3rd March a long awaited Renewable Energy Decree that marks an unanticipated, early end to its incredible solar race. After months of … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Energy, Gotta Be Kidding, Nuclear Energy
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Italy’s solar market booms beyond all predictions: 6 GWs in 2010
Just a few days ago I was about to start an article on the fast-rising pace of the Italian solar market, based on the available data from GSE (the Italian Government’s Energy Agency). I was to comment on what I … Continue reading
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Italian roads go solar with first sun powered motorway
Most people will be surprised, but Italy was the first country in the world to build motorways. In fact, the A8 “Milano-Laghi” motorway (“Milan-Lakes”, as it connects the city of Milan to Lake Como and Maggiore) was completed in 1926. … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Energy, Green Architecture
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World’s largest tidal turbine successfully installed in Scotland
On 24th August, Atlantis Resources Corporation successfully deployed its brand new AK1000 tidal turbine – the world’s largest rotor diameter tidal turbine – on its subsea berth, under 35 meters of water at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Energy, Water
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