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Biofuel production `needs ethical policies`
Existing biofuel policies in developing countries encourage unethical practices and offer few incentives to develop new, more ethical technologies, a major report has concluded.
"The rapid expansion of biofuels production in the developing world has led to problems such as deforestation and the displacement of indigenous peoples," said Joyce Tait, a scientific advisor to the Innogen Centre at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, who led an 18-month inquiry that culminated in the report `Biofuels: ... |
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Has the Falkland Islands delivered the world`s first wind-powered smart grid?
Opponents of wind farms often claim there simply is not enough wind to make them viable, but the Sandy Bay wind farm in the Falkland Islands has precisely the opposite problem.
The £4.6m development faces near constant average winds of 10.7mph which, since the first three 335kW turbines were installed in 2007, have helped Sandy Bay meet 26 per cent of the island`s electricity needs.
Another three turbines were installed last year, upping the average output to 38 per cent of the island`s needs and, on certain days, the turbines have supplied over half the power required by the ... |
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