Also-rans 4/02

The UK's first Low Emissions Zone springs into action in London today. More...
Leo Hickman writes on the US election and the environment in The Guardian. More...
A collection of Carbon Calculators from Pinko. More...
The Times writes on companies bragging about their renewable power facilities. More...
Monbiot blogs on population growth as an environmental issue. More...
Carbon Capture and Storage suffers setbacks in both the UK and US.

Google gets greener

"Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal" is the title of Google's new green initiative. Larry Pa comments in BrandRepublic:

Our goal is to produce one gigawatt of renewable energy capacity that is cheaper than coal. We are optimistic this can be done in years, not decades.

Google has already announced its intention to become carbon neutral, btu I think this is a far more interesting step.

Renewables take off

GE has reinforced its capability to meet the growing global demand for wind turbines, signing an agreement with one of the leading wind turbine blade suppliers, TPI Composites. A GE spokesman, somewhat amusingly, claims these are "exciting times in the wind industry". I don't know why I find that amusing, but I do!

BusinessGreen reports on the launch of the UK's first bioethanol plant in Norfolk last week.

HP is buying renewable in Ireland:
HP today announced relationships with two renewable energy providers, Airtricity in Ireland and SunPower Corp. in the United States, as part of the company’s goal to reduce its energy use by 20 percent by the end of 2010.The contract with Airtricty will ensure that nearly 90 percent of HP’s energy use in Ireland is renewable, exceeding the company’s 2007 target for carbon emission reductions.