Renewable Energy

Supercapacitors for Flexible Energy Storage and Ultrafast Superpower
High power and energy density devices with applications for electric vehicles, grid renewables, and yet to come: foldable displays and a host of portable, wearable consumer electronics
Dr Mae-Wan Ho 23rd March 2015

Age of Oil Ending?
Oil prices plunging to a five year low sparked a wave of downsizing in an industry desperate to rid itself of stranded assets; meanwhile renewable energy markets are booming with ‘100 % renewables’ on the climate action plan, and civil society grassroots movements are winning major campaigns to divest mega-investments from fossil fuels and leave oil in the ground
Dr Mae-Wan Ho 26th January 2015

Waste Plastics into Fuel Oil?
One way to clear the existing mountains of waste plastics is to turn them into clean fuel oil; a company in New York appears to have done just that at a cost of 11 cents a gallon using unsorted, unwashed plastic wastes in a safe, environmentally friendly, and highly efficient process; but will this perpetuate our dependence on fossil fuel?
Dr Mae-Wan Ho 21st January 2015

US 'Fracking Boom' a "Fallacy", New Studies Reveal
US shale gas reserve will run out much sooner than officially forecast, with important implications for countries looking to replicating US’ ‘fracking boom’, and all the more reason to bank on truly renewables
Dr Mae-Wan Ho 5th January 2015

Can the US-China Agreement Save the Climate?
It reflects rapid gains in renewables and associated energy storage technologies on the ground, and may well accelerate the shift in the world's energy landscape towards a predominance of renewables
Dr Mae-Wan Ho 27th November 2014

Distributed Grid Energy Storage Comes of Age with Renewables
Distributed energy storage is becoming a new grid asset as ideal companion to renewables, offering demand response, flexibility, energy efficiency, stability and resilience of supply, replacing costly ‘peaking’ power plants and other conventional infrastructure requirements
Dr Mae-Wan Ho 25th November 2014

China is World's Leading Renewable Superpower
Top in investment, installed capacity and generation, and moving away from fossil fuels; in contrast to the USA
Dr Mae-Wan Ho 30th July 2014

Going With the Flow Battery
New flow batteries provide just the right energy storage for intermittent renewables such as solar and wind to guarantee constant supply throughout the grid
Prof Peter Saunders 12th March 2014

Funding for Small Scale Anaerobic Digesters in England
UK government starts mining agricultural wastes for renewable energy as municipal and household wastes are becoming scarce
Dr Mae Wan Ho 23rd October 2013

Renewable Ousting Fossil Energy
Radical Grid Transformation under Way
Phenomenal growth of renewable energy capacity along with rapidly improving efficiencies and tumbling costs putting fossil power generation out of business and forcing a radical transformation of the electricity grid in just 4-5 years
Dr Mae Wan Ho 11th September 2013

Fracking for Shale Gas
Shale gas could be a useful stop-gap substitute for more conventional fossil fuels on our way towards fully green renewable energies, but health and environmental risks including pollution to ground water remain to be addressed
Prof Peter Saunders 20th February 2013

Photosynthetic Bacterium Converts CO2 into Petrochemical and O2
The genetically modified bacterium turns greenhouse gas CO2 into ethylene - an energy dense fuel and major industrial feedstock - reversing the largest CO2-emitting process in the petrochemical industry and with an added bonus of O2
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 19th September 2012

Biogas Plant for Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia Showcased by Award-Winning Team for Sustainable Development
Biogas plants provide organic fertilizer and sustainable energy to increase crop yield and supply households with clean safe energy
Sue Edwards with Fentaw Ejigu and Hailu Araya 7th December 2011

Sustainable Agriculture and Off-Grid Renewable Energy
Small integrated farms with off-grid renewable energy may be the perfect solution to the food and financial crisis while mitigating and adapting to climate change
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 18th July 2011

Carbon Capture and Storage: Still Not An Option
Eliminating carbon from power plant emissions is cost-prohibitive and environmentally counterproductive
Jeffrey H. Michel 4th July 2011

Cold Fusion Ready for Commercial Production?
Prototype device tested in public with impressive results, and commercial production scheduled to begin end of 2011, but naysayers call it a scam
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 6th June 2011

Lighting Africa
Solar power is making rapid headway in many African countries and women are the leading light
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 6th April 2011

Renewable Energies Cost Less
Renewable energies not only cleaner, but also cheaper, especially in the long run
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 19th January 2011

How Green is Solar?
Thin Film CdTe under the Spotlight
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 17th January 2011

Green Chemistry from Wastes
Closed loop zero-waste chemical processing of waste biomass from agriculture is the future of green chemistry, says Prof. James Clark of York University, UK
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 12th January 2011

Biofuels Waste Energy to Produce
Scientific evidence shows most if not all biofuels require more fossil fuel energy to produce and will never be a major green energy option. Dr. Mae-Wan Ho
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 6th December 2010

Eradicating Rural Poverty with Renewable Energies
Renewables are providing affordable energy access for rural communities to get out of poverty while saving the climate
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 24th November 2010

Grameen Shakti for Renewable Energies
A not-for-profit social enterprise that empowers and enriches rural communities in Bangladesh through providing renewable energies, setting an example for the world
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 22nd November 2010

Biogas for China's New Socialist Countryside
Anaerobic digestion is the key to China's rural development, but much more training and technical support needed, and better yet, an integrated approach to food and renewable energy, involvement of the local community and promotion of local enterprise
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 17th November 2010

Biofuels and World Hunger
Damning report confirms critic’s charge that industrial biofuels are responsible for world’s food and hunger crisis
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 3rd November 2010

World Reached 25 % Renewable Energy Capacity
Renewable energies continued to climb in 2009, bucking the plummeting economic trend
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 25th October 2010

'Zero Carbon Britain' or Dust Bowl Britain?
A project based on a fallacious assumption about biofuels
Patrick Noble 28th June 2010

‘Land Rush’ as Threats to Food Security Intensify
Biofuels policies and the 2008 financial and food crisis ignited a worldwide ‘land rush’ that’s increasing world hunger without addressing the underlying long term threats to world food security
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 28th April 2010

Climate Road Map Loses Direction
The Copenhagen Accord is a big step backwards on the road map agreed in Bali, and is leading to a collapse in emissions targets that will result in a catastrophic rise in global temperature of more than 3 °C
Martin Khor 15th February 2010

The Bradford Hill Criteria Applied to Climate Change & GMOs
If smoking causes lung cancer, we should try to stop people smoking, if greenhouse gas emissions are causing climate change, we should reduce them, if genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are hazardous, we should ban them. The problem for policy makers is that it is hard to be sure, or rather it is hard to be sure enough to convince a government to spend money or offend a powerful lobby. The Bradford Hill criteria can help in the difficult task of making decisions when the evidence, while strong, is not conclusive.
Prof. Peter Saunders 3rd February 2010

Green Power Rules
A ground-breaking launch conference for Green Energies - 100% Renewable by 2050 and turning point for renewable and sustainable energies
Sam Burcher 16th December 2009

Cities and Climate
An International Challenge and Development Perspective
Dr Siegfried Brenke 14th December 2009

The Politics of Green Energy
Rt. Hon Michael Meacher MP, former environment minister tells how UK is struggling to shift towards renewable energies, and what the Government must do to get there, easily
Michael Meacher MP 9th December 2009

Faith Hope and Chaos
Alan Simpson MP provides a brilliant conceptual and practical roadmap for shifting hearts, minds, and actions towards an energy revolution that will set the world on fire
Alan Simpson MP 7th December 2009

Power to the People, 100 Percent Renewables by 2050
Being 100 percent renewable and green is good, regardless of whether you believe in climate change. It solves our energy problem, puts people back in control, and gives us a cleaner, safer, healthier environment.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 30th November 2009

Announcing ISIS Launch Conference - Green Energies, 100% Renewables by 2050
Launch Conference Venue: Jubilee Room, House of Commons, Westminster, London Date: Wednesday, 25 November 2005
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 6th November 2009

Kenya to Build Africa’s Largest Windfarm
Ambitious plans to light up Africa, but local off grid power sources must not be neglected
Sam Burcher 19th October 2009

Germany 100 Percent Renewables by 2050
Sets an example for all industrial nations
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Peter Saunders 14th October 2009

Wind Power Could Supply Global Electricity Needs 40 Times Over
Wind power could electrify the world or provide its energy needs many times over, not necessarily with big turbines and wind farms
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 5th October 2009

Harnessing the Wind with Scrap
A boy who had to leave school at 14 shows the world how to harness wind energy by using dumped objects
Sam Burcher 5th August 2009

Very High Efficiency Solar Cells
The highest efficiency solar cells use innovations in optics to concentrate sunlight
Brett Cherry 22nd July 2009

Quantum Well Solar Cells
Trapping solar energy in quantum wells increases gain and efficiency of solar cells
Brett Cherry 20th July 2009

Splitting Water with Ease
Harvesting solar energy with a specially designed metal complex that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen with novel chemistry and regenerates itself.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 6th July 2009

Making Fuel from Water
An efficient and robust catalyst for oxidizing water brings us closer to converting sunlight into fuel
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 1st July 2009

Harvesting Energy from Sunlight with Artificial Photosynthesis
Solar power is by far the most abundant renewable zero-carbon energy resource, and artificial photosynthesis could be the most effective way to store the energy and make it more available and affordable
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 29th June 2009

Global Shift to Renewable Energies Happening
More renewable energies capacity added than conventional for the first time in 2008
ISIS 3rd June 2009

Harvesting Waste Heat to Save the Climate
Thermoelectric devices that scavenge waste heat to generate electricity improve efficiency of fuel consumption and replace bad greenhouse gas refrigerant
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 22nd April 2009

An Urban Dream Farm for London?
The first community project in the metropolis to recycle food wastes into energy and fertilizer by anaerobic digestion
Sam Burcher 1st April 2009

Reef to Replace Barrage to Tap the Tides?
How to get renewable energy from the tides in the Severn without damaging the environment
Peter Bunyard 30th March 2009

Saving the Climate Dangerously
Geoengineering experiments can lead to big disasters if things go wrong, which is why it must be strictly regulated. The German Governments decision to proceed with its ocean fertilisation experiment violates the recommendations of the Convention on Biological Diversity, but there is no law against it.
Prof. Peter Saunders 2nd February 2009

Portable and Distributed Power Generation from LENRs
Power output of LENR-based systems could be scaled up to address many different commercial applications
Lewis Larsen 10th December 2008

Organic Agriculture and Localized Food & Energy Systems for Mitigating Climate Change
How the world can be food and energy secure without fossil fuels
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 15th October 2008

Converting Waste Paper to Biogas, a Class-room Project
How to motivate practical learning for sustainability
Obayomi Oatunbosun Adeleke 8th September 2008

Dream Farm 2 a Work of Art
A visit to a potential site gave an unexpected perspective to the implementation of Dream Farm 2
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 1st September 2008

The Biogas Economy Arrives
The biogas economy is taking off, but will it mean vast swathes of energy crops feeding enormous biogas plants instead of people?
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 27th August 2008

Solar Power Getting Cleaner Fast
New thin-film solar panels cheapest and cleanest and getting better yet
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 1st August 2008

Solar Power to the Masses
Solar cells getting better and cheaper fast as oil prices soar, soon it will cost as much to get electricity from the sun as from the grid, and distributed small scale generation is the way ahead
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 31st July 2008

Which Renewables?
Life cycle assessments are revealing just how much we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save on energy use with different renewable options Dr. Mae-Wan Ho
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 30th July 2008

Ending 10 000 Years of Conflict between Agriculture and Nature
Organic agriculture is not enough; we must replace annual with perennial crops.
Dr. Stan Cox 26th June 2008

UN 'Right to Food' Rapporteur Urges 5 Year Moratorium on Biofuels
The message of Biofuels: Biodevastation, Hunger & False Carbon Credits (SiS 35) getting through to the top.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 8th November 2007

Transmutation, The Alchemist Dream Come True
Not just base metals into gold; but the profuse creation of elements that is rewriting the book of genesis.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 24th October 2007

How Cold Fusion Works
Many ways for atomic nuclei to come close coherently and fuse together in condensed matter.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 23rd October 2007

Jatropha Biodiesel Fever in India
Jatropha may seem like the most sustainable option among bioenergy crops but has yet to prove its potential. Research on socioenomic and environmental impacts of large-scale cultivation needed as well as lifecycle analysis on energy and carbon emissions.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 15th October 2007

How to Beat Climate Change & Be Food and Energy Rich - Dream Farm 2
Proposal for an integrated food and energy rich farm to beat climate change and the energy crisis, and a path to social revolution
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 10th July 2007

Mobile Phones & Vanishing Birds
Birds near mobile phone base stations do not breed well
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 29th May 2007

Cancer Risks from Microwaves Confirmed
Microwaves from wireless mobile phone transmitters may be more potent than lower frequency electromagnetic fields in promoting cancer
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 24th May 2007

The BP-Berkeley Energy BioScience Institute
The biofuels boom is already having devastating effects on the world's poorest countries and on planet as a whole by accelerating deforestation and climate change
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 10th May 2007

Prof. Ignacio Chapela speech on the Berkeley-BP Deal
The University of California at Berkeley administration and a small cabal of scientists have struck a secret deal with BP to fund biofuels and synthetic biology research to the tune of $500 million over the next ten years. When this was leaked, it aroused widespread criticism from faculty members and students, beginning with the bad science behind it, which could seriously damage people and planet
Prof. Ignacio Chapela 12th March 2007

The Economics of Climate Change
The Stern Report commissioned by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown shows that doing nothing to mitigate climate change will cost us at least five times as much as if we start to act now, but will any government take heed?
Prof. Peter Saunders 16th January 2007

Biofuels Republic Brazil
Brazil’s rapidly expanding biofuels industry pose serious threats to the survival of people and planet.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 18th December 2006

Biofuels: Biodevastation, Hunger & False Carbon Credits
Europe’s thirst for biofuels is fuelling deforestation and food price hikes, exacerbated by a false accounting system that awards carbon credits to the carbon profligate nations. A mandatory certification scheme for biofuels is needed to protect the earth’s most sensitive forest ecosystems, to stabilise climate and to safeguard our food security.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 11th December 2006

Biogas China
Biogas from biological wastes tops renewable energies as it also prevents carbon emissions and environmental pollution. It is at the heart of a burgeoning eco-economy in China, but certain constraints need to be addressed for its full potential to be realized
Prof. Li Kangmin and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 2nd October 2006

The Blue Revolution: Air Condition and Energy from Deep Waters of Lakes and Oceans
Deep lake and ocean water is being exploited for cooling buildings, provide drinking water and generate electricity
Prof. Joe Cummins 25th August 2006

Dream Farm 2 - Story So Far
A potted history of Dream Farm 2, its conceptual underpinnings and update with a potential site in mind
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 24th July 2006

Recycling of All Resources for Sustainability
Prof. George Chan, Ministry of Agro-Industry & Fisheries, Mauritius, envisages a national system of local integrated farming and waste recycling networks
Prof. George Chan 28th June 2006

How to be Fuel and Food Rich under Climate Change
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho rejects solutions offered by governments and tells us how to survive the climate change and energy crisis in style
Dr. Mae Wan Ho 27th June 2006

We Need A Change in Energy Policy As Well As in Government
Rt. Hon. Michael Meacher MP speaks out on peak oil, nuclear energy and beyond
Michael Meacher MP 22nd June 2006

The Slow Burning Fuse of Sustainability
Alan Simpson MP offers a future vision when an interconnected network of local energy sources will serve the nation and great ideas on how to get there
Alan Simpson MP 15th June 2006

ISIS Energy Report Gets Cross Party Support
Tim Yeo MP Shadow Secretary of State for Public Services, Health and Education, and Chair of cross-party Environmental Audit Committee, welcomes and praises ISIS Energy Report
Tim Yeo MP 14th June 2006

Which Energy? Gets High Praise At Launch
People at the Westminster meeting were “stimulated and energized”
Sam Burcher and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 7th June 2006

Parliament Launch of ISIS 2006 Energy Report
Energy Report Final Announcement
ISIS 22nd May 2006

Which Energy?
ISIS Energy Report 2006
Mae-Wan Ho, Peter Bunyard, Peter Saunders, Elizabeth Bravo, Rhea Gala 1st April 2006

United Kingdom's Energy Vision – A Case Study
The UK government's response to climate change and the energy crisis has not yielded concrete results despite many good intentions because its trade- and market dominated approach has prevented it from investing sufficiently in the appropriate technologies and adopting policies that promote self-sufficiency over trade.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Peter Saunders 27th March 2006

Organic Waste-Powered Cars
Fuel-efficient super-clean cars are at our doorstep and they run on methane produced by cleaning up wastes.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 20th March 2006

Ethanol from Cellulose Biomass Not Sustainable nor Environmentally Benign
Major technical and economic hurdles remain in getting ethanol from plant wastes, while burning ethanol produces carcinogens and increases ozone levels in the atmosphere.
Dr.Mae-Wan Ho 15th March 2006

The New Biofuel Republics
Poor developing nations are to feed the voracious appetites of rich countries for biofuels instead of their own hungry masses, and suffer the devastation of their natural forests and biodiversity
Dr. Elizabeth Bravo and Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 7th March 2006

Biodiesel Boom in Europe?
A predicted boom has yet to take off in Europe as investors look abroad
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 6th March 2006

Green Algae for Carbon Capture & Biodiesel
A sustainable option overlooked? Prolific green algae that capture carbon dioxide to make biodiesel
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 3rd March 2006

Biofuels for Oil Addicts
Bioethanol and biodiesel from energy crops compete for land that grows food and return less energy than the fossil fuel energy squandered in producing them; they are also damaging to the environment and disastrous for the economy
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 28th February 2006

How to Beat Climate Change & Post Fossil Fuel Economy
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho tables a proposal around a zero-emission, zero-waste farm after a highly successful workshop with living legend George Chan, who created dozens such farms to eradicate poverty in third world countries
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 30th January 2006

Quantum Dots and Ultra-Efficient Solar Cells?
Exciting new possibilities in harvesting solar power over the next decade
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 19th January 2006

Organic Solar Power
Solar power could become the next big thing in homes, personal accessories, the battlefield and other military applications. New affordable, durable and portable solar devices provide local energy generation for maximum efficiency and minimum greenhouse gas emissions
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 18th January 2006

Solar Power For The Masses
Solar power is poised to enter the mainstream energy market with novel materials that boost energy conversion efficiency and bring down manufacturing costs
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 17th January 2006

Dream Farm 2nd Announcement
How to turn "wastes" into energy and resources for local self-sufficiency in a post-fossil fuel economy
ISIS 10th January 2006

Waste Plastics into Oil
What if the mountains of plastic wastes that blight our landscapes and beaches spewing poisons from incinerators and landfills could be transformed overnight into combustible gas and diesel oil
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 29th November 2005

Food and Energy Security: Local Systems Global Solidarity
Alan Simpson MP offers a brilliant analysis of what's wrong with current national and international policies on food and energy and why we must break all the rules
Alan Simpson MP 27th September 2005

Food Miles and Sustainability
What's behind the statistics and what should be done?
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Rhea Gala 21st September 2005

Taking to the Wind
Peter Bunyard looks at the realities of wind power and answers its detractors
Peter Bunyard 12th July 2005

Biogas Bonanza for Third World Development
Biogas, a by-product of farmyard waste-treatment, has emerged as a major boon for Third World countries, bringing health, social, environmental, and financial benefits
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 20th June 2005

Oil Running Out
Industrialised countries are heavily dependent on fossil fuels, especially oil and gas. Gas and oil together provide 70% of the energy used in both the US and UK. But the world's reserves are rapidly diminishing, and they don't have to actually run out before precipitating a crisis
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho 18th January 2005