one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog

Potential future energy sources for Europe: a string of giant solar power stations along the Mediterranean desert shores and a a 5,000-mile wind-powered electricity supergrid, stretching from Siberia to Morocco and Egypt to Iceland.

A Europe-wide wind-powered electricity grid could be in our future.

The United Nations say clean energy could provide almost a quarter of the world’s electricity by 2030. Many are sceptical.

Energy efficiency labelling for all electronic goods is not a bad idea. I can’t count the number of times when I’ve had to try and peer behind equipment to find an indication of its power usage.

Australia is the first country to make a move against incandescent light bulbs, banning them completely by 2009 in favour of energy-saving compact fluorescents.

A new skyscraper to be built in Paris will have a windfarm at the top while a nightclub in Rotterdam will generate electricity from dancers’ movements.

Europe got a taste of rolling blackouts yesterday. They were due to increased demand on the grid when temperatures suddenly dropped. update: it actually started with a line being turned off in order to let a cruise ship past.

Plans announced for Belgium’s largest offshore wind farm

Interesting comparison of macs’ power consumption in different modes. A dual G5 still pulls 3.2 W when powered down! This comforts me in my use of powerstrips to switch everything off at night or when not in use.