Green building News for October 2012

Green building News Archive

Blog: Renewable energy at home - the 6 key steps to getting it right you need to know

As energy demand rises and consumer electricity bills increase, more and more attention is turning to renewables.

Morocco sees first wind–hydrogen system installed in Africa

The first African initiative to generate hydrogen from water using renewable energy has been installed in Morocco. The completion of Africa’s first wind–hydrogen system is a collaboration between the Pure Energy® Centre in Scotland, Sahara Wind Inc, and Al Akhawayn University in Morocco.

German virtual power plant project using 25 BlueGen micro CHP systems from Ceramic Fuel Cells German virtual power plant project using 25 BlueGen micro CHP systems from Ceramic Fuel Cells

The first commercial fuel cell virtual power plant in Germany has been officially opened in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The network features 25 BlueGen solid oxide fuel cell micro combined heat and power (mCHP) systems supplied by Australian-based Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd.