|
Support nonprofit, independent environmental journalism.
|
|
 Stories About: Australia AND green living AND renewable energy
| Headline |
Author |
Published |
Section |
Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut ...
|
|
23 May 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut ... Macadamia-nut shells will soon be the source of electricity for more than 1,200 Australian homes. Construction began this week on a biomass cogeneration plant in the northern Australian state of Queensland that will produce renewable energy by burning more than 5,000 tons of shells generated by the nation's native macadamia nut industry. "This project ... could be re ... |
|
| Topics: Australia, energy, green living, renewable energy (all these topics) |
|
|
A Towering Achievement
|
|
06 Jan 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| A Towering Achievement An Australian power company is planning to build the world's tallest structure, in the name of a global campaign to encourage renewable energy use. Energy company Environmission plans to construct a solar tower in the middle of the Australian outback that would soar 3,300 feet into the air, or more than twice as high as the world's tallest building, Toronto's Canadian National Tower. The str ... |
|
| Topics: Australia, green living, renewable energy (all these topics) |
|
|
|
|
©2008. Grist Magazine, Inc. All rights reserved. Gloom and doom with a sense of humor®.