The Northern Echo | Renewable Technologies

Former mining dale aims to become ‘Bath of the North’

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:58:00 +0100

WITH much of world's attention focused on the environment, it is perhaps surprising that nobody has come up with the idea before.

Making the most out of gas

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:55:00 +0100

WORK is under way to develop hydrogen as an energy source, taking advantage of the large amount of hydrogen produced as part of chemical processes on Teesside.

Dust – one company’s waste can be another’s raw material

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:53:00 +0100

A PIONEERING project has started which uses dust that would probably have ended up in landfill in a sewage sludge treatment works on the Tyne.

Biomass drives on – thanks to the trees

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:53:00 +0100

THE generation of power without burning fossil fuels, which create greenhouse gases, is what drives the biomass movement.

Region leading energy race to find an energy without side-effects

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:52:00 +0100

THEY are the technologies that offer hope for the future of the planet - and many of them are being pioneered in the North-East.

Wind of change blows from a North farm

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:48:00 +0100

The region is leading the development of new technologies that are kind to the planet.John Dean takes a look at five to watch.