The Northern Echo | Renewable Technologies http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/eco/renewable/ The Northern Echo /features/eco/renewable/ en-gb Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:05:04 +0100 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:05:04 +0100 http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/eco/renewable/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/resources/images/850268/?type=rsslogo The Northern Echo | Renewable Technologies http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/eco/renewable/ Former mining dale aims to become ‘Bath of the North’ http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/eco/renewable/2319497.Former_mining_dale_aims_to_become____Bath_of_the_North___/?ref=rss WITH much of world's attention focused on the environment, it is perhaps surprising that nobody has come up with the idea before. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:58:00 +0100 25ab4682173245fc512029095b3295a0 Making the most out of gas http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/eco/renewable/2319477.Making_the_most_out_of_gas/?ref=rss 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. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:55:00 +0100 7b830ac43215445e773a025a04a673c0 Dust – one company’s waste can be another’s raw material http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/eco/renewable/2319450.Dust_____one_company___s_waste_can_be_another___s_raw_material/?ref=rss 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. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:53:00 +0100 46ee224b7410fbcab1b1bae8bf661f8e Biomass drives on – thanks to the trees http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/eco/renewable/2319460.Biomass_drives_on_____thanks_to_the_trees/?ref=rss THE generation of power without burning fossil fuels, which create greenhouse gases, is what drives the biomass movement. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:53:00 +0100 fc4c2808357a2a5326cef7216b5af5c7 Region leading energy race to find an energy without side-effects http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/eco/renewable/2319446.Region_leading_energy_race_to_find_an_energy_without_side_effects/?ref=rss THEY are the technologies that offer hope for the future of the planet - and many of them are being pioneered in the North-East. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:52:00 +0100 4d0a7329333c3fb82f69d0beb674effa Wind of change blows from a North farm http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/eco/renewable/2319432.Wind_of_change_blows_from_a_North_farm/?ref=rss The region is leading the development of new technologies that are kind to the planet.John Dean takes a look at five to watch. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:48:00 +0100 20ee5369955727a2f2248bbe72b4147e