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Capturing Carbon

Carbon capture and storage technology could be the key to a greener world
 

Europe's Green Giant Cleans Up

Germany's grand tradition of green awareness helps drive ambitious high-tech projects
 

Fuel Gauge

The energy efficiency sector is growing – but more because of soaring oil prices than climate concern, reports Elisabeth Jeffries
 

Fuelling Change

Hungary is set to play a leading role in the biofuels revolution
 

Green Investment: Sunny Side Up

Solar energy may soon achieve ‘grid parity’ and match the price of conventional energy, writes Tom Stevenson
 

Green Investment: Your Personal Power Station

Tom Stevenson finds that Ceres Power might be on to a winner with a revolutionary fuel cell providing domestic power and heat.
 

Hot Springs Eternal

Geothermal energy is on the rise in Hungary and Iceland
 

Making Carbon Trading Work

The European Trading Scheme could be the start of a multi-trillion-euro carbon market
 

Making Green Pay

Will this be a green year for the World Economic Forum?
 

Masdar

Welcome Abu Dhabi’s desert and the world’s first eco-city
 

Muck And Brass

Waste-to-energy company Thenergo
 

Portuguese Tug Of War

Portugal's clean energy tariffs are attracting a wave of marine power developers
 

Powering Up

Elisabeth Jeffries asks if fuel cells could pave the way to a low-carbon economy
 

Profit From A Changing Climate

The argument over the existence of global warming seems to be over. But how do we achieve the drastic cuts in carbon emissions deemed necessary to pull the planet back from the
 

Solar Gain

Despite a lack of subsidies and publicity, solar thermal technology is already starting to pay for itself, finds Elisabeth Jeffries.
 

Something In The Air

We have a nose around the biogas sector
 

The Energy Conquistador

Meet Acciona's José Entrecanales, a man on a mission to bring clean energy to Spain
 

The Green Klondike

London, with its capital markets and enthusiastic investors, has become the global centre for financing alternative energy
 

The Green Man Of The Woods

How does Eckhart Wintzen so successfully combine making money with saving the planet?
 

The Nuclear Dilemma

Is atomic power the answer to today's energy and environmental problems?
 

The Top 50 Low-Carbon Pioneers

The technologists, the visionaries, the backers - who's who in low emissions
 

Top 100 Low-Carbon Pioneers - Introduction

CNBC European Business editor Richard Lofthouse explains the background to this year’s list, what’s new for 2008 and the methodology behind the ranking.
 

Top 50 Low-Carbon Pioneers

The second edition of our renewable energy roll call
 

Vive La Revolution

France has its environmental champions but still relies on the politicians to provide a solution
 

Voluntary Carbon Markets Spring To Life

A look at the new market in carbon offsets
 

Will The Eu Save The Planet?

A look at emissions trading
 

Wind Of Change

Jean-Marie Santander embraces the power of the wind at Theolia
 

 
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