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Would partly black turbines be safer for birds? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Environment

Might black wind turbines prevent bird collisions?

Four turbines at the Smøla wind farm in Norway are to have one rotor blade painted black to see whether increasing the visual contrast of the turbine against its background might help to reduce bird strikes.

The opening ceremony was attended by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway

Environment

The world's first osmotic power plant from Statkraft

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway officially opened Statkraft's osmotic power plant prototype on 24th November

Where the river meets the sea - salt and freshwater could be used like a giant battery (Image of Amazon Estuary via NASA)

Environment

Salinity power as renewable energy

Green energy comes in many guises these days, from wind-power to wave-power. One of the more compelling of the new kids on the eco-energy block is salinity power, which uses the concurrence of salt-water and freshwater in estuaries and marries it with the natural, effortless process of osmosis.