Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts solar power will be main energy source in 20 years, due to law of accelerating returns, interview with Grist. Meanwhile, £5m government funding for universities and businesses to develop nanoscale technologies for next generation solar-energy harvesters, in The Engineer. Maersk improve environmental credentials by ordering energy efficient container ships to reduce emissions: 400m long, 73m tall, 20% more carrying capacity, in The Guardian. Proposal to move UK clocks hour forward all year, which could save 447, 000 tonnes CO2 each winter, in Business Green. And finally…First electric cars, now electric go-karts, as UK’s first carbon-neutral go-kart venue opens, in The Guardian.

Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts solar power will be main energy source in 20 years, due to law of accelerating returns, interview with Grist.

Meanwhile, £5m government funding for universities and businesses to develop nanoscale technologies for next generation solar-energy harvesters, in The Engineer.

Maersk improve environmental credentials by ordering energy efficient container ships to reduce emissions: 400m long, 73m tall, 20% more carrying capacity, in The Guardian.

Proposal to move UK clocks hour forward all year, which could save 447, 000 tonnes CO2 each winter, in Business Green.

And finally…First electric cars, now electric go-karts, as UK’s first carbon-neutral go-kart venue opens, in The Guardian.