Clean energy funds for Alcoa's Portland smelter might be unlawful, Greens say
Greg Hunt suggested funds from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation could be used to build a new power station for the struggling plant A ministerial intervention aimed at using Clean Energy Finance...
View ArticleEuropean commission approves Drax biomass subsidy
A third unit at Drax’s coal power station will switch to burning wood pellets after commission’s state aid investigation approves financial support The share price of Britain’s biggest power station...
View ArticleSolar cooling systems take heat out of summer’s hottest days
A few Australian businesses are exploiting the searing heat of summer to create purpose-designed solar cooling systems whose benefits extend far beyond electricity savingsAs Australia settles in for...
View ArticleRepublicans and Democrats alike want more clean energy | John Abraham
A new report finds strong support for clean energy, international climate agreements, and cutting carbon pollution - across the political spectrumIt’s almost an accepted dogma that in the United States...
View ArticleTrump’s potentially toxic effect on the solar industry
The US solar industry is a bigger employer than oil and gas extraction, but it fears disruption under a Trump presidencyThe solar industry is wary. US president-elect Donald Trump has picked climate...
View ArticleWhy is corporate America picking wind power over solar?
Google, Microsoft, Dow Chemical and other big companies are buying five times more wind than solar electricity in the race to hit ambitious emissions targets Businesses are buying more wind and solar...
View Article'Mad Alex': Donald Trump letters abuse Scottish ex-first minister
Messages sent before his White House campaign show US president-elect harassing Alex Salmond over windfarmsDonald Trump harangued the former first minister of Scotland as “Mad Alex” and accused him of...
View ArticleIndia plans nearly 60% of electricity capacity from non-fossil fuels by 2027
Expansion of solar and wind power will help exceed Paris targets by almost half and negate need for new coal-fired power stationsThe Indian government has forecast that it will exceed the renewable...
View ArticleWorld's first solar panel road opens in Normandy village
Route in Tourouvre-au-Perche cost €5m to construct and will be used by about 2,000 motorists a day during two-year test periodFrance has opened what it claims to be the world’s first solar panel road,...
View ArticleUK hits clean energy milestone: 50% of electricity from low carbon sources
New wind and solar farms, alongside wood burning and nuclear reactors, helped to push low carbon power to a new high in the third quarter of 2016Half of the UK’s electricity came from wind turbines,...
View ArticleTeargas, trees and oil: my life in the greatest job on earth | John Vidal
In 27 years as environment editor at the Guardian, I have seen both devastation and progress. Now I’m retiring – but I still have hope for the future of the planetIn September 1989, Guardian editor...
View Article'This is possible. We did it': the week Portugal ran on renewables
Campaigners say the 107 hours when the country was powered by wind, sun and water show they can replace fossil fuels If you can keep your gaze off the hilltops, imagine away the pylons and forget the...
View ArticleSolar energy and rethinking geothermal: Arena's hits and misses
As demand for sustainable energy increases, Australia’s independent renewable energy agency has to choose to fund some projects over others – to varying degrees of success As any punter will know,...
View ArticleChristmas Day 2016 sets new UK record for renewable energy use
Green energy such as wind power made up 40% of electricity generated in Britain, compared with 25% on 25 December 2015Christmas Day was the greenest on record for energy generation, according to the...
View ArticleClimate change in 2016: the good, the bad, and the ugly | John Abraham
2016 wasn’t all bad news for the climate, but it was ugly toward the endThis past year had so many stories involving human-caused climate change – it will be forever in our memories. Here is a summary...
View ArticleCornish village marks 25 years of UK wind power
The UK’s first commercial windfarm in Delabole has produced enough energy to boil 3.4bn kettles since it began in 1991, when people dismissed the idea. Now it’s one of more than 1,000 onshore projects...
View ArticleRenewables investment in UK will fall 95% over next three years – study
Analysis reveals extent of decline because of subsidy cuts and raises concerns about Britain meeting emissions targetsInvestment in windfarms will fall off a “cliff edge” over the next three years and...
View ArticleChina to invest £292bn in renewable power by 2020
World’s largest energy market looks to move from coal towards cleaner fuelsChina will plough 2.5tn yuan (£292bn) into renewable power generation by 2020, the country’s energy agency has said, as the...
View ArticleThe solar cooker that seeks its own place in the sun | Kate Hodal
Solar cookers need to be moved during the day, an inconvenience that leads to some being discarded. But what if a clever unit did its own sun tracking?Solar cookers have been promoted as a safe...
View ArticleInside Glanrhyd, the first solar 'eco hamlet' in Wales
Residents of the new eco hamlet in Pembrokeshire can expect greatly reduced fuel bills and shared use of an electric carMost of the houses in the Welsh village of Glanrhyd are of traditional...
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