Naval power: Mauritius looks to Perth base for renewable energy solutions
First to be threatened by climate change, island nations want renewable energy, even if it costs them more As home to Australia’s largest naval base, it is no surprise that foreign governments are...
View ArticleScotland hosts groundbreaking wind energy project to build new homes
Housing association invests in electricity-generating turbines that will fund affordable homes in rural ScotlandAmid the rolling hills and woodland pastures of south-east Scotland, a wind of change is...
View ArticleReliance on gas could lead to higher electricity bills, Climate Council warns
Existing plants should be thought of as expensive, emergency backup as renewables are scaled up, report saysAn increased reliance on gas in Australia forelectricity generation could lead to higher...
View ArticleRenewables roadshow – Newtown: 'What could be better than solar-powered...
While the politicians dither around energy policy, Newtown is teaming up with a pair of hipster brewers to support a solar-powered brewery and beer with a conscience Mining the ground to mining the sun...
View ArticleRenewables roadshow: how the people of Newtown got behind solar-powered beer
A hipster brewery in a Sydney suburb has created beer with an environmental messageHow Broken Hill went from mining to drag queens and solar farmsNewtown – Sydney’s grungy inner-city suburb where a...
View ArticleBritain set for first coal-free day since Industrial Revolution
National Grid expects the UK to reach coal energy ‘watershed’ on Friday in what will also be the country’s first 24-hour coal-free periodThe UK is set to have its first ever working day without coal...
View ArticleDing ding! All aboard the ex-Lib Dem minister's solar-powered bus
Norman Baker ditched the ‘constant battle’ of working with Theresa May to run the Big Lemon – the Brighton eco-firm launching a green bus routeVince Cable and Ed Davey, the former business and energy...
View ArticleTory windfarm policy endangers cheap energy in UK, commission finds
Shell-sponsored group says wind is ‘increasingly the cheapest form of electricity’ and urges Tories to review ban on subsidised onshore windfarmsConservative opposition to windfarms risks the UK...
View ArticleWater-smart farming: how hydroponics and drip irrigation are feeding...
How energy-smart technology is allowing fresh vegetables to be grown in arid, isolated communities. Our Future of farming series is looking at the people, places and innovations in sustainable...
View ArticleAustralians could save $100bn on electricity 'if government had clear policy'
Energy transmission industry ramps up call for market mechanism and says clear regulation could lead to zero net emissions by 2050Australia’s electricity and gas transmission industry has intensified a...
View ArticlePupil power: how students are turning schools green
A scheme encouraging young people to take the lead on environmental projects is changing habits, growing leaders – and saving schools moneyAt the Manchester Creative and Media Academy, six year 10...
View ArticleThe American people – not Big Oil – must decide our climate future | Senator...
We must aggressively transition our energy system away from fossil fuels and toward clean, renewable energy solutions. And we need to do so now The debate facing our world today is not whether we need...
View ArticlePowerhouse: the startup making solar the most accessible energy in the world
It’s one of the only incubators focused on solar companies – but Powerhouse is part of a larger movement to nurture new companies in the low-carbon futureIt started with a crowdfunding startup, an...
View ArticleState-owned Swedish firm Vattenfall enters UK energy market
Company is latest foreign publicly owned entity to join lucrative UK market with plan to sell energy from windfarms to big businessA state-owned Swedish company has become the latest European firm to...
View ArticleSpray on and printable: what's next for the solar panel market?
Thin film technology is touted as a gamechanger for the solar panel market, but it’s not without drawbacksSpray on, printable and other new thin film technology looks set to provide a major boost to...
View ArticleNissan launches British-made home battery to rival Tesla's Powerwall
Sunderland plant to produce new and recycled batteries from electric cars to serve as home energy storage unitsBatteries that have powered electric cars around the UK will get a second life providing...
View ArticleNegative emissions tech: can more trees, carbon capture or biochar solve our...
As CO2 levels rise, controversial techniques including carbon capture and storage, enhanced weathering and reforestation may be solutionsIn the 2015 Paris climate agreement, 195 nations committed to...
View ArticleHigher, cheaper, sleeker: wind turbines of the future – in pictures
With the UK government ending subsidies for onshore wind and the Trump administration pushing for a return to coal, you might think the wind power revolution had run out of puff. Far from it. The cost...
View ArticleFull tilt: giant offshore wind farm opens in North Sea
Gemini windpark off the coast of the Netherlands will eventually meet the energy needs of about 1.5 million people, according to its ownersDutch officials have opened what is being billed as one of the...
View ArticleAre companies ready to rethink the way they do business? – open thread
As we kick off a series looking at how business can embrace sustainability, particularly renewables and the circular economy, tell us what you think we should be coveringWith millions dying prematurely...
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