G20 public finance for fossil fuels 'is four times more than renewables'
Soft loans, subsidies and World Bank funding mean nations are ‘talking out of both sides of their mouths’ on climate, says report The G20 nations provide four times more public financing to fossil...
View ArticleNuclear is to wind as Betamax is to Netflix – why Hinkley Point C is a turkey...
Christopher Jessop on why the UK is still backing nuclear power as others dump it; Andrew Warren on how energy efficiency can save us from the ‘energy gap’; Brian Price on the inaccuracy of a 2007...
View ArticleTesla to build world's biggest lithium ion battery in South Australia
Elon Musk’s company Tesla will partner with French utility Neoen to deliver the lithium ion battery designed to improve the security of electricity networkElon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla,...
View ArticleElon Musk announces Tesla's plan to build world's biggest lithium ion battery...
The billionaire founder of Tesla announces the building of the 129MWh battery to store renewable energy in South Australia, and confirms his pledge to deliver it within 100 days or it will be free....
View ArticleAmbitious clean energy target will mean lower electricity prices, modelling says
Energy analysis firm RepuTex finds clean energy target going beyond that advocated by Finkel Review would keep prices down for longerThe more ambitious a clean energy target is, the lower Australian...
View ArticleAustralia needs Tesla battery to prevent summer blackouts, regulator says
Aemo chief executive calls Elon Musk’s project a ‘very important part of our summer plan’ The head of Australia’s energy market regulator is “concerned” about avoiding blackouts next summer and says...
View ArticleTesla shows us how to think big on renewables, but there’s a long road ahead...
Elon Musk’s company has rightly been praised for its proposed giant battery in South Australia, although some components will prove controversial• Sam Hardy is a specialist in the tech, sustainability...
View ArticleCommentators who don't understand the grid should butt out of the battery...
Criticising South Australia’s battery for not meeting peak demand is akin to raging at your smartphone because it can’t send a faxKetan Joshi is a communications consultant for the renewable energy...
View ArticleRenewable power critic is chosen to head energy price review
Government’s preferred choice of Oxford economist Dieter Helm is controversial owing to criticism of wind and solar powerAn academic who is a vocal critic of the price of renewable power is the...
View ArticleStates may go it alone on clean energy target, says Victoria's energy minister
Exclusive: Lily D’Ambrosio says state governments could band together to enforce Finkel review recommendation, leaving commonwealth out on its ownWilling state governments could band together to...
View ArticleLiberal MP says people will die of cold because renewable energy drives up...
Labor criticises ‘appalling intervention’ by Craig Kelly, who is chair of backbench energy committeeRenewable energy will kill people this winter, Craig Kelly, the chair of the Coalition’s backbench...
View ArticleStop trying to save the planet, Matthew Canavan tells Queensland government
Federal minister attracts ridicule after he says state should ‘concentrate on saving jobs today’ instead of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050The federal resources minister, Matthew...
View ArticleBarnaby Joyce: I'll support a clean energy target – if coal can be included
Exclusive: Deputy PM tells Guardian the Nationals are waiting on cabinet: ‘You tell me where the line is, and I’ll tell you what our position is’The deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce says he’s...
View ArticleBiofuels need 'to be improved for battle against climate change'
Royal Academy of Engineering report backs increased use of biofuels but warns that some have been as polluting as fossil fuelsBiofuel use needs to increase to help fight climate change as liquid fuels...
View ArticleClean energy target: how the states might make it work
Victoria and South Australia have suggested a states-led initiative if the federal government continues to stall on a clean energy target. Could it work? Australian states exasperated by federal...
View ArticleWho said it: Craig Kelly or Ian the Climate Denialist Potato? Take the quiz |...
Like Ian the Climate Denialist Potato, Craig Kelly, MP, has a history of saying stupid things about the environment. Who made these statements?Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons...
View ArticleStates move towards clean energy, but Frydenberg says Coalition won't be rushed
Three states and ACT to ask Australian Energy Markets Commission to do further work on implementing central plank of Finkel reviewQueensland, Victoria, South Australia and the Australian Capital...
View ArticleOur electric car is driving on sunshine | Letters
Solar-powered vehicles are here – but are they really the answer?Our solar panels occupy only a third of our roof area. Even so, on a summer day they produce about the same power our Volkswagen...
View Article'Groundbreaking': Cornwall geothermal project seeks funds
The UK’s first commercial geothermal plant could come online as soon as 2020 – research suggests the technology generate a fifth of the nation’s powerA pioneering project to produce power from hot...
View ArticleUS millionaire who learned the value of punctuation the hard way | Brief letters
Punctuation | Solar-powered legs | Dogs and litter | Crossword themes | Puzzle changePunctuation is indeed important (Letters, 17 July). The story goes that an American millionaire’s wife, travelling...
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