'Ultra rapid' electric car charging network coming to Australia
Chargefox stations will allow drivers to charge electric vehicles in just minutesDrivers travelling between Australia’s major cities could soon charge their electric vehicles in just 15 minutes with a...
View ArticleCanada passed a carbon tax that will give most Canadians more money | Dana...
By rebating the revenue to households, disposable income rises, which can be a boon for the Canadian economyLast week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution...
View ArticleIs Australia on the verge of having too much solar energy? | Tristan Edis
Solar will represent a very substantial part of our power supply, but we’re hardly at risk of generating too much. Here’s whyOver the last few weeks there have been a number of reports in the media...
View ArticleThere are three options in tackling climate change. Only one will work |...
We’re now at a fork in the road: either we cut out fossil fuels completely, or we pass on a dying planet to our childrenThe world faces a near-impossible decision – one that is already determining the...
View ArticleHow the next election determines our climate future – Australian politics...
Katharine Murphy talks to Kelly O’Shanassy, chief executive of the Australian Conservation Foundation, about why the next federal election will be a poll on climate change. Is the current environment...
View ArticleSummers could be entirely powered by clean energy by 2050
Demand for the rest of the year and lower solar output will still keep energy firms in businessBritish summers could be entirely powered without fossil fuels by the middle of the century without...
View ArticleUK renewable energy capacity surpasses fossil fuels for first time
Renewable capacity has tripled in past five years, even faster growth than the ‘dash for gas’ of the 1990sThe capacity of renewable energy has overtaken that of fossil fuels in the UK for the first...
View ArticleDrilling starts to tap geothermal power from Cornwall's hot rocks
Boreholes near Redruth would be UK’s deepest and could kickstart zero-carbon power source across countryA trailblazing energy project has started drilling the UK’s deepest ever borehole in Cornwall in...
View ArticleIs the wind turbine really a 'new apex predator'?
The presence of wind turbines can reduce the number of birds and lizards in an area, a new study has found. Should we start tearing the farms down?Name: wind turbines.Age: Early examples date to the...
View ArticleUK nuclear power station plans scrapped as Toshiba pulls out
Firm’s nuclear arm to wind up next year and scrap Cumbria plant leaving big hole in UK energy plansPlans for a new nuclear power station in Cumbria have been scrapped after the Japanese conglomerate...
View ArticleVictorian election roundup: Andrews pushes solar while Guy backs coal
Labor’s solar rebate for renters; Liberals not contesting Richmond, and the dangers of shearing shed press conferencesThe Andrews government has announced a rooftop solar rebate for renters and pledged...
View ArticleMoorside’s atomic dream was an illusion. Renewables are the future
The collapse of Toshiba’s project underlines the fact that new nuclear is a more unreliable proposition than wind and solarToshiba’s decision to pull out of building a nuclear power station in Cumbria...
View ArticleGlobal report highlights Australia’s renewables potential amid mixed signals...
Australia singled out for possible hydrogen boom, but also forecast to increase coal productionAustralia is singled out as a country with strong potential for new hydrogen production facilities in the...
View ArticleEnergy minister declares Snowy Hydro expansion 'fundamental' to Australia
Angus Taylor speech leads into crucial board decision on whether or not to proceedThe energy minister Angus Taylor has backed Malcolm Turnbull’s pet project, the expansion of the Snowy Hydro scheme,...
View ArticleWoodside Petroleum joins BHP and Rio Tinto to call for carbon price
‘By the time the science is proven, it will be too late to act,’ chief Peter Coleman says Woodside Petroleum chief executive, Peter Coleman, has joined mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto in calling for a...
View ArticleSpain plans switch to 100% renewable electricity by 2050
Ambitious scheme also aims to fully decarbonise country’s economy shortly afterSpain has launched an ambitious plan to switch its electricity system entirely to renewable sources by 2050 and completely...
View ArticleInventors of spinning wind turbine win James Dyson award
Lancaster students win £30,000 prize for O-Wind turbine after scooping UK equivalent A spinning turbine that can capture wind travelling in any direction and could transform how consumers generate...
View ArticleExtreme heat and drought could cause summer blackouts, energy market operator...
Heatwaves can limit generator capacity and lead to equipment failures, Aemo warnsExtreme weather over summer could reduce the output of coal, gas and hydro power generators and cause problems with the...
View ArticleGreen energy subsidies fuel rise of Northern Ireland mega-farms
Huge expansion of agri-food industry is harming environment, say investigatorsGreen energy subsidies are fuelling the rise of poultry mega-farms across Northern Ireland, with owners accused of...
View ArticleVictoria's forestry fight: how the election is raising the environmental stakes
Major parties want ‘sustainable logging’ in native forests, but experts warn of ‘endgame’ for endangered species and drinking waterTo understand the campaign to save Victoria’s old growth forests,...
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