Solar power: how investing can help to change lives
Energise Africa offers a 5% return and allows you to help support low-income families Fight the climate crisis and earn a return of 5% at the same time, plus enjoy a guarantee on your investment.That’s...
View ArticleBan government investment in fossil fuels, urges cross-party group of MPs
UK aid projects ‘actively undermine’ efforts to tackle climate crisis, MPs and campaign groups warnA cross-party group of MPs, backed by campaign groups, has called for an immediate ban on all...
View ArticleBP solar firm blazes ahead in search for UK's shiniest grass
Lightsource BP hopes ‘bi-facial’ panels will boost renewable energy at its solar farmsBP’s solar subsidiary is on the hunt for Britain’s shiniest grass to help make the most of new double-sided solar...
View ArticleE.ON UK to supply 3.3m customers with 100% renewable electricity
One of Britain’s biggest green energy switches to date will come at no extra costMore than 3m homes are to automatically receive renewable energy from E.ON UK at no extra cost in one of the UK’s...
View ArticleMolly Scott Cato: ‘It’s the wealthy who are causing climate change’
The Green party MEP for the south-west on why social justice is key to making the transition to a carbon-neutral economy by 2050Molly Scott Cato can hardly contain herself. Having spent more than 30...
View ArticleDevice could bring both solar power and clean water to millions
Researchers say one invention could solve two problems for people lacking basic resourcesA device that can produce electricity from sunlight while simultaneously purifying water has been produced by...
View Article'Just a matter of when': the $20bn plan to power Singapore with Australian solar
Ambitious export plan could generate billions and make Australia the centre of low-cost energy in a future zero-carbon worldThe desert outside Tennant Creek, deep in the Northern Territory, is not the...
View ArticleBob Brown rebukes Tasmanian windfarm project as the new Franklin dam
Former Greens leader says Robbins Island proposal could harm critically endangered birds and affect landscape’s natural beautyBob Brown, one of Australia’s most prominent environmental activists, says...
View ArticleThe idea of producing nuclear energy in Australia before 2040 is absurd |...
There is no chance of deploying it in the required timeframe. Fortunately, there are alternativesThe debate about nuclear power in Australia flickered to life with the suggestion by the New South Wales...
View ArticleOffshore wind auction could raise millions for Queen
Crown Estate holds rights to seabeds around British Isles for wind and wave powerThe Queen’s property managers will this week set out terms for the world’s biggest offshore wind auction in a...
View ArticleUK energy-saving efforts collapse after government subsidy cuts
Only 10,000 upgrades such as loft insulation happen each month compared with 65,000 in 2014, report showsEfforts to end fuel poverty and energy waste by making the UK’s draughty homes more efficient...
View ArticleCrown backs down and ‘refines’ plans for offshore wind auction
Tender process for seabed use made more transparent after warnings from energy firmsThe Queen’s property manager has bowed to criticism over its plans for the biggest offshore wind auction in a decade...
View ArticleWeatherwatch: harnessing heat to save for colder days
Scientists have designed a molecule that can capture the sun’s heat as it falls on glass windows during the day and release it at night – or store it up for winterThe ability to collect heat from the...
View ArticleThe attacks on Bob Brown for opposing a windfarm are exhausting and...
There are better and worse places to build turbines. Australians should be encouraged to take part in such debatesHow many wedge-tailed eagles is a black-throated finch worth? No doubt there’s an...
View ArticleUK solar power pioneer Solarcentury profit grows 860% in a year
Profits from subsidy-free solar farms have helped to connect millions in Africa to cheap lightingA UK solar power pioneer has grown its profits eight-fold by investing in subsidy-free solar farms, a...
View ArticleLow-carbon energy makes majority of UK electricity for first time
Rapid rise in renewables combined with nuclear generated 53% in 2018Low-carbon energy was used to generate more than half of the electricity used in the UK for the first time last year, according to...
View ArticleThe new electricity boom: renewable energy makes staggering leap but can it...
Australia now has enough projects committed to meet the national 2020 renewable energy targetThriving doesn’t quite cover it. New data released quietly late last week underscores the staggering pace of...
View ArticleTime to bin letters making dubious solar claims
Messages appear to be a ruse to get people to sign up to unnecessary servicesWe have had solar panels on our roof for some years and all is working well. Last week we received a letter from the British...
View ArticleClean energy set to provide 35% of Australia's electricity within two years
The renewable boom will end without a national policy to encourage future clean investments, industry warnsClean energy will be providing 35% of Australia’s total electricity needs within two years,...
View ArticleGodfrey Boyle obituary
Godfrey Boyle, who has died aged 74, was founder-editor in 1972 of Undercurrents, a magazine of “radical science and people’s technology”, which inspired a variety of sustainable energy, housing,...
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