How does Scott Morrison's climate declaration at the United Nations stack up?
Checking the claims: the PM trumpets Australia’s policies as ‘responsible and achievable’. But what do experts say?Speaking in the US, Scott Morrison said he would drastically reduce plastic pollution...
View ArticleCentrica to use customers' hot water tanks to stop blackouts
British Gas owner to harness smart appliances to help balance National GridCentrica, the owner of British Gas, plans to use its customers’ hot water tanks to create a virtual power plant which could...
View ArticleNottingham-based energy supplier fails to pay £9.5m in subsidies
Robin Hood Energy may have licence revoked if it fails to pay total sum to OfgemRobin Hood Energy, the energy supplier owned by Nottingham city council, has failed to pass on £9.5m in renewable energy...
View ArticleWorld's largest wind turbines to be built off Yorkshire coast
Biggest offshore windfarm in North Sea will generate electricity for 4.5m homesThe largest offshore wind turbines ever built will begin powering millions of British homes using blades more than 100...
View ArticleBigger than the O2: giant greenhouses to grow 20 tonnes of tomatoes a day
Low-carbon structures fed by water treatment plants can grow 10% of homegrown cropPeople in Britain will soon be able to feast on tomatoes grown with the help of a water treatment plant in what backers...
View ArticleUK universities in landmark deal to buy energy direct from windfarms
Twenty institutions including Newcastle and Exeter club together in 10-year deal worth £50mTwenty of the UK’s leading universities have struck a £50m deal to buy renewable energy directly from British...
View ArticleLabour pledges to create 70,000 more jobs in offshore windfarms
Corbyn commits to 37 new windfarms in green industrial revolution election pushJeremy Corbyn will unveil plans to create another 70,000 jobs in offshore windfarms part-owned by the public as his party...
View ArticleDavid Pocock and Wallabies teammates lead sporting charge on carbon emissions...
Exclusive: Pocock convinces Bernard Foley and Dane Haylett-Petty to join him in encouraging the sports industry to play a bigger role in sustainabilityWallabies flanker David Pocock, along with Rugby...
View ArticleHow real is Saudi Arabia's interest in renewable energy?
Ambitious plans have not been matched by progress, but there may finally be signs of changeRevealed: the 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissionsIt was the largest renewables project ever...
View ArticleRenewable electricity overtakes fossil fuels in UK for first time
New offshore windfarms opening in third quarter mark milestone towards zero carbon Renewable energy sources provided more electricity to UK homes and businesses than fossil fuels for the first time...
View ArticleEden Project to begin drilling for clean geothermal energy
Cornwall council and EU will fund scheme to tap into ‘hot rocks’ beneath attractionA plan to heat the giant biomes of the Eden Project and, eventually, neighbouring communities by tapping into the “hot...
View ArticleRise of renewables may see off oil firms decades earlier than they think
Pace of progress raises hope that fossil fuel companies could lose their dominationEight ideas for reining in the fossil fuel industryThe world’s rising reliance on fossil fuels may come to an end...
View ArticleHow do we rein in the fossil fuel industry? Here are eight ideas
Individual action alone won’t solve the climate crisis. So what political changes might help?Renewables may see off oil firms decades earlier than they thinkIndividual actions, such as flying less or...
View ArticleSnowy Hydro is a bad deal for taxpayers and must be put on hold | Bruce...
Of the extra pumped hydro capacity promised by the project, less than half can be deliveredThe federal government’s much-vaunted Snowy Hydro expansion is supposed to smooth out the bumps in electricity...
View ArticleLeading car in World Solar Challenge bursts into flames
NunaX car of Dutch team catches fire 250km before finish of 3,000km Darwin to Adelaide raceThe leading car in the World Solar Challenge has caught fire and withdrawn from the race a little more than...
View ArticleBig oil to be eclipsed by the sun
Reasons to be cheerful include signs that a renewables revolution could soon end rising demand for fossil fuelsOil has been a game-changer for humanity. It turbocharged more than a century of growth...
View ArticleChasing the sun: the World Solar Challenge 2019 – in pictures
The World Solar Challenge, celebrated biennially since 1987, saw teams from around the world set off from Darwin on a 3,000km race to Adelaide by solar-powered car. Belgian team Agoria took first place...
View ArticleRenewable energy to expand by 50% in next five years - report
Energy agency says solar power will drive faster than forecast growth in renewablesGlobal supplies of renewable electricity are growing faster than expected and could expand by 50% in the next five...
View ArticleTory boasts on climate action are full of hot air | Letters
Michael Miller writes on the Conservatives’ record on tackling the climate crisis, while Dr Andy Higginbottom argues that both parties fail to acknowledge the real impact and Dr David Lowry says that...
View ArticleUK firm announces plans for first 'liquid to gas' cryogenic battery
Highview Power claims device will be Europe’s largest energy storage projectBritish battery pioneers plan to build Europe’s largest energy storage project using a cryogenic battery that can store...
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