California could launch the west coast’s first commercial offshore windfarms
The state and the Biden administration have agreed to open federal waters off central and northern coasts to new windfarmsCalifornia has taken a major step towards launching the first commercial...
View ArticleOman plans to build world’s largest green hydrogen plant
Oil-producing nation aims plant powered by wind and solar energy to be at full capacity by 2038Oman is planning to build one of the largest green hydrogen plants in the world in a move to make the...
View ArticleAustralian governments ‘shooting themselves in the foot’ with EV policies
A patchwork of conflicting regulations and road-user taxes between states and territories is inhibiting take up of electric vehicles, campaigners say‘It’s like a rocket ship’: videos show coalminers...
View ArticleCovid sent Australia’s carbon emissions plummeting in 2020 to lowest levels...
Pandemic put handbrake on transport emissions and slowed economic activity, while an uptake in renewables also helped drive down levelsAustralia’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped last year to levels...
View ArticleBP buys string of US solar farms for £155m in clean energy drive
Projects to be developed across 12 states by Lightsource BP will be capable of powering 1.7m homesBP has bought a pipeline of US solar farms, capable of powering more than 1.7m homes, for more than...
View ArticleAnthony Albanese sends mixed signals on fossil fuels as Labor wrestles over...
Albanese will use speech to Minerals Council of Australia to reassure mining companies as well as warn that the Coalition are risking jobs by opposing renewables Anthony Albanese will accuse the...
View ArticleFlower power: how one company is beautifying the wind turbine
Tulip-shaped ‘eco-art’ turbines address common complaints about noise, danger to wildlife and ugliness Tulips and flowers could help harness the power of the wind, after a green energy company came up...
View ArticleWhere will I fill up? My week driving Toyota’s hydrogen car in locked down...
The Mirai is a sleek and silent ride but somewhat inconvenient when the only refuelling station in the state is behind a locked security gateAs long as you live near a refuelling station, driving a...
View ArticleRepublicans pledge allegiance to fossil fuels like it’s still the 1950s
Republican-led states are threatening retaliation against banks that refuse to lend to coal, oil and gas companies in effort to delay transition to clean energyJoe Biden may be pressing for 2021 to be...
View ArticleBright side: what Australia’s rooftop solar can teach us about electric cars...
Our solar rollout has been world-leading and can point the way to get us moving on EVsGovernments and car manufacturers are investing hundreds of billions of dollars in electric vehicles. But while the...
View ArticleQueensland commits $2bn to boost local renewable energy jobs
State plans to build its own hydrogen electrolysers and assemble windfarms and solar panels locally Queensland will spend $2bn to boost renewable energy jobs, with the premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk,...
View ArticleIgnore, defend and pretend: Scott Morrison’s G7 climate strategy is...
Australia’s PM will be the odd man out on cutting emissions. His peers will know this, despite the bluster he will put upScott Morrison has a lot to defend at the G7 in the UK this weekend, and so much...
View ArticleTelstra will invest in clean power for the grid to reach 100% renewable...
Australia’s largest telecommunications company announces deal to secure power from the $120m Crookwell 3 windfarm in NSWThe Telstra CEO, Andy Penn, has said the company is too big to go “off-grid” in...
View ArticleThe rush to ‘go electric’ comes with a hidden cost: destructive lithium...
As the world moves towards electric cars and renewable grids, demand for lithium is wreaking havoc in northern ChileThe Atacama salt flat is a majestic, high-altitude expanse of gradations of white and...
View ArticleQueensland budget forecasts coal power revenue will disappear amid influx of...
Treasurer Cameron Dick says budget, which boasts $2bn fund to develop clean energy, vindicates state’s Covid lockdownsThe Queensland government anticipates its state-owned power generators – mostly...
View ArticlePoorer households in UK should get free heat pumps, say experts
Help is needed to replace gas boilers with low-carbon alternatives, warn builders, energy firms and charitiesHouseholds on low incomes should be supplied with free heat pumps in order to kickstart the...
View ArticleLiberal-led committee says Angus Taylor’s planned change to renewable energy...
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells says agency designed to foster renewables and any change made by regulation could be disallowed in SenateA Liberal-led committee has told the Morrison government its plan to...
View ArticleNSW waives stamp duty on EVs and spends $171m on chargers throughout the state
Industry says state is ‘up there with best global practice’ as environment minister aims for 52% of new car sales by 2030-31The New South Wales government will waive stamp duty on electric vehicle...
View ArticleEnvironment minister rules huge renewable energy hub in WA ‘clearly...
Sussan Ley says planned Pilbara development would harm wetlands and threatened bird speciesA massive renewable energy export development in the Pilbara has been declared “clearly unacceptable” by the...
View ArticleSenate sinks Angus Taylor’s plan to allow renewables agency to invest in...
Government had wanted Arena to invest in carbon capture and storage as well as ‘clean’ hydrogen made using gasThe Australian Renewable Energy Agency will not be able to invest in carbon capture and...
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