Solar sails set course for a new journey into renewable energy
Perry Carroll of The Solar Cloth Company explains why his flexible solar sail panels can generate energy not only at on sea but on millions of spaces on landIt was as the moon hit the sails of his...
View ArticleNational Trust aims to 'nurse British countryside back to health'
Conservation charity, which is one of UK’s biggest landowners, to reverse effects of intensive farming and decimation of wildlife under £1bn planThe British countryside will be “nursed back to health”...
View ArticleIan Macfarlane threatened to walk out of negotiations with renewables industry
Industry minister attempts to break deadlock in negotiations over future of the renewable energy target by presenting ‘take it or leave it offer’The industry minister, Ian Macfarlane, threatened to...
View ArticleClean Energy Council suggests Coalition and Labor 'split the difference' over...
Renewable energy industry peak body tries to broker a deal between the two major parties to end the standoff over the targetThe renewable energy industry is trying to broker a deal to end the standoff...
View ArticleComposting loos should be the answer to the world's toilet crisis
A third of the global population doesn’t have access to a loo but forget water-flush ones – composting ‘humanure’ is an easy and viable solutionMost people don’t know how easy it is to compost human...
View ArticleThe real villains in Australia's renewables debacle? Three big energy...
Extensive ‘advice’ from AGL, Energy Australia and Origin on the Renewable Energy Target has been a disaster – except for the companies’ profitsIndustry minister Ian Macfarlane would not have believed...
View ArticleUK households used 14% less energy last year but still paid more
Household bills continued to rise despite a drop in energy use in 2014, attributed to warmer weather driving down demand for heatingBritish households used 14% less energy in 2014, as average...
View ArticleCosta Rica uses only renewable energy for first 75 days of 2015 - video report
Costa Rica manages to achieve a clean energy milestone by using only renewable energy for the first 75 days of the year. Thanks to some heavy rainfall this year, Costa Rica's hydropower plants alone...
View ArticleLarge fall in UK greenhouse gas emissions of over 8% last year
The biggest fall in emissions since 1990 saw carbon dioxide output drop by almost a tenth while energy from renewable sources rose to a record high of almost 20% of electricity, government figures...
View ArticleTexas city opts for 100% renewable energy – to save cash, not the planet
Georgetown, Texas decision not about going green: ‘I’m probably the furthest thing from an Al Gore clone you could find,’ says city officialNews that a Texas city is to be powered by 100% renewable...
View ArticleThe truth behind Costa Rica’s renewable energy | Lindsay Fendt
The bulging reservoirs that have given Costa Rica its green energy surge are likely to be attributable to climate changeThis month, Costa Rica’s state-run electricity company announced that the country...
View ArticleGuy Hands: a Labour/SNP government would be best for renewable energy
Private equity investor concerned about Tory ‘hatred’ of onshore windfarms and that Britain may leave the European Union if there is a Conservative election winOne of the UK’s top private equity...
View ArticleAre we reaching a positive climate change tipping point?
Despite low oil prices, the latest figures reveal a striking turnaround in solar and wind power investment, but are we really about to win the carbon war?Are we tipping the right way? One of the great...
View ArticleClimate change ignored in energy white paper that lets market rule future policy
Government promises hands-off ‘technology neutral’ approach to electricity generation and transportation and will not attempt to engineer shift away from fossil fuelsAustralia’s power generation and...
View ArticleLabor offers lower renewable energy target to break deadlock with Coalition
Industry minister immediately rules out compromise target of 33,500 gigawatt hours and says Coalition will keep negotiating with Senate crossbenchLabor says it will accept a lower renewable energy...
View ArticleNew energy storage plant could 'revolutionise' renewable sector
Flywheel plant being built in Ireland with potentially unlimited storage capability could solve the problem of clean energy supply shortfalls when there is insufficient sun or windFoundations for an...
View ArticleThe energy white paper is privatisation under the guise of competition | Matt...
Competition is exactly what the renewable energy target was meant to promote. It was effective in doing so. Of course, existing players in the market know that The federal government’s energy white...
View ArticleAustralia's climate change 'debate' all talk and no action
Climate policy has become more untenable over the past nine months as the Coalition built its rhetorical smokescreen Australia’s climate “debate” screamed itself out nine months ago and fell over in...
View ArticleVancouver commits to run on 100% renewable energy
Canadian city of 600,000 people is the latest to announce it will use only green energy for electricity, transportation, heating and air conditioning within 20 yearsVancouver has become the latest city...
View ArticleUS carbon emissions set to fall to lowest level in two decades
Analysts say decline of coal and rise of wind and solar will lead to significant fall in emissions this year, reports RTCCUS efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions look set for a huge boost this year,...
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