Benefits far outweigh costs of tackling climate change, says LSE study
Improved air quality, energy efficiency and energy security, plus falling cost of renewables among extra gains of reducing global emissions, says Fergus GreenThe economic benefits for a country from...
View ArticleClean energy bank 'seeks legal advice' after Coalition pulls plug on wind and...
Abbott government insists the Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s mandate is to focus solely on ‘new and emerging technologies’The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is seeking legal advice after...
View ArticleThe Coalition's push against renewables is bizarre, contradictory, risky...
With its directive to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the Abbott government is also telling the banks to avoid financing renewables hereNot content with putting the renewable energy industry on...
View ArticleSolar power industry vows to step up campaign to topple Abbott government
Vow to expand marginal-seats campaign against Coalition comes after ban on Clean Energy Finance Corporation from financing wind and small-scale solarAustralia’s solar power industry has vowed to expand...
View ArticleWhy the IMF should not aid a Greek bailout
Even if the country implements market reforms, VAT increases and pension cuts, its debt will still be too big to service, so why should the IMF contribute to a loan?The International Monetary Fund is...
View ArticleVictorian premier castigates Tony Abbott’s stance on renewable energy
Daniel Andrews reaffirms a pledge to build Australia’s third-largest wind farm of its type, adding 70 new turbines to the farm in AraratThe Victorian premier has reaffirmed a pledge to build...
View ArticleBritain's first 'energy positive' house opens in Wales
Powered by the sun, this low cost three-bedroom house is the first in the country to produce and sell more energy than it uses Britain’s first low cost ‘energy positive’ house, which can generate more...
View ArticleUK running out of money to pay for clean energy
Department of Energy and Climate Change has already overspent its budget to support renewable energy projects The government is struggling to pay for new clean energy supplies which could result in a...
View ArticleSmall scale hydropower can provide stream of new jobs to rural regions
Micro-hydro energy schemes offer significant opportunities to regenerate deprived areas, but must overcome start-up costs and declining subsidiesMicro-hydro, the generation of electricity from small...
View ArticleWhat clean power is really doing to British energy bills
Is the UK running out of money for clean power, as reports suggested this week? No, not yet, and no, wind turbines aren’t the reason for rising billsEnergy bills are back in the news, with the Office...
View ArticleSwamp power: how the world's wetlands can help stop climate change
From Asia’s peat swamp forests to Europe’s wetlands, swamp farming can provide valuable low-carbon energy, wildlife habitat and a means of depolluting waterways – and help reduce carbon emissions in...
View ArticleCan UK's solar industry survive without subsidies?
Putting solar on the chopping block may damage the industry badly at a time when it just needs that last push to become independentEnergy experts believe a rumoured government plan to cut subsidies to...
View ArticleNew onshore wind farms still possible without subsidies, says Amber Rudd
Energy secretary says three large developers have expressed interest in onshore UK wind projects despite the government’s decision to end financial supportNew onshore wind farms could be built in the...
View ArticleBill Shorten set to announce 50% clean energy target at Labor conference
New Labor policy would bring Australia’s renewable energy goal into line with those in Denmark and California, but ‘there won’t be a carbon tax’Labor will use its upcoming national conference to...
View ArticleHow will government subsidy cuts impact the UK's solar industry?
The government has laid its cuts to green subsidies on the table. What do they mean for the UK’s solar industry and how much will they really save households on their energy bills?The UK solar industry...
View ArticleSolar power subsidies cut might save just 50p on average electricity bill
Industry executives say latest government attack on renewable energy will take UK ‘back to the dark ages’, hitting jobs and investmentThe government has unveiled plans to slash subsidies to solar power...
View ArticleTony Abbott's fight against solar and wind power in Australia
Recent verbal and policy assaults on wind energy by the Australian prime minister undermine the potential of the country’s renewable energy industry, reports The AgeIn the not too distant past Tony...
View ArticleHow the solar panel subsidy cuts will affect you
Should you go ahead with an installation, and what if you’ve already got panels? Tory ministers have said they want big cuts to the subsidies that have encouraged the installation of solar panels. Does...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on greening the economy: the price is worth paying | Editorial
Some of the policy needed updating. But it cannot be made cost-freeThe government’s energy policy is chaotic. On the one hand, with time running out before the Paris climate change summit in December,...
View ArticleSolar is bringing a new world to women in Zimbabwe
A solar power project in a remote community in Zimbabwe is encouraging women to give birth in hospitals, and reducing their workloadFor a woman in parts of rural Zimbabwe the cost of two candles can be...
View Article
