'Game-changing' perovskite solar tech could be cheaper and more efficient
Australian company races to be first to develop perovskite solar and make technology available for more businesses With over 200 mostly sunny days a year, Australia’s nickname of the sunburnt country...
View ArticleSolar energy: Australia is not an innovation nation, it's an inertia nation
This is a historic opportunity for ideas and entrepreneurs, but only if they get support and infrastructructure, says Sungevity entrepreneurAustralia stands at a crossroads after the Paris agreement...
View ArticleGovernment U-turn on renewables shows gas, oil and nuclear are still favourites
Now is not the time to pull the plug on supporting renewable energy. A few years of vital subsidies cannot make up for a century of support for fossil fuels. The entire global energy system is...
View ArticleIt's time to transition to 100% clean energy: the wind is now at our backs |...
Relying fully on clean energy is not only good for the environment, human health and the economy, it is also doableThe climate agreement reached in Paris is provoking a flurry of caveats, criticisms...
View ArticleDark Christmas ahead for nearly 1,000 axed staff of solar panel company
Mark Group went into administration in October, with many associated with the Leicester-based company blaming the government for stifling solar’s potentialThe Christmas tree in the reception of what...
View ArticleGovernment’s miserable record on energy policy | Letters
The business leaders, academics and environmentalists warning that we need a major U-turn in UK energy policy (Government ‘must change course’ after climate pact, 14 December) were clearly correct....
View ArticleHow a North Carolina village came to believe solar farms were 'killing the town'
As the state’s solar industry booms, the growth of clean energy has stirred skepticism in the tiny rural town of Woodland, population 800Not much grows in Woodland. Farmers cultivate small amounts of...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on skating at the Natural History Museum: on thin ice |...
The museum has a key role to play in public education. But that doesn’t just happen in the galleries and exhibition spacesEvery year, the Natural History Museum hosts an outdoor ice skating rink. It’s...
View ArticleDesert tower raises Chile's solar power ambition to new heights
Towering 200 metres above the desert, the Atacama 1 will harvest the sun’s energy from a surrounding field of giant mirrors. But the completion of the $1.1bn project, the first of its kind in Latin...
View ArticleSolar technology: the US and China look to Australian innovators for solutions
New ideas, such as solar panels that float on water supply reservoirs, could see Australia become a major renewable energy exporterIn the last fiscal year, Australia earned $172bn from international...
View ArticleNew clean energy investment mandate a shift from policy proposed by Abbott
Directive to CEFC to focus on innovative and emerging technologies will enhance support for windfarms and small-scale solar projectsThe Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has been directed to...
View ArticleAustralia's answer to Tesla: Indigenous firm AllGrid shines in solar battery...
Far from seeing the solar battery global giant as a threat, AllGrid Energy says its future will be brighter now Tesla is in the Australian marketAllGrid Energy, an Indigenous-owned company has emerged...
View ArticleAustralia's carbon emissions are increasing, government report shows
A report quietly released on Christmas Eve shows Australia’s emissions rose by about 1% in 2014-15, compared with the previous yearAustralia’s greenhouse gas emissions increased in 2014-15, a report...
View ArticleThe innovators: US scientists harness the power of evaporating water
A team at Columbia University hope to use the energy produced by bacteria when they expand and contractA small Lego device on the shelf of professor Ozgur Sahin’s office at Columbia University could...
View ArticleMorocco postpones opening of world's largest solar power project
No explanation given as inauguration of the Noor-1 plant – the first part of a massive new complex – in Ouarzazate is unexpectedly called offMorocco has postponed without explanation the inauguration...
View ArticleThe strong economics of wind energy | John Abraham
Major international companies are using wind power to go green and save money.As a follow-up to a recent article I posted on renewable energy, this article discusses the economics of wind in both the...
View ArticleEthical spending rose in 2014 but solar cuts could hit this year's figures
Value of sales for a sector that spans charity shops, vegetarian food and energy efficient lightbulbs, rose to £38bn in 2014Stronger sales of solar panels, electric cars and free-range poultry helped...
View ArticleThe great green end of year quiz 2015
Were you paying attention this year? From climate talks to coal and conservation, test your knowledge of the year in environmentContinue reading...
View ArticleMajor offshore wind operator plans £6bn UK investment by 2020
Dong Energy says it is now convinced UK government will back offshore wind power despite recent cuts to renewable energy sector subsidiesDong Energy, the biggest operator of offshore windfarms in...
View ArticleE.ON completes split of fossil fuel and renewable operations
Newly formed Uniper will assume control of the German energy giant’s fossil fuel assets, with E.ON focusing on renewables and energy networks, reports BusinessGreenGermany energy giant E.ON has...
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