Climate change: Victoria aims to generate 25% of electricity via renewables...
Energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio reveals renewable energy targets, saying investors have ‘lost faith’ in national targetThe Victorian government has revealed renewable energy targets that would see 25%...
View ArticleWe have a stark choice: protect the global commons or give in to special...
A year since the pope’s clarion call to climate action, Australia must declare a moratorium on new coal, oil and gas mines and end fossil fuel subsidies• Divesting from fossil fuels: open letter from...
View ArticleUnless investors see light on solar, women will still give birth in the dark
A US and Tanzania-based solar finance company is aiming to lower investment risks and bring energy to some of the 1.2 billion people still off-gridHigh in the Usambara Mountains of northern Tanzania, a...
View ArticleFor a clean, secure energy future the UK must stay part of Europe's vision |...
The UK could play a great role in the creation of Europe’s integrated single energy market – and reap its share of the significant benefitsEnergy is the lifeblood of society. It heats our homes, powers...
View ArticleMarks & Spencer crowdfunds solar panels for its stores
Retailer joins forces with community-focused energy group to raise £1.2m for panel installation on nine large outletsMarks & Spencer is using crowdfunding to back the installation of solar panels...
View ArticleBusinesses have seen the light with solar energy and it's finally paying off
Businesses still have a way to go to limit their carbon footprint, but one area where they are making good progress is switching to clean energyA visit to a small hospital in northern Ghana changed...
View ArticleTrees of life: tiny beetles turn Californian forests into tinder for energy
Dry weather in California and growing fire risks are prompting a new effort to cull dead trees affected by bark beetles and use them to make electricityCalifornia’s record four-year drought has primed...
View ArticleMars' 100% renewables pledge: a cause for celebrations?
The switch to renewables by Mars and other companies is welcome, but building clean power facilities on-site should be the ultimate goalOn a beautiful barren stretch of the Scottish Highlands, just...
View ArticleHow the Coalition is using clean energy financing as an election slush fund
Some in the sector fear the government is trying to defund the Clean Energy Finance Corporation by stealth. The truth may be a little more mundaneAfter trying in vain to dismantle the Clean Energy...
View ArticleSolar Impulse 2 begins transatlantic stretch of global journey
Solar-powered plane sets off from JFK airport on the transatlantic leg of its record-breaking flight to promote renewable energyThe sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft set off from New York’s JFK...
View ArticleChina to generate a quarter of electricity from wind power by 2030
Report says figures could rise to nearly one-third with power sector reforms, making it the world wind energy leader by a large margin China is on track to generate more than a quarter of its...
View ArticleThe weight of light: how gravity is illuminating sub-Saharan Africa – video
Off-grid communities such as those in sub-Saharan Africa can pay thousands of times as much as the rest of us for their energy. Designer Jim Reeves has developed a simple, low-cost gear-train and...
View ArticleAustralians have spent almost $8bn on rooftop solar since 2007, says report
Exclusive: Solar Citizens says since the 2012-13 financial year, rooftop solar owners have saved about $1bn on their household bills each yearAustralian households and small businesses have invested...
View ArticleBusiness and academic leaders urge new conversation about coal-free future
Leadership forum hears of ‘huge gap’ between experts’ advice on phasing carbon out of the economy and public willingness to go along with that adviceA group of business and academic leaders have...
View ArticleMusk's Tesla makes a bid for Musk's SolarCity energy company
Electric car company attempts to acquire solar panel seller to create a Silicon Valley one-stop-shop for clean energy for car and homeElon Musk’s Tesla electric car company has made an offer to buy...
View ArticleIndian solar scheme shows local teamwork can be a guiding light | Eric Kasper
A project that helps marginalised Indian communities to build their own solar panels underlines the benefits of local people piloting development initiativesAt last month’s world humanitarian summit in...
View ArticleSolar Impulse 2 completes first ever Atlantic crossing by solar plane
Solar Impulse 2 lands in Seville, four days after setting off from New York, using solar panels and batteries to finish latest leg of its round-the-world journeySolar Impulse 2 has completed the first...
View ArticleSolar Impulse 2's flight around the world – in pictures
Pilot Bertrand Piccard has just completed the first ever Atlantic crossing by solar plane, from New York to Seville, in the latest leg of the first solar flight around the world. We look back at some...
View ArticleSolar battery storage: bulk-buy promises Australians lower prices sooner
SunCrowd says its pioneering program, launched in Newcastle on Thursday, has attracted keen interestAustralia’s first bulk-buy program for solar battery storage has launched, with more than 1,000...
View ArticleUS, Canada and Mexico pledge 50% of power from clean energy by 2025
Barack Obama, Justin Trudeau and Enrique Peña Nieto to announce new ‘aggressive but achievable’ goal at ‘Three Amigos’ summit in OttawaBarack Obama, Justin Trudeau and Enrique Peña Nieto will commit to...
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