$1.1b pledge for cheaper power
JULIA Gillard has promised a $1.1 billion renewable energy project that she says will make power prices cheaper under Labor than under Tony Abbott.
Click here for full storyAS CROCODILE Dundee might say if he took to the stump: ''That's not a policy, this is a policy.'' Prime Minister Julia Gillard's exercise in small-target politics in Brisbane yesterday confirmed both major parties are missing in action on climate this election.
Click here for full storyAustralia’s first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard has promised investments of up to A$1bn ($892m) over ten years to promote the use of renewable energy sources.
Click here for full storyFederal Labor's plan to connect more green energy to the nation's electricity grid is the best possible news for South Australia, Premier Mike Rann says.
Click here for full storyGuy Abrahams is a former solicitor and art gallery director turned environmental activist. As well as completing his Environmental Masters at Melbourne University, Abrahams spends much of his time spruiking his climate change message to community groups around Victoria.
Click here for full storyONE of Australia's biggest fund managers yesterday said huge amounts of money available for investment in technology to fight climate change was exiting Australia because of inadequate government policy support.
Click here for full storyA survey of groups representing young voters has found climate change, unemployment and education are some of the key issues for the election campaign.
Click here for full storyA GOVERNMENT that is serious about taking action in any given area generally does exactly that - it takes action. After all, that's what our governments are there to do. It's why we elect them, and why they are of such expensive, gargantuan size.
Click here for full storyIn the month following the expansion by the New Zealand government of its emissions trading scheme and less than a fortnight before Australia’s national election, politicians, academics and business leaders will meet at the Australia-New Zealand Climate Change & Business Conference, the annual event for Australia and New Zealand’s carbon community.
Click here for full storyThe coalition has dismissed a key feature of Labor's new climate policy even before Prime Minister Julia Gillard formally unveils it in Brisbane later on Friday.
Click here for full storyAustralia’s first female Prime Minister Julia Gillard has promised investments of up to A$1bn ($892m) over ten years to promote the use of renewable energy sources. The promise is on condition that she is re-elected after the national vote on 21 August, when she faces opposition leader Tony Abbott.
Click here for full storyThe US ambassador to Australia has spoken of the need to resist delay on action on climate change - and the benefits of a carbon price - as the issue heats up on the Australian election campaign.
Click here for full storyKEVIN Rudd is in line for a plum job as a United Nations climate change adviser. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is considering a dedicated role for the dumped former prime minister as a top-level adviser, according to a diplomatic source with direct knowledge of the plan.
Click here for full storyThe government of Victoria, Australia announced plans to introduce a feed-in tariff (FIT) to boost its electricity supply from large scale-solar power to 5% by 2020.
Click here for full storyEnvironment Protection Minister Peter Garrett says the opposition's plan to axe climate change programs is "scandalous".
Click here for full storyGlobalData’s new report “Europe Renewable Energy Policy Handbook 2010” provides an in-depth analysis of the renewable policy initiatives in the European Union (EU) and the key countries in terms of strength of policy implementation.
Click here for full storyVictoria’s shopping centres and other commercial buildings may soon be the first in the country to sport large solar arrays, after the Vitorian government today announced plans for the nation’s first feed-in tariff for large-scale solar energy and an increase in electricity supply from large scale-solar power to five per cent by 2020.
Click here for full storyThe United States and dozens of other countries have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars toward clean energy initiatives to help battle climate change, U.S. Energy Secretary Stephen Chu said on Tuesday.
Click here for full storySmall- and medium-sized manufacturers are bringing innovation and value-added to the renewable markets. But will it pay off?
Click here for full storyNeil Woodford's Invesco Perpetual has threatened to shun UK renewable energy companies unless regulators increase the returns available to investors and provide greater certainty over future policy.
Click here for full storyIberdrola Renovables and Renewable Energy Corp kicked off Europe's green energy reporting season on Tuesday with sharp upticks in first-half earnings and upbeat 2010 forecasts, but neither gave a forecast for 2011.
Click here for full storyRenewable energy could provide Victoria with eight times more electricity than it needs, a report has found, as the government offers new incentives to expand solar power production.
Click here for full storyGoogle plans to become carbon neutral at the same time promote green energy by entering into a 20-year agreement to buy power from an Iowa wind farm. The farm, part of NextEra Energy Resources in Story and Hardin counties, will sell Google 114 megawatts of renewable power.
Click here for full storyA Liberal government would slash funding to clean up coal, sparking accusations the party doesn't care about climate change.
Click here for full storyA COALITION government would cut into Labor priority areas, including climate and infrastructure, in almost $1.2 billion of savings announced by Tony Abbott to boost his economic attack on the Government's spending and debt.
Click here for full storyA global index to measure the progress of countries towards creating a zero carbon built environment in terms of energy consumption and production has put Norway at the top, with Brazil second and the UK in third place.
Click here for full storyOregon and other states with lots of trees have been counting on generating more electricity by burning forest thinnings and logging leftovers as a promising future source of green jobs and renewable energy as well as a way to pay for projects to prevent forest fires.
Click here for full storyPrivate equity investors are looking to increase their exposure to funds focused on renewable energy, clean technology and sustainability investments, on the basis that green investments will generate high financial returns, research released Tuesday shows.
Click here for full storyChina's National energy Administration is preparing to submit a stimulus plan for the renewable and clean energy industries to the State Council, Zhou Xi'an, an NEA director said Tuesday.
Click here for full storySpain has been on a winning streak of late: first Nadal wins Wimbeldon, then Spain wins the World Cup, now Spain has overtaken the US as global solar leader. But Spain isn't stopping at solar, they currently have wind farms capable of generating more than 40 per cent of Spain's total wind energy and plan for the entire country to be running of 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.
Click here for full storyPENNY Wong has promised voters a clear choice on climate change come polling day, but yesterday could not outline Labor's policy position.
Click here for full storyOPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has backed away from a suggestion there would never be a carbon price under a Coalition government, saying he would adjust his position if there was international agreement.
Click here for full storyKPMG’s annual survey of the global renewable energy sector finds that government incentives are a key driver of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity. Yet in Australia in the absence of certainty on the climate change policy, .the financial case for renewable investment remains unclear.
Click here for full storyOPPOSITION leader Tony Abbott has hardened his position on climate change, declaring unequivocally there would be ''no carbon price on consumers under a Coalition government''.
Click here for full story In 2009, for the second year in a row, both the US and Europe added more power capacity from renewable sources such as wind and solar than conventional sources like coal, gas and nuclear, according to twin reports launched today by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21).
Click here for full storyThere they go again: right when the U.S. military completes yet another project to reduce CO2 emissions, the fossil fuel industry plays Debbie Downer.
Click here for full storyDatamonitor's Global Renewable Energy industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Renewable Energy industry. It includes data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.
Click here for full storyBrazil hopes to demonstrate its commitment to renewable energy, which currently provides half the country's power, at a clean energy summit in Washington this week, Energy Minister Marcio Zimmermann said Saturday.
Click here for full storyGBI Research’s report, “The Global Carbon Trading Market – Concepts, Regulations and Industry Trends to 2020″ provides an in-depth analysis on the global carbon trading market.
Click here for full storyThe calling of the federal election prompted a strangely muted reaction from lobby groups yesterday because they dislink the policies of both sides.
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