Cabinet to lock in reworked climate policy
FEDERAL cabinet will clear the path to an election by deciding tomorrow on the government's new climate change policy.
Click here for full storyPRIME Minister Julia Gillard's refusal to set a carbon price will cost Australian households an extra $2 billion a year in higher electricity prices.
Click here for full storyThe Parliamentary Launch video of Beyond Zero Emissions' Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan
Click here for full storyConcerns about climate change, diminishing resources, and rising energy demand provide one of the key challenges of our time. To meet this challenge and advance research towards securing a sustainable, affordable energy supply into the future, the Melbourne Energy Institute brings together the work of over 150 researchers providing international leadership in energy research. Members of the institute discuss the future of energy production in Australia.
Click here for full storyTHEY generate their own power, cook with native plants from their garden and even have a robot for a vacuum cleaner.
Click here for full storySO now we know. The Gillard government, on the evidence we have seen so far, is much the same as the Rudd government. It is prone to springing grand policy initiatives on an unsuspecting electorate without even bothering to talk to those affected by the decision.
Click here for full storyThe majority of the UK's least energy-efficient homes could be brought up to near-average green standards for less than £3,000, a new analysis claims. The Energy Saving Trust says the cost of upgrading such properties may be less than many consumers think, while also revealing that the numbers of energy-inefficient homes in both the private and rented sectors has decreased.
Click here for full storySpain has opened the world's largest solar power station, meaning that it overtakes the US as the biggest solar generator in the world. The nation's total solar power production is now equivalent to the output of a nuclear power station. Spain is a world leader in renewable energies and has long been a producer of hydro-electricity (only China and the US have built more dams). It also has a highly developed wind power sector which, like solar power, has received generous government subsidies.
Click here for full storyRenewable energy consumption rose 0.6 percent in the European Union in 2008, meaning that the EU has passed the half-way point to reaching its 20 percent target by 2020. Renewable energy consumption was 10.3 percent in 2008, compared with 9.7 percent in 2007 and 8.8 percent in 2006, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union said Tuesday (13 July). Of the EU's three biggest economies -- Germany, France and Britain -- France had the highest share at 11 percent, followed by Germany's 8.9 percent and the UK's 2.2 percent.
Click here for full storyScottish and Southern Energy (SSE), the Perth, Scotland-based utility giant, yesterday (13 July) revealed that it is considering entering the £1 billion competition to develop clean power stations in the UK. The company said it had launched a feasibility study for carbon capture and storage (CCS) at its gas-fired power station at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Plans for a different capture scheme at Peterhead were shelved by BP in 2007 after Government delays. However, a spokeswoman for SSE told The Herald that if Government could be persuaded to extend the competition to include gas, the company “would certainly consider entering”.
Click here for full storyA2SEA has signed a contract with Chinese company, COSCO Shipyard Group Co., Ltd., for the construction of a new vessel specially designed for the purpose of installation of offshore wind turbines. The contract has a value of US $139 million (approx. DKK 820 million). A2SEA is a market leader within installation services for the construction of offshore wind farms. The new vessel is expected to be delivered in the second half of 2012 and have the name Sea Installer. It will be a jack-up vessel optimized to operate at water depths of up to 45 meters and it will therefore be well-fitted for the installation of upcoming offshore wind projects in the UK as well as in other offshore wind markets.
Click here for full storyThe UK government has announced that it is drawing up an action plan to deliver a “huge increase” in anaerobic digestion (AD) projects, and is inviting input from stakeholders on how this can be done in a cost-effective way.
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Meridian's KEN SMALES provides context for, and comment on, the proposed Project Hurunui wind farm in North Canterbury. As a nation we are fortunate that 70 per cent of our electricity comes from renewable resources. Not only is it better for the environment, it minimises our present and future exposure to the cost and dependency risk of importing costly fuels.
Click here for full storyThe South Korean government said in a statement on Monday that the country's total public and private investment in carbon capture and sequestration would reach an estimated 2.3 trillion won ($1.92 billion) to 2019. Of the total, public sector investment would account for 1.2 trillion won, it said in a statement.
Click here for full storyGov. John Baldacci today signed a memorandum of understanding with Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter to share information on tidal power and offshore wind energy. Maine Gov. John Baldacci is pledging to work with the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on issues related to generating electricity from the ocean.
Click here for full storySolar thermal electricity is about to reach marketability as there is a possibility of halving costs by 2025, according to a study.
Click here for full storyA POPULAR grant scheme that offers the public up to £4,000 towards the cost of installing solar panels and other renewable energy devices in the home has been scrapped by the government to save money.
Click here for full storyTata Power, a subsidiary of the famous Tata Group, is planning to set up India’s largest solar PV power plant with a generation capacity of 50 MW. The company will set up this plant in Mithapur, Gujarat.
Click here for full storyIF KEVIN Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull had listened to psychologists rather than political advisors, climate change might not have killed their leadership. And they might have found Australians wanted to help the environment but didn't know how.
Click here for full storyChevron announced a new deepwater natural gas discovery in a Chevron-operated block in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia, Australia's premier hydrocarbon basin.
Click here for full storyDatamonitor's Renewable Energy in Australia 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 storyWhen it comes to reducing the use of fossil fuels, energy efficiency tends to take a back seat to technologies like wind and solar.
Click here for full storyThe head of renewable energy company AGL Energy Ltd says a price on carbon is needed to guarantee the security of Australia's energy future.
Click here for full storyAustralian Greens leader Bob Brown says he hopes to turn a potentially brown Julia Gillard green when he meets the prime minister to discuss her climate change policy.
Click here for full storyTilak Doshi who is the chief economist at the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore is questioning whether renewable energy can decrease carbon emission at a reasonable price.
Click here for full storyWorld Energy Holdings (WEH) continues to march forward in its goal of becoming the most profitable renewable energy firm in the world. Currently they are completing the final steps that will feature WEH on the Frankfurt Exchange (Deutsche Börse).
Click here for full storyDowning Corporate Finance Ltd and Low Carbon Investors Ltd have launched the Downing Low Carbon EIS [enterprise investment scheme) Fund for renewable energy installations qualifying for UK feed-in tariffs.
Click here for full storyPresident Obama announced nearly $2 billion in Department of Energy loan guarantees to finance two separate solar energy projects. The first is a $400 million loan guarantee to Abound Solar that will allow the company to build manufacturing plants in Colorado and Indiana.
Click here for full storyItaly Friday announced an agreement on new energy-sector guidelines aimed at offering gradually lower incentives for renewable-energy production, according to a statement released by Industry Undersecretary Stefano Saglia.
Click here for full storyRenewable energy could supply 97% of the European Union’s electricity supply by 2050, according to the study ‘Energy [R]evolution – Towards a Fully Renewable Energy Supply in the EU 27’ by the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and Greenpeace.
Click here for full storyAn energy technology that has long been viewed as a clean and climate-friendly alternative to fossil fuels is facing tough new regulatory hurdles that could ultimately hamper its ability to compete with renewable power sources like wind and solar.
Click here for full storyInstead of making a smooth, early transition to a clean economy we are doubling up our coal bet, and the latest manifestation - coal-to-liquids - is a perfect example.
Click here for full storyJAMES Hansen, the respected NASA scientist, said: "Coal-fired power stations are death factories. Close them." The medical profession has failed to address this serious health message. An urgent transition from coal to renewable energy will provide important health and economic benefits.
Click here for full storyBack in the day - and not so long ago - Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott ran a regular double act on breakfast television, swapping barbs and sometimes even a cuddle or two.
Click here for full storyThis is the synopsis of a report prepared by Beyond Zero Emissions and the Climate Emergency Network, with the support from Climate Positive. The final version of the report will be launched on 14 July 2010.
Click here for full storyIf you choose to make energy conscience purchases for your home you may be able to receive a tax credit for these items. You can feel confident in these purchases as long as they meet certain energy efficient requirements. You can receive up to a 10 percent credit for energy efficient home improvements.
Click here for full storyThe Green Loans program will be phased out in the coming months and will transition to a new Green Start program, Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water, Senator Penny Wong, announced today.
Click here for full storyThe Australian Government has announced that its troubled Greens Loans programme will be phased out over the next few months and replaced with a new Green Start scheme.
Click here for full storyAfter a week arguing over half-baked asylum policies we appear to be heading into another pre-election shriek-fest about half-baked climate policies that have even less chance of solving the problem they are supposed to fix.
Click here for full storyAGL Energy estimates up to $90 billion worth of investment will be needed to slash Australia's greenhouse emissions. Chief executive Michael Fraser said investment in new gas-fired power stations and renewable energy sources would be necessary to cut emissions by 15 per cent on 2000 levels.
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