Huge crowd at energy plan launch
More than 1000 people packed into Sydney Town Hall on August 12 for the Sydney launch of the Zero Carbon Australia (ZCA) Stationary Energy Plan. The plan outlines how Australia could meet all its energy needs from renewables within 10 years.
Click here for full storyWhen David Cameron became Prime Minister he pledged that the new Coalition would be the greenest government ever. As Climate Change Minister my job is to help deliver this promise.
Click here for full storyThe Federal Government will today outline a plan to help farmers earn money for selling carbon credits on the international market.
Click here for full storyTHE untapped potential power of geothermal energy was driven home to me a few weeks ago as I stood watching the explosive force of the Old Faithful geyser at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
Click here for full storyFEDERAL opposition leader Tony Abbott has begun a one day visit to Perth with a $418.3 million funding commitment for the resources and energy sector.
Click here for full storyWith peak oil occupying the minds of energy experts and the Gulf oil spill acting as a painful reminder of the dangers posed to the environment by our unquenchable thirst for fossil fuels, a rejuvenated interest in alternative energy is sweeping the nation.
Click here for full storyFrance has unveiled a new renewable energy investment program which will see the government provide €1.35 billion to support the development of cutting-edge clean energy technologies.
Click here for full storyThe world's largest tidal turbine was yesterday unveiled at a facility in Invergordon, Scotland, marking the culmination of a decade of development activity and moving tidal power one step closer to commercial viability.
Click here for full storyWith renewable energy almost too cheap to meter, the challenge is to get the world to pay attention.
Click here for full storyToyota's tri-gen plant will use a gas powered turbine to generate electricity for the building, while also using the waste heat from the turbine in assisting to heat and cool the building, resulting in improved energy efficiency and less greenhouse gas emissions.
Click here for full storyA task force to President Barack Obama called Thursday for a strong government role to promote clean coal, potentially accepting liability over carbon storage sites for thousands of years to come.
Click here for full storyFord Motor Co. announced on Thursday that it will retool its Michigan Assembly plant, which had been making SUVs, into a plant focused on the production of fuel-efficient small cars, including the new Focus and Focus Electric, which will going into production in 2011, as well as a new hybrid vehicle and a plug-in hybrid vehicle scheduled to launch in 2012.
Click here for full storyA renewable energy company has unveiled what it says is the largest and most powerful tidal turbine ever built.
Click here for full storyI just reported on new findings out by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory showing that feed-in tariffs (FITs) are responsible for 3/4 of total solar PV in the world. The UK is the latest country to implement a major FIT program and expectations for solar energy growth as a result of this program are big.
Click here for full storyBUSINESS leaders say Australia and New Zealand could cut emissions by at least 15 per cent each and save money at the same time.
Click here for full storyAustralia, one of the world's top carbon polluters, can cut carbon emissions by at least 15 percent by 2020 without hurting its economy, business leaders at a climate conference said on Thursday.
Click here for full storyAustralia’s largest wind power project will be one of the first wind farms to use the new 3MW V112 wind turbines made by manufacturing giant Vestas, through a contract with its key customers and the project’s developers AGL Energy and Meridian.
Click here for full storyurbine manufacturers Siemens and Vestas have received major orders for wind turbines for developments in the US, Canada and Australia.
Click here for full storyAUSTRALIA could switch completely to renewable energy within a decade by building a dozen vast, new solar power stations and about 6500 wind turbines, according to a major new study.
Click here for full storyAGL Energy Ltd. said Thursday that its joint venture with Meridian Energy Ltd. of New Zealand plans to build a one billion Australian dollar (US$898.8 million) wind farm in Victoria state by early 2013, as Australian policy measures designed to stimulate renewable-energy investment start to bear fruit.
Click here for full storyMore new info on the potential of biochar to help combat climate change: A study in the journal Nature Communications shows that up to 12% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans could be offset by producing biochar. What's more, the study calculates that's more than would be offset by producing energy from the same amount of biomass.
Click here for full storyOne of the best sources of green technology information and their impact on climate change is the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC). According to the NRDC “geothermal energy, which taps into reservoirs of steam and hot water beneath the earth's surface, is among the least explored sources of renewable energy in the United States.
Click here for full storyChina has recently surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest energy consumer, according to new data from the International Energy Agency. The IEA reported that China consumed 2.252 billion tons of energy equivalents last year - nearly 4% more than the United States.
Click here for full storyFive years ago, when 17% of Portugal’s energy came from renewable energy – about like California now – the government made a bold decision to aim for 45% during the next five years – by 2010.
Click here for full storyA Swiss inventor who last year circumnavigated the globe in a solar taxi says four teams will follow in his tire tracks next week.
Click here for full storyWHEN Monica Oliphant started studying her electricity bills 37 years ago the threat of climate change barely cast a shadow over the environment.
Click here for full storyOn August 10, announces the wealth newspaper of second quarter for 2010 fiscal years on the brilliant solar energy of Australia. Brilliant Australia’s solar energy production is 311MW in the second quarter, the chain rate increases by 14%.
Click here for full storyA new roadmap for the future of the Australian automotive industry predicts the country could become a global player in EV development.
Click here for full storyAGL Energy Ltd. may spend A$10 billion ($9 billion) building renewable power production capacity by 2020 as Australia pursues a target of sourcing one- fifth of its electricity from alternative sources. “We need to build around another 5,000 megawatts of renewable” capacity, Michael Fraser, managing director of Australia’s largest electricity retailer, said in an interview in Melbourne. “Our customer base will underpin that.” Some 33 percent of AGL’s power generation portfolio is from renewable sources, including wind, solar, and landfill gas, he said.
Click here for full storyAustralia never managed to get its emissions trading scheme (or CPRS) off the ground, even though our smaller trans-Tasman neighbour New Zealand did. Now both major parties in Australia are being attacked for a lack of strong (or any!) policies on climate change, it would seem alternative ideas are needed. So Graham Readfearn for ABC Environment has scanned the globe for climate policies and come up with ten of the best.
Click here for full storyMeridian Energy has partnered with Australian power giant AGL to build a A$1 billion ($1.12 billion) wind farm in Victoria, Australia.
Meridian claims the 420 megawatt 140 turbine Macarthur wind farm in southwest Victoria will be the biggest in the southern hemisphere.It comes after Meridian bought the 70 MW wind farm in South Australia for A$191 million in May.
Click here for full storyIn strict adherence to guidelines released by the Department of Energy, the United States Postal Service gets on a fast track to reach the goal for energy reduction. Green roofs, green buildings and an optimally efficient management system of energy consumption form part of the energy-reduction strategy.
Click here for full storyBloomberg is reporting that China will invest 5 trillion yuan (nearly $740 billion) over the next 10 years into renewable energy projects.
Click here for full storyThe new advancements in grid technologies as well as the quest for cleaner, longer-lasting alternatives to fossil fuels are driving technological advances for the smart grid. The ongoing challenge of integrating and balancing intermittent renewable energy sources including load leveling, back-up power, grid regulation, and line efficiencies, have created the need for innovation in energy storage.
Click here for full storyIn an interview with "Globes", former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge says, "The socioeconomic and environmental needs of the 21st century require innovation and energy independence, which can be found in renewable energy. This is one of the important transitions that we can undertake from the industrial era to the green era."
Click here for full storyWork on a comprehensive Senate energy bill may have ground to a halt for the summer, but that hasn’t stopped Massachusetts Senator John Kerry putting forward another set of proposals for clean energy.
Click here for full storySiemens Canada Ltd. (SI: News ) said Tuesday that Siemens, builder and trading company Samsung C&T Corp. and Pattern Energy have come to agreement for the supply of up to 600 MW of Siemens wind turbines to serve the Ontario renewables market and Siemens will build Ontario's first blade factory as part of a plan to meet Samsung, and Pattern Energy's demand
Click here for full storyThe Australian Greens party has promised A$5bn ($4.6m) worth of loan guarantees for renewable energy developments of 100MW or more at a single site, deepening the country’s drive to become 100% reliant on clean energy sources.
Click here for full storyChief Minister Paul Henderson says a major Japanese technology company is coming to the Northern Territory to investigate potential renewable energy projects.
Click here for full storyFive years ago, the leaders of this sun-scorched, wind-swept nation made a bet: To reduce Portugal’s dependence on imported fossil fuels, they embarked on an array of ambitious renewable energy projects — primarily harnessing the country’s wind and hydropower, but also its sunlight and ocean waves.
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