Report maps way to clean power future
Australia's energy grid could run entirely on renewables such as wind and solar power within 10 years, according to a report to be released tomorrow.
Click here for full storyBritain faces soaring bills and the risk of power cuts unless major changes are made to the country's energy infrastructure, a manufacturing organisation has claimed.
Click here for full story"This is such an important time for the industry," was the first thing said to me by Acciona Energy North America CFO Susan Nickey, who was fresh from meetings in Washington, D.C.
Click here for full storyThe ascension of Julia Gillard provides an opportunity for Labor to reorient its climate change policy agenda.
Click here for full storyOcean Power Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPTT and London Stock Exchange AIM: OPT) ("OPT" or "the Company") announces its financial results for the year ended April 30, 2010.
Click here for full storySouth Korea, Asia’s fourth-biggest crude oil importer, is considering expanding the list of alternative-energy equipment eligible for a tax benefit to cut reliance on fossil fuels.
Click here for full storyRoss Garnaut called climate change a “diabolical policy problem” but of course it’s turned out to be a diabolical political problem as well. It killed off two Opposition leaders and gave Kevin Rudd a healthy shove. And it certainly didn’t help John Howard’s desperate attempts to retain power.
Click here for full storyOpposition Leader Tony Abbott says Labor will play "me too" on his climate change plans when MPs work on a new policy on Tuesday.
Click here for full storyAustralian business groups are calling on the government to use tax breaks to improve energy efficiency, rather than the " heavy-handed" approaches of a carbon tax or an emissions trading scheme, until there is an international consensus on climate policy.
Click here for full storyForget the Toyota Prius; a team of students and professors from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia are attempting to turn algae from Lake Matoaka into biodiesel for cars.
Click here for full storySubocean won the 'Best Company' accolade at last month’s Renewable Energy Association’s (REA) British Renewable Energy Awards.
Click here for full storyThe New South Wales Government says it has had around 20 nominations to join its advisory committee for the south coast and ACT renewable energy precinct.
Click here for full storyGünther Oettinger, the EU's energy commissioner, said last week (8 July) that he would assess the need for stronger EU regulation on energy efficiency in the context of a new policy "action plan" to be presented in 2011.
Click here for full storyPoultry farms in the U.S. generate roughly 17 million tons of chicken manure annually, creating a huge disposal problem. Some energy researchers believe they have a solution: use that manure to create electricity.
Click here for full storyOne of the ironies of globalisation is that in every country in the world you can probably find a majority of people who think their country is getting a raw deal and the rest of the world is ripping them off.
Click here for full storyFEDERAL 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.
Click here for full storyOPINION:
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.
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