Oz hung parliament hands power to farmers
Despite the drought, few in the rural region of Guyra support the Greens, fearing tax increases if climate change rules the national agenda.
Click here for full storyIt seems, on the face of it, a particularly stupid question - given we don't yet know who won this federal election. And given the glacier-like pace of negotiations between the major parties and the independents and Greens, history may eventually describe this poll as the 2010-2011 election.
Click here for full storyHopes surged this week that a swing to the Greens will result in meaningful action on climate change in the new Parliament. On the Climate Spectator website, Fiona Wain, the head of the Environment Business Australia think tank, urged the crossbenchers to grasp the "unprecedented opportunity in their hands - to help re-attract investment lost by the Rudd-Gillard deferral of putting a price on carbon".
Click here for full storyTHE NSW Government's solar bonus scheme, which pays householders for the electricity they generate from their rooftop panels, has proved so popular it has reached a 50-megawatt milestone 18 months before expected.But experts have warned that it is too generous and too short-term to encourage the industry investment in solar that is vital for a renewable energy future.They argue the scheme must be expanded to include commercial customers, not just small-scale residential properties.
Click here for full storyNew research from Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, has shed light on how each country is coping with meeting their quota, with some faring much better than others. According to the figures, Sweden was found to have the highest share of renewable energy in total consumption in 2008, with 44.4 per cent of its resources coming from the likes of biomass and wind power. Other top performers in the research included Finland (30.5 per cent), Latvia (29.9 per cent), Austria (28.5 per cent) and Portugal (23.2 per cent)....... As the biomass industry in Europe builds momentum within a complex legislative environment it highlights the need for a collective discussion of leading minds from both a government and industry perspective. Energy IQ has done just this by producing the EU Biomass Forum with the objective to shape debate on European policy, feedstock availability and the economic feasibility of biomass projects.
Click here for full storyThe International Energy Agency said Norwegian hydropower could provide the reliable base Europe needs to invest in solar, wind and other renewable energy forms and urged Norway to expand cable links to other countries.
Click here for full storyWind and solar power could become the world's main sources of energy, a Nobel-prize winning scientist suggests. The global photovoltaic energy production increased by a factor of about 90 and wind energy by a factor of about 10 over the last decade.
Click here for full storyA major Chinese generator manufacturer is in Northern Ireland to explore investment opportunities which could create over 600 jobs in the renewable energy sector. XEMC (Xiangtan Electrical Manufacturing Corporation), whose visit to the province is its first to the UK, said it was considering locating its European wind turbine assembly plant and blade factory in Northern Ireland.
Click here for full storyE3 Technologies, LLC, a new firm based in Athens, Ohio, will develop an Ohio University invention called the “GreenBox” designed to clean commercial and agricultural wastewater and produce hydrogen energy -- a technology that’s been described as “pee power.”
Click here for full storyEDF Energies Nouvelles SA, the renewable-energy arm of Electricite de France SA, fell to a one- month low in Paris trading after the government cut tariffs for solar power.
Click here for full storyPlanning processes for renewable energy projects will be streamlined with Victorian councils receiving support to administer wind farm permits, the State Government has announced.
Click here for full storyGermany's Siemens AG plans to become a major player in the Philippines' nascent wind farm industry.
Jacky Chan, Siemens Philippines Inc. president and chief executive officer, said the company is stepping up its clean energy portfolio by cornering a lion's share of wind power projects in the country. "We are looking forward to capture the wind farm market in the Philippines," he said.
Click here for full storyAnalysts at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore Labs have run the numbers on the US energy use in 2009, and come up with similar results to those obtained when examining the country's carbon emissions: energy use is dropping at a pace that is faster than would be expected based on the slowing economy alone.
Click here for full storyThe White House on Tuesday unveiled a report showing large federal investments in renewable energy are putting the U.S. on track to lower the cost for generating solar power, creating batteries for electric cars and sequencing the human genome
Click here for full storyThe tipping point for climate change, after which many of its most destructive effects will become irreversible, strongly suggests that atmospheric CO2 must be reduced from its current level of 390 ppm to "well below 350 ppm‚ significantly closer to pre-industrial concentrations of 285 ppm," according to a recent report by Beyond Zero Emissions, an Australian nonprofit organization.
Click here for full storyAustralia is home to an infamous outback and thousands of miles of coastline. These areas make Australia a hotbed for renewable energy generation. Australia is able to attain massive amounts of energy from solar, wind, geothermal and wave energies. However, Australia currently only attains six percent of their energy needs through renewable energy.
Click here for full storyThree independent and one Green MP who could decide the make-up of Australia's next government will hold their first meeting on Tuesday to discuss whether to back Labor or the conservative opposition.
Click here for full storyAustralia could accelerate action on climate change, possibly resurrecting an emissions trading scheme, after independent and Greens MPs won the balance of power in elections that left a hung parliament.
Click here for full storyWind energy is set to be the big technological winner in Europe over the next 10 years, as EU countries get down to the serious work of meeting renewable energy targets, reports the Danish Energy Association in its daily newsletter. The EU has set the goal that 20% of its energy needs will be met by renewable energy by 2020, and according to a report from environmental news and information service ENDSEurope, wind energy is set to be a bigger contributor to the green energy mix than solar power and hydro power combined.
Click here for full storyChinese solar panel companies will be faced with challenges at home from some European companies. Simon Currie, partner and global head of energy of UK law firm Norton Rose LLP, believes that the whole world is eyeing Chinese photovoltaic (PV) product manufacturers because the photovoltaic industry will play a decisive role in opening overseas markets, compared to wind farms.
Click here for full storyThe tipping point for climate change, after which many of its most destructive effects will become irreversible, strongly suggests that atmospheric CO2 must be reduced from its current level of 390 ppm to "well below 350 ppm‚ significantly closer to pre-industrial concentrations of 285 ppm," according to a recent report by Beyond Zero Emissions, an Australian nonprofit organization.
Click here for full storyA marine power plant that uses osmosis to generate electricity is being trialled in Norway …… The plant, built and operated by Norwegian energy company Statkraft not far from Oslo, employs a technique known as osmotic power generation, which uses the difference in salinity between seawater and fresh water to drive an electricity-generating turbine.
Click here for full storyAccording to World Energy Council many of the best locations on the world for wave energy exploitation are placed on Australia’s southern coast. Scientists have mapped out Australian south coast from Geraldton in Western Australia to King Island in Tasmania to mark best places for generating electricity from wave energy and concluded that there can be generated five times more electricity than Australia’s current consumption.
Click here for full storySelf-cleaning technology developed for lunar and Mars missions could be used to keep terrestrial solar panels dust free. Dust deposits can reduce the efficiency of electricity generating solar panels by as much as 80%. The self cleaning technology can repel dust when sensors detect concentrations on the panel's surface have reached a critical level.
Click here for full storyFigures released today show that carbon emissions have plummeted by as much as 44 per cent and energy bills will be cut by around £50,000 a year at ten fire stations involved in the Mayor of London’s RE:FIT programme. The completed stations are now saving 242 tonnes of CO2 per year - enough to fill the Sydney Opera House five times over.
Click here for full storyFederal officials are trying to secure $400,000 for the city of Reedsport. They say the funding will increase the likelihood that proposed wave energy projects will bring jobs to the South Coast by next year. Energy developers and government officials hope demand for wave-generated electricity will make Oregon’s coast home to a new industry.
Click here for full storyChina, facing the risk of embarrassment if it misses a looming environmental deadline, has ordered thousands of companies to close high-polluting plants as its leadership vies to retool economic growth.
Click here for full storyIndependent MP Rob Oakeshott says an emissions trading scheme should be a key policy of any government he and the other crossbenchers will help to form.
Click here for full storyAustralia has plans to build the biggest wind farm in the southern hemisphere by 2013, part of its scramble to fight climate change and harness its abundance of clean energy sources — wind, solar, waves, geothermal energy and bioenergy.
Click here for full storyAustralia plans to build the southern hemisphere's biggest wind farm by 2013 as it scrambles to harness its abundance of clean energy sources, such as wind, solar, waves, geothermal and bioenergy, and fight climate change.
Click here for full storyAustralia plans to build the southern hemisphere's biggest wind farm by 2013 as it scrambles to harness its abundance of clean energy sources, such as wind, solar, waves, geothermal and bioenergy, and fight climate change.
Click here for full storyIt’s difficult to look out over miles of waste rock and tailings from a century of copper mining in the American Southwest and see anything but environmental destruction.
Click here for full storyBUSINESS believes a hung parliament and the Greens holding the Senate balance of power could cause uncertainty and hit economic reform.
Click here for full storyVestas, the world's biggest wind turbine manufacturer, has spread a dark cloud over the renewable energy sector by turning a sizeable second-quarter profit last year into a €120m (£99m) loss over the past three months.
Click here for full storyThe tough environment being faced by many companies in the green energy field was highlighted again today when a British solar power company reported a huge downturn in profits for the first half of the year.
Click here for full storyLabor and the Coalition justify their weak policies on climate change and pollution by arguing that they do not want Australia to move too far ahead of other countries. The truth is that their policies are already falling behind China and other major emitters.
Click here for full storyAmid the hurly-burly of the election campaign, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been stalked by an unusual protester: an elephant. Its accompanying sign reads: "The elephant is in the room: reduce (carbon) pollution."
Click here for full storyCLIMATE change, education and immigration are the top three political issues Australians seek on the internet, new research reveals.
Click here for full storyClimate change is the most popular search engine query election issue, followed by education then immigration, according to Experian Hitwis
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