Australia’s Wave Sector Holds Great Potential
In Australia, wave energy is quickly emerging as a potential and viable renewable energy source for generating electricity. The World Energy Council has identified the southern margin of Australia as one among the world’s promising sites towards wave-energy generation.
Click here for full storyAustralia’s Greens party would raise the government’s proposed levy on coal and iron ore profits and push for a carbon tax if voters give the group more power in this weekend’s election, party leader Senator Bob Brown said.
Click here for full storyResearchers say ocean waves off the southern coast of Australia have the potential to generate as much as half of the country's current electricity needs.
Click here for full storyAustralian scientists have mapped out the best places across the nation's southern coast for generating wave energy, all the way from Geraldton in Western Australia to King Island in Tasmania.
Click here for full storyA new report by analyst Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows that global governments’ support for fossil fuel industry is about 10 times that offered to renewable energy says the WA Sustainable Energy Association Inc. (WA SEA).
Click here for full storyGillard believes and Abbott doesn't - but neither will do anything anyway. Let's try a round of word association. China on climate change. What's the first thing that comes to mind? For those paying passing attention to what qualifies as a climate change debate in Australia, the answer is likely to be: villain-in-chief.
Click here for full storyThe Arkx Clean Energy Fund’s managers are Australians who don’t have a dollar invested in Australia, a stance that’s unlikely to change after the Aug. 21 election.
Click here for full storyAccording to the Greens South Australian Senate candidate Penny Wright, four potential wind energy projects on the Eyre Peninsula could more than double South Australia’s wind-sourced electricity generation capacity to 7500 megawatts if better transmission infrastructure were available.
Click here for full storyGottlieb Paludan, a Danish architectural firm, has come up with a revolutionary plan to store green energy which may help to solve the world energy crisis.
Click here for full storyIT has three wheels and a top speed of 120km/h, and it's Australia's entry in the first zero-emission around-the-world electric vehicle race.
Click here for full storyIt's not exactly rocket science – when building a wind farm, look for a site that is, well, quite windy. But more than half of Britain’s wind farms are operating at less than 25 per cent capacity.
Click here for full storyThe German newspaper Der Spiegel reports Aug 14 that the utilities threatened to shut down the reactors on their own unless the tax is replaced with a fixed contribution to a renewable energy fund. They claim the tax will severely cut dividends to shareholders and funds for capital investment though none is planned for new reactors.
Click here for full storyChina Huaneng Group Corp and Datang Corp, the country's top power producers, plan to float shares of their renewable energy units in Hong Kong in offerings that could raise over $2 billion, sources close to the deals said on Tuesday.
Click here for full storyToday there's a whole menu of options for going beyond the petroleum era, from biofuels and next-generation nuclear power to solar-powered syngas production. But which option will be the "magic bullet" for America's next energy era? It turns out that every energy alternative has its pluses and its minuses, just as oil, coal and natural gas do.
Click here for full storyThat's how Australian father-and-son team Nick and Jason Jones hope to circle the globe in their custom built electric vehicle.
Click here for full storyTRANSITION to a low-emission global economy is "vital", Rio Tinto's Doug Ritchie said today. At the same time, the miner’s energy chief said climate change “represents uncertainty and potential volatility to the mining industry”.
Click here for full storyTONY ABBOTT has restated his sceptical views on climate change, and suggested the world may be getting cooler, as the Australian Academy of Science released a new report warning of the future impact of global warming.
Click here for full storyChris Huhne has hit back at reports suggesting the government is watering down its commitment to phase out the UK's dirtiest power plants, insisting the government remains fully committed to banning new coal-fired power stations built without carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. Writing in a letter to the Guardian in response to yesterday's front page story claiming that the UK's dirtiest coal plants have won a government reprieve, the energy and climate change secretary said the "idea that we are watering down our commitment is simply incorrect".
Click here for full storyIreland’s renewable energy sources have a potential three times the country’s energy requirements. According to the book ‘Green & Gold – Ireland a Clean Energy World Leader?’ by Alternative Energy Resources CEO John Travers, 20% of total Irish energy needs can be met by renewable energy within the next 10 years and 80% by 2050 and that 20% of Irish GDP can be derived from clean energy exports.
Click here for full storyThe Victorian Government has called for applications from businesses and community groups for grants under the $3 million first round of the state's Solar Photovoltaic Hubs program. The program will add 8.6 megawatts of community-based solar power to the grid by 2013. Grants for the solar hubs will range from $250,000 to $1 million.
Click here for full storyErnst & Young's (E&Y) announcement that it is launching a dedicated practice to support the UK's clean technology sector is the latest development to highlight the attractions of the sustainability business for the big consultancies. While E&Y claims to be the first to set up a practice specifically for cleantech, in recent years PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, KPMG and E&Y have all launched dedicated practices for sustainability and climate change.
Click here for full storyA new survey of Australian politicians shows a clear majority believe climate change is happening, but many appear to be unsure about some of its consequences.
Click here for full storyA NEW carbon farming initiative has been unveiled by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, during her first rural visit of the Federal election campaign near Ballina on Saturday.
Click here for full storyIS THE great Australian boom, the longest in any developed country, over? Yes, said Ross Garnaut, one of the country's most respected economists, in a seminal lecture last week.
Click here for full storyMore 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.
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