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ARMENIA LOOKS TO SOLAR ENERGY TO MOVE OUT OF RUSSIA'S SHADOW
Next year, the headquarters of the Armenian cabinet of ministers will fully switch to solar energy, subsequently followed by all governmental buildings... READ MORE›
IN GERMANY, CONSUMERS GET PAID FOR USING POWER
Several countries in Europe have experienced negative power prices, including Belgium, Britain, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland... READ MORE›
FRACKING TO BEGIN IN EARNEST IN 2018 AFTER TOUGH YEAR FOR INDUSTRY
Cuadrilla in Lancashire and Third Energy in North Yorkshire are vying to be the first company since 2011 to frack in the UK... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA TO RESUME BUILDING TWO NEW NUCLEAR REACTORS, BUT SCRAPS PLANS FOR 6 OTHERS
The world's fifth-biggest nuclear energy user currently runs 24 nuclear reactors, generating a third of the country's total electricity needs... READ MORE›
DOES WA NEED ITS OWN RENEWABLES TARGET?
He has already flagged the possibility of WA following other states and setting its own renewable energy target RET once the Clean Energy Target is cut... READ MORE›
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TRUMP TAPS RICK PERRY FOR ENERGY SECRETARY
Rick Perry, then the Republican candidate for Texas agriculture commissioner, talks with reporters on Oct. 19, 1990, during a campaign stop in Waco, Texas... READ MORE›
TRUMP MAY BE GOOD FOR OIL TROUBLE FORRENEWABLES
The president-elect has promised to promote oil, natural gas and coal aggressively, and pull back on Obama administration commitments to fighting climate change... READ MORE›
DROP IN WIND ENERGY COSTS ADDS PRESSURE FOR GOVERNMENT RETHINK
By contrast, Arup's report found that windfarms could be delivered for a maximum of ?50-55 per MWh across 15 years... READ MORE›
FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT FUNDS DOUBLE TO $5TN IN A YEAR
Institutions worth 2.6 trillion have now pulled investments out of fossil fuels... READ MORE›
CLEAN ENERGY IS TROUNCING OIL, GAS AND COAL IN TRUMP ERA
President Donald Trump took office vowing to revive the coal industry's fortunes. So far, the smart money has been on clean energy... READ MORE›
THESE 5 CHARTS SHOW THE SEISMIC SHIFTS HAPPENING IN GLOBAL ENERGY
Even China's Turning Away This map shows that most of the world's economies are turning away from coal, the most environmentally harmful fossil fuel... READ MORE›
TURNBULL LABELS OPPONENTS OF COAL-POWERED ELECTRICITY AS 'DELUSIONAL'
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says those who say coal has no future are delusional ... READ MORE›
FOR TONY ABBOTT, IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD ON COAL, 'THE FOUNDATION OF PROSPERITY'
Australia's insistence on locking itself into fossil fuels while distancing itself from ambitious efforts to combat climate change has not gone unnoticed overseas... READ MORE›
GLOBAL DEMAND FOR ENERGY WILL PEAK IN 2030, SAYS WORLD ENERGY COUNCIL
Global demand for energy per capita will peak in 2030 thanks to new technology and stricter government policies, the World Energy Council has predicted... READ MORE›
PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR FRACKING IN THE UK AT RECORD LOW, OFFICIAL SURVEY REVEALS
Public support for fracking has reached a record low, according to the latest government research... READ MORE›
MICHAEL O'LEARY SLAMS CLIMATE CHANGE AS 'COMPLETE AND UTTER RUBBISH'
Michael O'Leary slams climate change as 'complete and utter rubbish'... READ MORE›
ON THE BALLOT TWO CLASHING VISIONS OF HOW AMERICA WILL POWER ITS CARS HOMES
Critics have said Trump's plan to revive natural gas drilling would finish off the very coal industry he promises to restore, because the two fuels compete... READ MORE›
TRUMP VOWS PROMPT REVIEW OF REJECTION OF DAKOTA PIPELINE
Trump owned between 500,000 and 1 million of stock in Energy Transfer Partners LP, which earned him 15,000 to 50,000 in income in 2015... READ MORE›
TESLA'S AUSTRALIAN BATTERY FIX COMES AT 'BIG PRICE,' ANALYST SAYS
The consultancy estimates the fixed cost of batteries in 2017 at 81 a megawatt-hour compared with fixed costs of 9 a megawatt-hour for an open cycle gas plant... READ MORE›
'NO THREAT TO ENERGY SUPPLY' - CABLE
Scotland's Energy Minister Fergus Ewing told BBC Radio Scotland that Longannet was necessary to meet demand ... READ MORE›
HINKLEY NUCLEAR POWER IS NO MATCH FOR RENEWABLES
Energy capacity auction shows offshore wind dramatically outstrips nuclear... READ MORE›
BRITAIN FACES HUGE COSTS TO AVOID POWER SHORTAGES WITH ELECTRIC CAR PLAN
The cost of Hinkley Point C alone, the only nuclear power station now under construction in Britain, is estimated at 19.6 billion pounds... READ MORE›
CHINA TO TAKE ONE-THIRD STAKE IN A?24BN HINKLEY NUCLEAR POWER STATION
China to take one-third stake in A?24bn Hinkley nuclear power station... READ MORE›
SHALE GAS FRACKING SHOULD GO AHEAD IN UK, SAYS TASKFORCE
Shale gas fracking should go ahead in UK, says taskforce... READ MORE›
UK BACKS A?315M RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
Under the coalition's electricity market reforms, large renewable energy projects no longer receive direct subsidies funded by the electricity bill-payer... READ MORE›
DRILLING FOR ARCTIC OIL IS NOT VIABLE YET, SAYS IEA CHIEF
He warned governments to consider the potential risks, including those of climate change and pollution... READ MORE›
TRYING TO BRIBE PUBLIC TO ACCEPT FRACKING WON'T WORK, SAY CAMPAIGNERS
Following hard on the heels of the Hinkley fiasco, this misguided policy to encourage fracking demonstrates again that the government has no strategic energy policy... READ MORE›
LEADING SCIENTISTS SAY THE WORLD MUST EMBRACE NUCLEAR POWER TO SAVE THE PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
Nuclear power can be done safely, and with a relatively small environmental footprint, said Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington DC... READ MORE›
RUSSIA TO BUILD 2 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN IRAN
Earlier this year, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Moscow wanted to finalize the agreement with Iran and help the country build more power plants... READ MORE›
TRUMP SETS STAGE FOR POWER MARKET FIGHT WITH CLIMATE ROLLBACK
Given slack demand, power prices have dipped to historic lows, forcing conventional power-plant owners including FirstEnergy Corp... READ MORE›
JIM RATCLIFFE: FRACKING CAN BE DONE SAFELY. A LOT OF OPPOSITION IS BASED ON HEARSAY
He hopes that fracking in the UK can make up for diminishing North Sea resources and be a major source of energy... READ MORE›
CHINA TRIES TO DITCH ITS COAL ADDICTION, REDUCE ENERGY INTENSITY
China tries to ditch its coal addiction reduce energy intensity... READ MORE›
NUCLEAR DEALS WITH CHINA COULD ENDANGER UK NATIONAL SECURITY, SAYS LABOUR
David Cameron has serious questions to answer about whether Chinese investment in nuclear power would endanger national security Labour's shadow energy secretary Lisa Nandy has said... READ MORE›
JONATHAN FRANZEN: CLIMATE CAMPAIGNS KILLING THE BIRDS?
But worse, he says, by campaigning on climate change Audubon have subjugated the immediate conservation interests of birds... READ MORE›
HINKLEY POINT NUCLEAR PLANT WILL GO AHEAD
The delay caused tension with the French government because EDF had approved funding for the project despite serious concerns about the company's ability to absorb the huge costs... READ MORE›