Recent News Headlines : Renewable Energy

WORLD 'LOSING BATTLE' TO CURB CLIMATE CHANGE, WARNS MACRON


Donald Trump got Donald Trump out of the Paris agreement... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 377

CONTROVERSIAL SITE C DAM TO PROCEED


The provincial NDP government made what it said was a tough decision, but said cancelling the project would be a worse idea... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 18

PARIS CLIMATE SUMMIT OPENS WITH BILL GATES, DICAPRIO, BUT NOT TRUMP


Two years after the landmark Paris climate accord, dozens of world leaders and philanthropists are back in the French capital on Tuesday for a summit... READ MORE

12th December, 2017 786

GM TO BUILD RENEWABLE GENERATOR TO TURN LANDFILL GAS TO ENERGY


About 32 percent of energy needed by the propulsion plant could come from project by 2019... READ MORE

9th December, 2017 568

DEATH SPIRAL: HALF OF EUROPES COAL PLANTS ARE LOSING MONEY


Polluting uk coal plants export power to france as cold weather bites... READ MORE

8th December, 2017 913

TOP US FIRMS INCLUDING WALMART AND FORD IGNORE TRUMP ON CLIMATE CHANGE


US companies president claims to champion choosing to oppose Trump's sceptical climate stance and press ahead without him... READ MORE

1st December, 2017 3558

TESLA SWITCHES ON GIANT BATTERY TO SHORE UP AUSTRALIA'S GRID


"We think that's what's really going to acclerate the uptake of energy storage in Australia," he said... READ MORE

1st December, 2017 3801

TESLA SWITCHES ON WORLD'S LARGEST LITHIUM ION BATTERY SETUP IN AUSTRALIA


Elon Musk met up ot his 100-day deadline of building the world's largest lithium battery in Australia, located in Hornsdale, South Australia... READ MORE

1st December, 2017 19

FROM AMAZON TO ETSY TECH GIANTS FIGHT TRUMPS PLAN TO SAVE COAL


Despite her state's deep roots in coal, she backs the company's fight for more renewable energy... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 476

ELECTRIC VEHICLES COULD DISPLACE 8 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL PER DAY BY 2040


The disruption will come very fast because of economies of scale, said Tomas Kaberger, chair of the executive board at the Renewable Energy Institute in Tokyo... READ MORE

29th November, 2017 722

NEW RECORD LOW PRICES FOR ELECTRICITY ARE SHAKING UP A STAID INDUSTRY


As market bidding structures expand beyond Alberta, the low bid prices will be crucial -- and disruptive -- for companies making the electricity... READ MORE

27th November, 2017 7766

BHP AND GOLDMAN BACK A SOLAR PROJECT OUT IN AUSTRALIA'S BANANA PLANTATIONS


The venture is being developed by Conergy Asia ME Pte... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 257

BOOM IN RENEWABLES WEAKENS CASE FOR SHALE SAYS TORY MP


There are believed to be 20bn barrels of oil left in the North Sea oilfields... READ MORE

26th November, 2017 4515

MOST POWERFUL BATTERY WITHIN REACH


The joint brine4power project aims to make use of underground salt caverns to store energy within the next six years... READ MORE

25th November, 2017 3

AUSTRALIA IS NOW HOME TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST BATTERY


Tesla have successfully completed the building phase of the world's largest battery in south Australia, designed to store renewable energy... READ MORE

23rd November, 2017 155

AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL THE SCIENCE, HISTORY, AND POLITICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE


An Inconvenient Sequel the science, history, and politics of climate change... READ MORE

15th November, 2017 565

THE ECO GUIDE TO USING YOUR MONEY


Switch to an ethical bank account and invest in renewable energy, not fossil fuels, says Lucy Siegle... READ MORE

11th November, 2017 350

FATHER-SON TEAM PLANS ANTARCTIC TREK POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY


Perpetual sunlight will charge the solar panels, which will power a NASA-designed ice melter to provide them with enough water for drinking and cooking... READ MORE

10th November, 2017 10

U.S. HOUSE APPROVES BILL TO EXPAND HYDROPOWER


McMorris Rodgers, the fourth-highest ranking Republican, said that figure could be doubled without constructing a single dam... READ MORE

9th November, 2017 0

THE SEVEN MEGATRENDS THAT COULD BEAT GLOBAL WARMING


'Everybody gets paralysed by bad news because they feel helpless, says Christiana Figueres, the former UN climate chief who delivered the landmark Paris climate change agreement... READ MORE

8th November, 2017 26089

HOW INDIAS BATTLE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE COULD DETERMINE ALL OF OUR FATES


Indias population and emissions are rising fast, and its ability to tackle poverty without massive fossil fuel use will decide the fate of the planet... READ MORE

7th November, 2017 3337

FOSSIL-FUEL FRIENDLY TAX PLAN SPARES OIL, NOT SOLAR OR TESLA


Those held through corporate entities would see a big benefit from the 20 percent corporate tax rate, he said... READ MORE

2nd November, 2017 2628

HUGE PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PUTS PARIS CLIMATE TARGET IN REACH, SAYS REPORT


The World Bank's subsidiary, the International Finance Corporation IFC, said on Thursday that the investment could hold the key to fighting climate change... READ MORE

2nd November, 2017 2635

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

24th October, 2017 139

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

20th October, 2017 49

DOWNTOWN COUNCILLORS PONDER POSSIBILITIES OF STEEPER TAX HIKE


He added some ideas, such as the energy efficiency proposal, may get an easier reception when councillors consider the long-term savings... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 320

THE CLEAN ENERGY TARGET IS GONE, SO WHAT HAVE WE GOT INSTEAD? AND WHAT DOES A NATIONAL ENERGY GUARANTEE MEAN FOR CONSUMERS?


In November last year the Government promised to reduce emissions by between 26 and 28 per cent by 2030 as part of the Paris climate change accord... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 3144

MALCOLM TURNBULL FACES UPHILL BATTLE CONVINCING STATES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL ENERGY GUARANTEE


Updated October 18, 2017 09 04 15 Victoria, Queensland and South Australia look set to make the Prime Minister work hard if he wants them to support his new energy plan... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 777

INDIA AND US RIVEN ON CLIMATE BUT PARTNERS IN CLEAN ENERGY TECH


India and the United States have traditionally not seen eye to eye on climate change and energy policies... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 6

SOLAR GREW FASTER THAN ALL OTHER FORMS OF POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME


Solar powered by photovoltaics, or PVs, grew by 50 percent, with almost half of new plants built in China... READ MORE

5th October, 2017 25885

Trending News Headlines : Renewable Energy

NEOLIBERALISM HAS CONNED US INTO FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE AS INDIVIDUALS


At the very moment when climate change demands an unprecedented collective public response, neoliberal ideology stands in the way... READ MORE

17th July, 2017 114948

BRITAIN GOES A DAY WITHOUT BURNING COAL FOR ELECTRICITY


Coal-fired power generation contributes heavily to climate change burning coal produces twice as much carbon dioxide as burning natural gas... READ MORE

22nd April, 2017 92516

ELON MUSK'S BIG BATTERY BRINGS REALITY CRASHING INTO A POST-TRUTH WORLD


They have just chosen to throw truth onto the fire of climate change for political reasons... READ MORE

8th July, 2017 53631

INDIAN SOLAR POWER PRICES HIT RECORD LOW, UNDERCUTTING FOSSIL FUELS


By 2022, India aims to have the capacity to generate 175 gigawatts of power from solar, biomass and wind energy... READ MORE

10th May, 2017 43481

INDIA, ONCE A COAL GOLIATH, IS FAST TURNING GREEN


The price needs to fall to 100 per kilowatt-hour for renewable energy to be comparable in price to coal, Mr. Mathur says... READ MORE

2nd June, 2017 39546

SA TO GET WORLD'S BIGGEST LITHIUM ION BATTERY IN 'HISTORIC' DEAL WITH ELON MUSK


South Australia teams with Tesla, Neoen to build world's biggest lithium ion battery in bid to secure power... READ MORE

7th July, 2017 36316

U.K. JUST WENT WITHOUT COAL POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1880S


Coal plants by 2025 How to Hit the Brakes on Climate Change The U.K... READ MORE

23rd April, 2017 26456

FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES ARE A STAGGERING $5 TN PER YEAR


Third, the subsidies discourage investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy that compete with the subsidized fossil fuels... READ MORE

7th August, 2017 21773

CHINA BUILDS WORLD'S BIGGEST SOLAR FARM IN JOURNEY TO BECOME GREEN SUPERPOWER #GLOBALWARNING


Vast plant in Qinghai province is part of China's determination to transform itself from climate change villain to a green energy colossus... READ MORE

19th January, 2017 21279

CHINA JUST BUILT A CUTE SOLAR PLANT SHAPED LIKE A PANDA


The first phase of the plant was completed on June 30, PV magazine reported and it has started delivering power to a grid in North Western China... READ MORE

8th July, 2017 17160

THE CHEAP ENERGY REVOLUTION IS HERE, AND COAL WON'T CUT IT


Unsubsidized wind and solar are beginning to outcompete coal and natural gas in an ever-widening circle of countries... READ MORE

27th April, 2017 16956

'SPECTACULAR' DROP IN RENEWABLE ENERGY COSTS LEADS TO RECORD GLOBAL BOOST


Falling solar and wind prices have led to new power deals across the world despite investment in renewables falling... READ MORE

7th June, 2017 15605

MERSEY FEAT: WORLD'S BIGGEST WIND TURBINES GO ONLINE NEAR LIVERPOOL


Danish company Dong Energy has just finished installing 32 turbines in Liverpool Bay that are taller than the Gherkin skyscraper, with blades longer than nine London buses... READ MORE

17th May, 2017 15527

CSIRO BREAKTHROUGH COULD TURN RENEWABLE HYDROGEN INTO EXPORT BOOM


It means Korea, Japan, the whole of South-East Asia can now import Australian renewable energy in the form of renewable hydrogen... READ MORE

7th August, 2017 14588

SOLAR POWER GROWTH LEAPS BY 50% WORLDWIDE THANKS TO US AND CHINA


Globally there is now 305GW of solar power capacity, up from around 50GW in 2010 and virtually nothing at the turn of the millennium... READ MORE

7th March, 2017 14422

HUGE BOOST FOR RENEWABLES AS OFFSHORE WINDFARM COSTS FALL TO RECORD LOW


The price is half of what new offshore windfarms were being awarded just two years ago... READ MORE

11th September, 2017 13784

HUNDREDS OF US MAYORS TO VOTE ON SWITCH TO RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2035


Mayors at the conference have overwhelmingly expressed support to fight climate change, especially after the Trump administration pulled out of the Paris climate agreement last month... READ MORE

26th June, 2017 11044

AS U.S. CEDES LEADERSHIP ON CLIMATE, OTHERS STEP UP AT DAVOS


The lure of a potentially huge market for clean energy and other technologies that would help mitigate climate change was a driving force, analysts said... READ MORE

22nd January, 2017 9590

'THE WILD WEST OF WIND': REPUBLICANS PUSH TEXAS AS UNLIKELY GREEN ENERGY LEADER


You don't want to see power lines, wind turbines and solar panels, Wortham said... READ MORE

21st February, 2017 9534

SOLAR PANEL RESEARCHERS INVESTIGATE POWERING TRAINS BY BYPASSING GRID


Imperial College London has partnered with the climate change charity 10 10 to investigate the use of track-side solar panels to power trains, the two organisations announced yesterday... READ MORE

10th January, 2017 9174

ALPHABET WANTS TO FIX RENEWABLE ENERGY'S STORAGE PROBLEM -- WITH SALT


Existing electrical grids struggle with renewable energy, a vexing problem that's driving demand for new storage methods... READ MORE

31st July, 2017 8139

PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT: COST FOR U.S. ECONOMY FROM TRUMP'S WITHDRAWAL


Benioff tweeted that he was deeply disappointed by the decision, noting that his company would continue to strive to run only renewable energy... READ MORE

2nd June, 2017 7963

CHINA CEMENTING GLOBAL DOMINANCE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY


The report noted the global expansion cements China's total domination of renewable energy growth globally... READ MORE

6th January, 2017 7830

WORLD'S FIRST FLOATING WINDFARM TO TAKE SHAPE OFF COAST OF SCOTLAND


Irene Rummelhoff, head of the oil firm's low-carbon division, said the technology opened up an enormous new resource of wind power... READ MORE

27th June, 2017 7764

SCOTLAND SETS AMBITIOUS GOAL OF 66% EMISSIONS CUT WITHIN 15 YEARS


O A totally carbon-free electricity sector based entirely on renewable energy sources by 2032, when Scotland's last nuclear power station will close... READ MORE

19th January, 2017 6584

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TURN TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TO BREAK CYCLE OF WELFARE


Melina Loubicon-Massimo, from the Lubicon Cree First Nation in Canada, says her community has achieved incredible results with renewable energy... READ MORE

28th February, 2017 5474

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

18th July, 2017 5189

DAVOS ELITE FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, IGNORING TRUMP'S SKEPTICISM


Climate change is material and central for many companies and their boards, said Dominic Waughray, head of public-private partnership at the World Economic Forum... READ MORE

16th January, 2017 5017

SUNSHINE COAST COUNCIL STAYS TRUE TO ITS NAME BY OPENING ITS OWN SOLAR FARM IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FIRST


Queensland's Sunshine Coast Council becomes the first local government to open its own solar farm to offset all of its electricity needs... READ MORE

24th July, 2017 4957

SAUDI ARABIA PLANS THE WORLD'S CHEAPEST POWER WITH SOLAR AND WIND


Saudi Arabia is the world's largest crude exporter and pumps the most oil among the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries... READ MORE

1st February, 2017 4332


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