2015 - Page 128 of 187 - Renew Economy

CleanTech Bites

Qld govt approves Tablelands wind farm, locals threaten legal action
Local anti-wind group ATWA to fight Qld Labor’s approval of 63-turbine, 225MW Mt Emerald wind farm planned for Far North Queensland.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 27, 2015

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Tesla to unveil 5kW home storage, 200kW commercial storage systems
Tesla’s big battery storage announcement is likely to focus on a 5-kilowatt home unit and a 200-kilowatt commercial-scale battery.
Eric Wesoff

Apr 27, 2015

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Direct Action creating billion-dollar budget black hole
As Coalition defends funding of climate contrarian Lomborg, business lobby warns Direct Action won’t meet targets, and will blow multi-billion dollar hole in budget.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 27, 2015

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World’s businesses can’t wait for governments to act on climate change
Representatives from companies around the world met in Switzerland to discuss climate targets. Notably, no Australian company was present.
Stephen Bygrave

Apr 27, 2015

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Ampyx Power plans to build airborne wind energy project in Australia
Ampyx Power, the Dutch-based developers of novel airborne wind energy technology, to establish some of its first commercial scale projects in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 27, 2015

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What big coal’s happy-clappers missed about Vietnam’s growing coal headache
The fossil fuel industry continues to peddle the shop-worn storyline that more coal will be the salvation of the energy poor. But the energy poor are not so sure.
Bob Burton

Apr 27, 2015

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7 cleantech ideas & developments that are bringing us a low-carbon economy
7 of the “ideas and developments” that have already helped these cleantech solutions break through big barriers, and/or will help them get to the next stage.
Zachary Shahan

Apr 27, 2015

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Why the strategy of oil companies is doomed to failure
Oil companies like Shell have unique skills that make them ideally placed to help build the energy world of the future. Yet they seem unable to look beyond their own interests.
Karel Beckman

Apr 24, 2015

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Graph of the Day: Renewables 75% of new US capacity Q1, coal 0%
Renewables wind, solar, geothermal, hydropower provided over 75% of America’s 1.2GW new generating capacity in Q1 2015. Coal, oil and nuclear, nothing.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 24, 2015

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French government study: 95% renewable mix cheaper than nuclear and gas
A new study shows that the cost to the French consumer of a 100% renewable scenario is more or less equal to a scenario close to today’s, with only 40% renewables.
Terje Osmundsen

Apr 24, 2015

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Tesla to announce home and utility-scale battery next week
Tesla confirms April 30 date for unveiling of battery storage devices for homes and grid, to be produced at company’s new gigafactory.
Ian Clover

Apr 24, 2015

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The Bjorn supremacy – is Australia getting the climate advice it deserves?
Lomborg’s dangerous form of climate denial is to begrudgingly accept the science while producing economic models to say global warming is minor issue.
David Holmes

Apr 24, 2015

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