2015 - Page 13 of 187 - Renew Economy

So electric vehicles are better – now what?
We know that electric vehicles produce about 50% fewer emissions over their lifetime than gasoline cars. But how do we encourage their deployment?
Rachael Nealer

Dec 1, 2015

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8 signs now is the time to invest in energy transformation
Evidence continues to mount that the world is beyond peak coal consumption and that its appetite for thermal coal is waning.
Tim Buckley

Dec 1, 2015

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Dubai set to lead MENA with 25% by 2030 solar goal
The Emirate kingdom of Dubai has announced a program that will see it generate 25% of its electricity from solar by 2030.
Jonathan Gifford

Dec 1, 2015

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3 ways wind and solar can continue to grow in a 21st-century grid
As the world gathers for COP21, charting a low-carbon, clean-energy pathway to the world’s future electricity grid is more important than ever.
Rocky Mountain Institute

Dec 1, 2015

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Paris, COP21: Turnbull ducks and weaves as world leaders lead
On fossil fuel subsidies and carbon pricing, Malcolm Turnbull proves he is no Pierre Trudeau. He does a “Kevin Rudd” and ratifies Kyoto Protocol, but pulls Australia out of deal to remove fossil fuel subsidies, and was conspicuously absent when world’s major economies made a call for carbon pricing.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 1, 2015

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India, France say solar is future, particularly those without power
India and France announce formation of International Solar Alliance, saying fossil fuels are technologies of the past, and solar is key to universal access.
Jon Walter

Dec 1, 2015

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Malcolm Turnbull does a Kevin Rudd and ratifies Kyoto Protocol
Malcolm Turnbull follows in footsteps of Kevin Rudd, and announces Australia will ratify the Kyoto Protocol – after fierce refusals from his conservative predecessor.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 1, 2015

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Carnegie Wave raises $7.5m, edges closer to Mauritius microgrid project
Hot on the heels of a deal to assess Mauritius for a wave power-based microgrid, Carnegie Wave Energy has raised $7.5m in its latest funding round.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 30, 2015

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New climate playlist strikes more promising chord
While the government’s core policies to encourage renewable energy remain the same for now, everything else is very different.
Kane Thornton

Nov 30, 2015

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Fossil fuel companies risk wasting up to $2.2 trillion in the next decade
According to CTI, over $2 trillion of new and existing investment is in danger of being wasted over the coming decade if governments and companies don’t take action to divert investments away from fossil fuels.
Karel Beckman

Nov 30, 2015

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Underwater solar cells turn greenhouse gases into ‘solar fuel’
Engineers at Stanford University have discovered how to use the sun’s energy to combine water and CO2 to create chemical products.
Edgar Meza

Nov 30, 2015

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Melbourne consortium set to launch tender for renewable energy plant
A consortium led by the City of Melbourne will launch a tender in 2016 for as much as 120GWh of shovel-ready renewable energy projects.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 30, 2015

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