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Popemobile goes electric with Renault
French car-maker Renault has donated two electric vehicles to the Vatican for the personal use of His Holiness Benedict XVI.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 11, 2012

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Hot air about cheap natural gas
Those who say cheap natural gas is killing clean energy alternatives are doing the math wrong: the gas isn’t really that cheap.
Amory Lovins and Jon Creyts

Sep 11, 2012

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Wind power has its limits, but it’s not the sky
A new study into geophysical limits on wind power finds we can build as many turbines as we need, Earth will handle it just fine.
Michael D. Lemonick

Sep 10, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Smarter homes could save Victoria billions
Report estimates $2.5bn in savings if Vic govt delivers on home energy efficiency; Geodynamics completes drilling at Habanero.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 10, 2012

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Solar Insights: China to double 2015 PV target to 40GW
China to double targeted PV installation rate for second time in two months. Plus two new solar-tech breakthroughs, one involving spinach!
Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath

Sep 10, 2012

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Two Australian companies in running for global cleantech award
Carnegie Wave and WindLab selected among semi-finalists in global cleantech comp. Plus finalists announced in Oz cleantech comp.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 10, 2012

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Why TRUenergy hit the panic button over renewables
The clean energy industry has dismissed TRUenergy’s analysis of the impact on renewables, and points out that some of its numbers simply don’t add up.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 10, 2012

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Secrets of a suburban clean energy powerhouse
A 1960s outer-suburban Melbourne brick veneer has been converted into a clean energy powerhouse using solar, wind and even hydro-electric technology.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 10, 2012

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Five things we learned last week ….
Australian utilities give a vision of the past; reform at last, but to who’s benefit? Queensland and Victoria make NSW look progressive; wind and solar highlight their potential; nothing but hot air in climate talks and carbon markets.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 10, 2012

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NSW renewables plan: the good, the bad, the appalling
It is good to have a target, it would be better to have more action. And it’s time to wise up to solar PV.
Nigel Morris

Sep 8, 2012

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NSW unveils renewable energy action plan
NSW supports the RET and anticipates a lot of wind energy. But it also wants its share of new technology investments from the CEFC.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 7, 2012

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Electricity market reform: All choice and no obligations
The AEMC’s Power of Choice review recommends the most wide-ranging suite of reforms to the electricity industry in a decade. It was worth the wait.
Mark Byrne

Sep 7, 2012

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Five things you should know about Solyndra
The Republican party is using Solyndra as a key tool in its campaign against Obama — smearing the entire clean energy industry in the process.
Stephen Lacey

Sep 7, 2012

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The week in green numbers…
South Australia’s booming wind generation; America’s booming solar financing industry; Indonesia’s potential coal cut; and the climate cost to food prices.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 7, 2012

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World’s leading solar firms join forces with UNSW
Suntech and Hanwha have joined forces with UNSW to better understand a new processing technology being pioneers by the university.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 7, 2012

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Snubbed on coal buyout, TRUenergy turns on LRET
Just days after having the buyout of its Yallourn coal-fired power station rejected, TRUenergy has called for the renewable energy target to be lowered. It wants to bring wind and solar industries to complete halt by 2016 to allow wholesale electricity costs to rise and more fossil fuel generation to be built.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 7, 2012

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Campbell Newman’s war on green energy
The Queensland Premier’s antipathy to green energy runs deep. This week, his government upped the ante by claiming that renewables would cost Queenslanders $408/year by 2020. But in this debate, you don’t need facts to make a political point.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 6, 2012

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Wind accounts for 58% of energy use in South Australia
Wind energy has accounted for more than half of the state’s energy demand in the last two days – and delivered the cheapest prices.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 6, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Alstom gets smarter, in grid deal with Toshiba
Alstom Grid, Toshiba sign MoU to fast-track smart grid plans. Plus: UK’s EV battery hub; Better Place’s debt-funded plans; India, Greece pile on the PV.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 6, 2012

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Skyscraper greenhouse, rising to meet the world food challenge
A Swedish outfit is developing high-rise urban greenhouses it says will be able produce thousands of tonnes of food a year.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 6, 2012

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All Articles

Popemobile goes electric with Renault

Hot air about cheap natural gas

Wind power has its limits, but it’s not the sky

Mixed Greens: Smarter homes could save Victoria billions

Solar Insights: China to double 2015 PV target to 40GW

Two Australian companies in running for global cleantech award

Why TRUenergy hit the panic button over renewables

Secrets of a suburban clean energy powerhouse

Five things we learned last week ….

NSW renewables plan: the good, the bad, the appalling

NSW unveils renewable energy action plan

Electricity market reform: All choice and no obligations

Five things you should know about Solyndra

The week in green numbers…

World’s leading solar firms join forces with UNSW

Snubbed on coal buyout, TRUenergy turns on LRET

Campbell Newman’s war on green energy

Wind accounts for 58% of energy use in South Australia

Mixed Greens: Alstom gets smarter, in grid deal with Toshiba

Skyscraper greenhouse, rising to meet the world food challenge

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