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Sophie is editor of Renew Economy and editor of its sister site, One Step Off The Grid . She is the co-host of the Solar Insiders Podcast. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.

The hot news in cleantech this week…
Solar window gets scale for organic solar PV; space bacteria boosts microbial power; ‘world first’ solar-diesel hybrid power stations beat Pilbara heat.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 23, 2012

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Mixed Greens: US powered by wind & solar? Yes we can
NOAA says US could be 70% renewable by 2030; China could hit 15GW solar target by 2013; Ukraine solar booms, capacity set to double.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 23, 2012

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Ice melt: NASA satellites point to huge losses
Ice mass lost from Greenland, Antarctica and the Earth’s glaciers and ice caps enough to cover the US with a 1.5 feet deep layer.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 23, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Savanna burning added to CFI
Carbon Farming Initiative adds savanna burning methodology; Infigen questions NSW wind farm noise audits; Apple reveals size of solar array for US data centre.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 22, 2012

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How an ‘electric leaf’ could supercharge biofuel production
An electrifying twist on photosynthesis by Glasgow University scientists promises to lead to a much more productive technique of making biofuel from algae.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 22, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Clean power cut carbon in 2011
Renewables help cut Aust CO2; Europe’s wind-powered hydrogen fuel station; Hill quits Low Carbon Australia; investors issue warning to heavy-emitters.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 21, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Solar stocks surge on sunny outlook
Suntech, SunPower shares surge as sales beat expectations; Siemens buys out UK tidal tech company.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 20, 2012

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The hot news in cleantech this week …
Mining the ocean for renewable terrawatts; has Melbourne developed the world’s most efficient thin-film solar cells?; revolutionising electric motors; and rooftop solar vs solar rooftops?
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 17, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Jinko sees solar parity in Australia
JinkoSolar sets up in Australia, attracted by grid parity and ‘zero carbon’ plan; prices up, production down for Infigen; Canberra launches $1bn cleantech fund.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 16, 2012

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Germany’s solar schadenfreude
When last week’s freak cold snap left France’s nuclear plants unable to meet demand, guess who came to the rescue?
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 15, 2012

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Mixed Greens: A battery-powered peak solution?
New claims lithium-ion power storage could challenge nat gas in peaking power by 2016; Tesla faces wider losses.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 15, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Obama’s renewables revival
Obama’s 2013 budget revives clean energy agenda; aviation biofuels cost-competitive by 2018?; and Westpac launches Energy Efficient Lease.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 14, 2012

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