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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.

Mixed Greens: Tilting at windmills
Mitt Romney’s ‘imaginary world’ of renewables; Obama’s green-auto drive; Toyota’s ambitious hydrogen car plans; Germany delays solar subsidy cuts; new boss at Acciona.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 8, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Offshore wind for Fukushima
A 16MW floating wind farm for post-nuclear Fukushima; Q-Cells’ $1 billion loss; Scotland says 100% renewables means cheaper energy; and fund raisings for geothermal companies.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 7, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Algae on the up and up
US algae producers optimistic about market, expanding capacity; Aqualia’s big plans for micro-algae fuel production.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 6, 2012

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Is your EV really so green?
In areas where coal is still king, the carbon footprint of an electric vehicle can be greater than that of a conventional car.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 6, 2012

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Aiming for the moon: Why America needs the ARPA-E
With funding to the US ‘moonshot’ cleantech agency drying up, this year’s ARPA-E Summit was about making the case for spending on innovation.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 5, 2012

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Mixed Greens: A gift for EV popularity
Bieber gets luxury EV with solar roof; Libs & Greens unite on solar hot water; positive cost estimates for AquaGen technology; Ergon tips solar rush.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 5, 2012

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Smart living: My home is my power station
How the Jetsons Mark I enjoyed smart living in the city. Still a few refinements to be made.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 2, 2012

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The hot news in cleantech this week…
Battery breakthrough that could halve cost and triple range of EVs; the ‘out of the box’ tech program; the new black in solar efficiency.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 2, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Solar hot water rebate dumped
Industry reels as solar hot water subsidy dumped; UK landowners make ‘risk-free’ millions from wind; Dyesol cuts credit line on back of tech progress.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 29, 2012

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Cleantech sector catches up with carmakers
A new report says Australia’s cleantech sector is as big as the nation’s auto manufacturing sector, and is growing revenues and creating high value jobs.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 28, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Australia’s cleantech lag
Australia ranks 16th on global innovation index; CFC sales, revenue jump on EU success; Angel investors heart cleantech; & Vic wind policy claims first victim.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 27, 2012

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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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