“Earth mount” solar company joins race to ultra-low cost PV

2 March 2022

US start-up, Erthos, has closed out a successful series B fundraising round, as big hitting investors back its faster, cheaper…

Coal’s demise drives Australia’s emissions lower, but cuts still way too slow

2 March 2022

While renewables do the heavy lifting on power sector emissions, the lack of economy-wide federal climate policy has seen emissions…

Fortescue starts work on world-first “Infinity Train,” a regenerating battery on rails

1 March 2022

FFI to spend $50m to develop "world-first" regenerating battery electric iron ore train to save tens of millions of litres…

Queensland’s biggest wind farm that will power zinc refinery gets final green light

1 March 2022

Massive Queensland wind farm that will supply more than half of the energy needs of Australia’s largest zinc refinery has…

Germany fast-tracks shift to 100 pct renewables as EU energy crisis deepens

1 March 2022

Germany's climate and energy ministry to propose faster expansion of renewables, to reach a near 100% renewable power supply by…

Could micro supercapacitors “revolutionise” battery technology?

1 March 2022

Researchers in Sweden believe they have found a way around supercapacitors' size problem.

Plans emerge for another renewable energy island to power Europe

1 March 2022

UK and Belgium sign agreement to look at yet another renewable energy island in the North Sea to help lower…

Oil giant Shell buys half share in one of Australia’s biggest wind farm developers

1 March 2022

Global oil giant Shell has bought a half share in one of Australia's biggest wind project developers as it continues…

IPCC exposes Morrison government’s catastrophic failures on climate

28 February 2022

Australia's response to devastating Queensland floods has been to set up a "gofundme" page. The IPCC report underlines why it…

Australia faces “cascading and compounding” climate disasters, IPCC report warns

28 February 2022

The latest IPCC report warns Australia faces repeated and compounding risks from extreme weather events, and must seek to adapt.

IPCC warns “world faces unavoidable multiple climate hazards”

28 February 2022

Latest IPCC report warns of unavoidable and multiple "threats to human wellbeing and health of the planet" caused by climate…

Origin strikes out at News Corp misinformation and “woke cowboy capitalist” slur

28 February 2022

Origin takes unusual step of slapping down Murdoch media claims it refused to sell Eraring in an article slamming "woke…