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Graph of the Day: Wind, solar provide half Germany’s electricity
Wind and solar combined to feed more energy into Germany’s electricity grid than all conventional power plants combined for several hours on Thursday.
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Graph of the Day: How buildings cut energy and emissions
IEA report identifies significant potential to cut energy use in the global building sector and achieve deep carbon emission reductions.
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Battle for King Island: Wind energy politics at 20 paces
Hydro Tasmania’s best efforts to ‘engage meaningfully’ with King Island residents on the prospect of hosting a 200 turbine wind farm have been blindsided by the machinations of the anti-wind lobby. The resulting battle of wills could kill Australia’s biggest wind farm and set back future renewable energy developments.
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Renewable Germany: The very model of a new energy order
Germany’s energy turnaround offers proof that an industrialised, politically pluralistic market economy can run well on efficiency and renewables.
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Solar energy in the Australian outback – at 8c/kWh
The Australian developer of a solar thermal technology using graphite receivers and storage says it can substitute expensive diesel-fired energy at just 8c/kWh.
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New ‘micro-batteries’ now most powerful on the planet
Tiny rechargeable batteries developed at University of Illinois could be used to power a phone and jump-start a dead car battery.
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US power grid could rely on majority renewables by 2050: study
Study finds US grid could quit coal, close a quarter of its nuclear plants and rely on renewables for the bulk of its electricity generation.
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Where to next for EU climate policy?
The European parliament’s rejection of a short-term fix to the EU ETS now means much stronger climate medicine is needed.
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Graph of the Day: Germany’s new solar power record
This week Germany’s 1.3 million-odd solar power systems set a new record by reaching a peak power output of 22.68GW.
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IEA: We must change course on energy before it is too late
IEA report says current way the world supplies and uses energy threatens security, health, economic prosperity and environment.
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20 million by 2020: Can EV sales help deliver 2°C climate target?
IEA says global EV sales are on track to meet its 2°C scenario – but only with the right policy and dramatically lower battery costs.
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IEA: Rapid change needed in way we supply, use energy
The IEA says the world is not acting quickly enough on decarbonising its energy system. In its third major report, it notes good progress in solar PV, onshore wind and hydro, but says CSP and offshore wind is dragging the chain, and CCS and nuclear are stalled. It wants governments to act decisively, before it’s…
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