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Scientists are using your smoking habit to make renewable energy
To help break the world’s addiction to fossil fuels, scientists are channeling another harmful addiction: smoking cigarettes.
Emily Atkin

Aug 12, 2014

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Barcelona: Spain’s city of the sun
Barcelona is famous for Gaudí’s architecture and a world-class Picasso museum, but it should also be known for its commitment to sustainability, and solar.
Laurie Guevara-Stone

Aug 12, 2014

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Sowing confusion about renewable energy
Readers of The Economist may have been surprised for good reason to read that solar and wind are “the most expensive way of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.
Amory B Lovins

Aug 8, 2014

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How does the Renewable Energy Target affect your power bills?
The RET review is due to be handed to the federal government any day now, yet there are still conflicts over the impacts it has over electricity costs.
Dylan McConnell

Jul 30, 2014

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More efficient, durable solar cells are possible thanks to glass
Self-cooling, longer lasting and more efficient solar cells are within reach simply by adding a thin layer of glass.
Todd Shilton

Jul 24, 2014

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Affordable batteries for green energy are closer than we think
The high storage costs are now rapidly falling, suggesting that the financial appeal of electric cars and stationary storage is set to keep increasing.
The Conversation

Jul 23, 2014

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Renewable energy ready to supply all of Australia’s electricity
There are already technically feasible scenarios to run the Australian electricity industry on 100% renewable energy without significantly affecting supply.
Mark Diesendorf

Jul 22, 2014

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Solar key to building a more sustainable and resilient Australia
Continued measures and support for solar power will help mitigate climate-related forces which leave energy supplies vulnerable to unpredictable disasters.
Jenny Lu

Jul 21, 2014

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What does solar energy mean to Germany’s big utilities?
Renewable sector is flexing its muscles in Germany, with solar production up 28% and wind up 19% during the first half of 2014.
Roy L Hales

Jul 21, 2014

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How often do wind turbines catch fire? And does it matter?
A new report tries to work out how big a problem wind turbines catching fire is, but there’s little data to work with.
Mat Hope and Simon Evans

Jul 21, 2014

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Fortune 500 companies declare renewables “buyers’ principles”
WWF released a set of principles signed by leading Fortune 500 companies that frame the challenges and needs they face as large renewable energy buyers.
Jules Kortenhorst

Jul 16, 2014

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Solar, wind to beat coal on costs in China, India by 2020
Australia’s biggest coal customers are expected to turn away from fossil fuels because solar and wind energy will provide a cheaper option within 5 years. While Australia looks to stop renewables, India and China are looking at renewable shares of up to 45%.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 10, 2014

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