Obama's Climate Action Plan: Domestic Renewable Energy
Last week, President Obama presented his Climate Action Plan. The plan sets out 1) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon; 2) to prepare the U.S. for the impacts of climate change; and...
View ArticleALGAE.TEC SIGNS CARBON CAPTURE BIOFUELS DEAL WITH AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST...
(Source: AlgaeTec Limited) ASX RELEASE EMBARGO 1.30pm (AEST) July 2, 2013 Media contact: Digital Mantra Group TEAM@DMGPR.COM Australia +61 2 8006 0424 USA +1 650 798 5238 In what is understood to be a...
View ArticleAlgae.Tec Signs Carbon Capture Biofuels Deal with Australia's Largest...
SYDNEY, July 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In what is understood to be a world first, Algae.Tec (ASX: AEB, OTCQX: ALGXY) has signed a deal with Australia's largest power company to site an algae carbon...
View ArticleSA should harness potential renewable energy industries (CEDA - Committee...
(Source: CEDA - Committee for Economic Development of Australia) SA should harness potential renewable energy industries Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2013 South Australia is sitting on a goldmine of...
View ArticleSubstituting Trees for Coal in Power Plants Would Take Us Backwards in the...
A few weeks ago, President Obama gave a historic speech in which he laid out his second term plan for tackling the urgent threat of climate change. Delivered from the steps of Old North at Georgetown...
View ArticleAPIA seeks policy support similar to renewable energy for gas
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA) has called for greater policy support to natural gas to ensure the long-term future of the industry. APIA, which...
View ArticleRenewable cities not just a pipedream
Looking out of an aircraft window as you approach Sydney Airport or Melbourne's Tullamarine, our cities look clean, green, pollution-free. Solar panels wink back at you from a growing number of roofs....
View ArticleSecond Wind: Renewable Energy Down but Not Out
This week, two events occurred that could point to a new second wind for the battered alternative energy sector—which has been on its heels for much of the last couple years. First, President Obama...
View ArticleEnergy still fuels debate
Power alternatives: Melbourne is ideally placed geographically to exploit biogas resources. Photo: James Davies Looking out an aircraft window as you come in to land at Tullamarine Airport, our city...
View ArticleResearchers welcome Chief Scientist’s report on coal seam gas (Southern...
(Source: Southern Cross University) Researchers welcome Chief Scientist's report on coal seam gas - 31/07/2013 The initial report on coal seam gas (CSG) activities across New South Wales, by the...
View ArticleUQ joins $87m Australia-US solar energy initiative (The University of...
(Source: The University of Queensland) The University of Queensland will partner with CSIRO and a number of world-leading organisations in a new solar research program, with the aim of bringing...
View ArticleRenewables to Rival Coal for Power Generation in 2035
Renewable energy is set to rival coal as the main generator of the world’s electricity by 2035 as the costs of technology fall and subsidies rise, the International Energy Agency said. Wind farms,...
View ArticleOur greatest challenge on climate: coal exports
It's still Australia's toughest climate challenge: what to do about coal exports, our biggest earner? If it survives the next election our carbon tax-cum-emissions trading scheme - along with...
View ArticleShale-Gas Boom Can Complement Renewables to Cut Coal, IRENA Says
A boom in shale-gas extraction, the technique that made the U.S. the top producer of the fuel, would complement growth in renewables because both curb use of dirtier commodities, the International...
View ArticleCapstone Receives Another Follow-On Order From Large Australian Coal Seam...
(Source: Capstone Turbine Corporation) CHATSWORTH, Calif., Jan. 23, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (www.capstoneturbine.com) (Nasdaq:CPST), the world's leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine...
View ArticleDodging the carbon conundrum
Policymakers will have to balance the global demand for coal with climate change mitigation. Photo: Heath Wade IT'S a disconnection most policymakers seem loath to confront: global demand for fossil...
View ArticleSolar thermal plans for Collinsville power station (The University of...
(Source: The University of Queensland) The University of Queensland will assist RATCH-Australia Corporation Limited (RAC) assess the viability of converting the coal-fired Collinsville Power Station...
View ArticleSolar and wind could offer 'cheaper power than coal'
THEY account for less than 4 per cent of our electricity generation now, but solar and wind could be cheaper than coal by 2030, according to the Climate Commission. Chief commissioner Professor Tim...
View ArticleAustralian clean energy: at a crossroads (Australian Greens)
(Source: Australian Greens) We are at a crossroads. We have the tools we need to cut the pollution that drives global warming and build a clean energy economy. But will we make the choice to do so?...
View ArticleAustralia Wind Energy Cheaper Than Coal, Natural Gas, BNEF Says
Wind is now cheaper than fossil fuels in producing electricity in Australia, the world’s biggest coal exporter, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Electricity can be supplied from a new wind...
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