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With Prime Minister Tony Abbott set to meet Barack Obama next week for the first time since taking office, it is likely that the US President will pressure Mr Abbott to reintroduce climate change to the agenda for the upcoming G20 summit being held in Australia in November. With a firm commitment to abolishing the […]
Offbeat climate website Grist.org published an article about the environmental impact of manufacturing cheap solar panels, particularly in China. Citing a study by Northwestern University and the U.S. Department of Energy, the carbon footprint of manufacturing solar panels is brought into focus. Drawing electricity from environmentally unfriendly sources like coal reduces the net benefit of installing […]
Climate scientist Ian Berryman paints a dim picture for the future of Australia’s renewable industry. Reading for a DPhil in engineering science at the University of Oxford and finishing a thesis on solar power, he fears for his future in Australia as a researcher and renewable energy expert. Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s government have recended the […]
As expected US President Barack Obama has unveiled his climate change strategy as expected. Carbon dioxide emissions created by the power sector must be cut by 30% by 2030 from 2005 levels with a variety of means available to the operators. With almost 38% of the country’s energy needs coming from coal it is expected to […]
Peter Hannam, environmental editor for The Age, has published an article highlighting the benefits of green living. Citing research conducted on 414 households in Melbourne and Adelaide by the CSIRO, a number of home owners believe they are more energy efficient than they actually are. Despite three-quarters of the home owners believing they were using […]
In a move being heralded as the “most significant action on climate change in American history”, US President Barack Obama is preparing to unveil his plan to turn the tables on climate change. Expected to announce cap-and-trade schemes, Obama hopes to reduce as much as 25% of the carbon pollution currently spewing from the 1,600 power […]
New South Wales Premier Mike Baird has broken ranks with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the Coalition government to support the continuation of the renewable energy target (RET). Designed to encourage the adoption of renewable technology by utilities, businesses and home owners the RET is currently bring reviewed with many industry insiders concerned that it […]
From time to time everyone’s circumstances change and we need to re-evaluate our living budgets. Maybe unexpected expenses present themselves, maybe your old appliances are on the fritz and need replacing, maybe you’re looking to save for an exotic tropical vacation (if so, we’re jealous). Alan Pears, an RMIT lecturer who has devoted his professional […]
An electricity death spiral is looming, but it’s not what it sounds like. As more and more Australian’s turn to technologies like solar power to reduce their electricity costs, the remaining consumers are left to draw heavily from the grid. Maintaining the existing network infrastructure has fixed costs associated with it, but as the pool […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has flipped the switch on Pakistan’s first solar farm, capable of generating 100 MWh of electricity by the end of this year and will be expanded to deliver 1,000 MWh per within the next two years. With over 400,000 solar panels and at a cost of $131 million the solar park […]
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