The Climate Challenge Green growth will come, just not the way we might think. Despite the enthusiasm around the recent Paris agreements, climate policy is at an impasse. It seems as though binding targets for all countries to limit warming to 1.5 or even 2 degrees are not politically negotiable – at … [continued]
With a climate agreement adopted “with legal force” in Paris over the weekend, questions surround the climate policy of several nations around the world — including Australia. A Look Back at 2015 2015 has been a turbulent year for politics in Australia as a whole — not to mention its … [continued]
As clean power solutions for hydrogen production emerge, the on site energy storage angle is also gaining traction.
A recent story from North Carolina sounds like a rendition of David and Goliath. The question that comes out of it may be, who own’s the sun? ALEC and Duke Energy are trying to heavily fine Faith Community Church and a small NC nonprofit. Why? For caring about the environment and installing 20 … [continued]
Green market design is the need of the hour. Renewables and energy efficiency solutions have reached meaningful parity with conventional energy sources in many parts of the world. The timing is extremely opportune. It presents a historic coincidence. Firstly, just now, many fast-developing countries in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and … [continued]
Check out this solar news if you need more of a “solar news fix” post COP21. Also, there’s a token wind energy stpry at the very end (and a few stories are broad solar + wind stories). The Future Of PV: Consume All You Capture Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission recently approved two … [continued]
If you haven’t had enough electric vehicle news this past week, here’s a big helping of more. Tesla New Tesla Model X Pictures Retrieved from scouring the pages of the Tesla Motors Club forum (and particularly this thread), below are new (or relatively new) pictures of the Tesla Model X. I’ll … [continued]
The division between developing and developed countries has been a core feature of the global climate talks since the first meeting (COP) in Berlin in 1995. Back then, low-carbon technologies were considered far too expensive for poor developing countries and would have constrained their growth options. And besides: it was the … [continued]
There they go again: pesky meddling US Energy Department picks “energy winners and losers” with new $35 million round of funding for FCEVs.
And, oh by the way, hasn’t been for a long time. By Tony Clifford, CEO of Standard Solar Psst…. hey you. Did you hear? Pass it on: Solar isn’t just for hippies anymore. Conservatives are learning to love it, too. Of course, if you’ve been anywhere but hiding under a … [continued]
