With this week’s release of the latest IPCC report, over 300 scientists, citing 12,000 scholarly reports, determined that no one on the planet will be untouched by the damaging effects of global warming in coming decades. In fact, climate change impacts and risks are already becoming apparent as the report catalogues the present … [continued]
Originally published on Ecopreneurist. In the green blogosphere, we’re rather bullish on cleantech and renewable energy, and it’s no secret we’re in favor of electric cars and hybrids, but let’s face it, we’re not all going to be able to run out and put money down on big ticket items to live … [continued]
Originally published on Kompulsa. First Solar has announced that it intends to construct a set of solar power plants amounting to 200 MW in Australia, to provide mines with power. These plants, assisted by diesel-fueled generators, are expected to reduce the electricity cost of mining firms in Australia and shield … [continued]
Off the grid is not a new concept. Tuning in and dropping off the main grid is an ongoing pursuit of many intellectual, nature-loving seekers time and again. Shangri-La or Akira Kirosawa’s Village of the Watermills come to mind. Reinventing community with ecological awareness is not a new venture. But … [continued]
Originally published on Shrink That Footprint. By Lindsay Wilson Have you ever heard of the EV Wedge? No? Me neither. Let’s try to define it then. If you’d asked me to define the ‘Electric Vehicle Wedge’ a few years ago I would have chuckled a little, and suggested it was … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. As Germany chancellor Angela Merkel said last month, if Germany can succeed with its ambitious energy transition then other countries could too. “If we succeed, then she (the Energiewende) – and I’m convinced of it – will become another German export hit,” she said. “The world looks … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Another of the world’s leading solar PV manufacturing giants has underlined the potential for yet more substantial falls in the manufacturing cost of solar modules, even as the cost of fossil fuels – and gas in particular – surges in the opposite direction. Beyond the near-term … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Australia is embarking on a radical transformation of its electricity system that will see solar PV transition from being “disruptive” technology to the “incumbent” technology, displacing coal and sparking a radical change in the way that electricity is provided. This is the assessment from Clean Energy … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. US group Enphase Energy – the world’s biggest supplier of micro-inverters – says Australia could become its second biggest market (behind the US) if policy settings remain favourable. Paul Nahi, the CEO of the California-based Enphase Energy, visited Australia this week following the recent opening of … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Australian government members harbouring a not-so-secret fantasy to see nuclear generation in Australia can add another major offence to its principals that such projects would require. The Telegraph in the UK is reporting that EdF, the mostly French government-owned nuclear giant that is proposing to build … [continued]
