By Hugh Saddler Record output from wind and hydro in October nearly matches brown coal for first time, as new data highlights how quickly renewables could reduce emissions. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sophie Vorrath National Australia Bank updates tally of “financed emissions” from power generation assets, while firming its commitment to a global carbon budget that limits global warming to less than 2°C. But what does this mean for future fossil fuel lending? Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sophie Vorrath ANU method of making semi-transparent perovskite solar cells achieves “one of highest” efficiencies reported for a perovskite-silicon cell. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Michelle Froese Mars, Inc. urged the business community and global leaders at COP22 to take bold action to implement the targets agreed last year in Paris for tackling climate change. The company combined this call to action with an announcement of plans for a wind farm in Mexico — its third major wind energy…
By Giles Parkinson Bureau of Meteorology says wind gusts of 260km/h knocked down grid in South Australia blackout. It says it issued multiple warnings of destructive winds, raising questions about why AEMO took no action, and instead tried to pass the blame to wind farms. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Michelle Froese Of the 4,740 MW of wind energy that BLM has authorized since 2009, less than 470 MW has actually been built. The American Wind Energy Association, as per Tom Vinson, VP of Federal Regulatory Affairs at AWEA. issued the following statement regarding the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) final rule governing wind…
By CEFC CEFC research has identified South Australia, NSW, ACT, Victoria and Western Australia as states with best policy settings and levies for businesses to recycle waste and reduce operating costs. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
Take some metal scraps from the junkyard; put them in a glass jar with a common household chemical; and, voilà, you have a high-performance battery. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles Research
Using the same control algorithms for all types of vehicles — scooters, golf carts, and city cars — has several advantages. One is that it becomes much more practical to perform reliable analyses of the system’s overall performance. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles Research