By Michael Mazengarb National Parks Association says Snowy 2.0 does not stack up, describing it as “environmental vandalism and economic folly”. The post National Parks Association calls on governments to scrap Snowy 2.0 appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sarah Spaugh From the middle of the Outback- hello everyone. I wish that I were writing this blog post as an exciting beginning of day update going into our third day of racing. Unfortunately I instead have to report that our team suffered a battery fire about 30 minutes outside of Darwin on Sunday…
By Bruce Mountain Snowy 2.0 is a bad deal for taxpayers, and analysis suggests it will deliver a fraction of the energy benefits promised. The post Snowy 2.0 will not produce nearly as much electricity as claimed. We must hit the pause button appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Sophie Vorrath Clear solar glass of Perth-based ClearVue Technologies will be used to power a self-sustaining off-grid greenhouse demonstration in Israel. The post Australian solar glass technology tapped for off-grid greenhouse trial appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sophie Vorrath “Mega-mansion” built on outskirts of Byron Bay by Hollywood power couple in news again, this time for adding an appropriately massive rooftop solar system. The post Hemsworth NSW mansion goes solar, with massive rooftop array appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By [email protected] Duke Energy has promised major investment in energy storage for its Carolina territory. It took another step toward substantiating that promise by designing a battery project to back up a South Carolina community center. The 5-megawatt/5-megawatt-hour project, announced Monday, does not stand out among the much larger projects underway elsewhere in the country….
The Dyson Automotive team has announced that their planned electric vehicle is not commercially viable. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles Research
Airbus and LM Industries, the world’s first and only digital manufacturer, have announced the formation of Neorizon to provide disruptive and innovative products with an initial focus on local mobility and autonomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Electric Vehicles Research
By Joshua S Hill Wind energy could supply more than one third of global electric power demand by 2040 and save up to four million lives a year, according to new study from Siemens Gamesa. The post Wind energy could supply one third of global power by 2040, says Siemens appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read…
By [email protected] Even by the standards of the generally well-informed clean-energy customers in California’s Bay Area, Todd Karin is a savvy one. Karin works as a postdoctoral researcher in the energy storage and distributed resources division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Last year, he chose to add solar and storage to his home, first buying…
By Michael Mazengarb Climate expert Michael E. Mann slams climate science deniers and expresses optimism that student strikes have shifted the conversation on climate change. The post Climate expert Michael Mann slams climate deniers as ‘villainous’ and ‘immoral’ appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Noam Mayraz A Letter to Greta Thunberg – from Michelle Stirling, Communications Manager, Friends of Science.Greta Thunberg of the school #ClimateStrike fame made a compelling, if somewhat dystopian, presentation at COP24. The 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference was the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…
By Simon Evans In the third quarter of 2019, the UK’s windfarms, solar panels, biomass and hydro plants generated more electricity than the combined output from power stations fired by coal, oil and gas, Carbon Brief analysis reveals. During the three months of July, August and September, renewables generated an estimated total of 29.5 terawatt…
By Dave Southgate The new Nissan Leaf offers us the opportunity to go electric on much longer trips and I was really excited to test out our new EV on a weekend away. The post A long-weekend road trip in the new Nissan Leaf appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great…
By Michael Mazengarb APRA says switch to technologies like batteries, electric vehicles and solar will have largely played out by 2030, and warned of financial risk of ignoring climate change. The post APRA chief: energy transition will ‘have played out by 2030′ appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…