According to the latest US Solar Market Insight Report released on June 15 2015, California has become the first US state to exceed 10,000 Megawatts (MW) of solar energy capacity. This means that California now has more solar assets than the United Kingdom, France, Spain,...
A recently published study has found that higher Carbon Dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere are not advantageous to plants, and instead may inhibit Nitrogen absorption which is critical to their growth and overall health.The study was led by The University of Gothenburg who collaborated with...
An analysis by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has shown that wind, solar and other renewables will overtake coal and become the world’s premier electricity source by 2030 if the pledges made by countries in the lead up to Paris are met.According to IEA Chief...
As the climate change clock ticks louder than ever, more and more businesses are becoming part of the climate change solution. Two thousand business leaders met in Paris earlier this month at the Business and Climate Summit and agreed that the global economy could continue...
As a result of the Australian Federal Government $20 million Automotive Diversification Program, a South Australian company now has a significant renewable energy export opportunity. Industry Minister Ian McFarlane visited the Heliostat South Australia plant in Beverley in the western suburbs of Adelaide last Wednesday...
Following a grant worth US$310 million from Hanergy, a Chinese Energy Enterprise that produces thin-film solar technology, Jordan will expand its power grid and increase its renewable energy production by 1 Gigawatt. As a result of Hanergy’s assistance, Jordan will also achieve its goal of...
According to a report in the Washington Post on June 1 2015, continued ocean warming may cause disruptions to marine life on a scale not seen in the last 3 million years.The extinction of some of the ocean’s keystone species and an influx of invasive...
On June 9, 2015, a report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) stated that The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Clean Power Plan will create approximately 100,000 more jobs than are lost by 2020.Coal mining and coal fired power plant jobs will face the...
