As the inventor Stephen Salter noted in a journal article in 2016, while the nuclear industry sabotaged his renewable energy research, it was Nigel Lawson, as energy secretary, who pulled the plug on it in 1982.One of those at the UK Atomic Energy Authority who
Recent $74m investment made alongside assessment that 10% of electricity could be generated by geothermal by 2050A limitless supply of heat exists beneath our feet within the Earth’s crust, but harnessing it at scale has proved challenging. Now, a combination of new techniques, government support
‘Pipeline’ of clean projects being assembled, according to head of agency charged with multibillion-dollar transformationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia faces a postwar-scale reconstruction costing hundreds of billions of dollars
A 12-year industry roadmap has been unveiled to address the rising amount of solar panel waste headed for the tipGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe solar industry is quickly approaching its tipping point, with unprecedented levels of waste
The financial viability of the government-subsided scheme in the world heritage-listed area is just one of its many unknownsThere are some mixed feelings in the Daintree community in far north Queensland about building a renewable-energy microgrid.The 8MW solar farm with a 20MW battery and a
‘If ever there was a perfect case-study of the negative impacts on taxpayers of privatisation of strategic public assets, Eraring is it,’ Tim Buckley saysFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNew
Exclusive: gas commission to play key role, with reference groups created comprising landholders, councils, cultural representatives and consumersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government is launching a plan to
Plan follows slashing of £28bn green pledge, which Ed Miliband denies having considered resigning overLabour’s plan for state-backed offshore windfarms will be a “gamechanger”, Keir Starmer has said, as the party seeks to regain the initiative on green policy after the slow-motion ditching of its
Fewer than one in 10 investors exploring new investments in the technology, with most preferring renewablesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNuclear energy ranks last on the list of climate technologies that big institutional investors want exposure to, according