Sophie Vorrath
First Solar sets new record in PV efficiency; Australian CCS gets a global funding boost; and CSIRO study suggests rural wind farms are more popular than we're led to believe.
Is cleantech investment headed for decline? That's the prediction from advisory group Kachan & Co, as sector confidence and policy support diminish amid a global macroeconomic maelstrom. But there are some silver linings.
Australia gets a tick for climate strategy, and its support for renewables, but our transport and energy efficiency policies need work.
BrightSource adds huge energy storage deal to California solar thermal plants; Qld's Solarcore placed into administration; and 1 Million Women launch plan to reduce footprints and save cash.
CO2 Group says flush with cash after record result; Ceramic gets new order from E.ON; fed govt launches Land Sector Carbon and Biodiversity Board; and three new regionally-focused clean energy indices.
New research highlights the increasingly daunting nature of our task of limiting global warming to 2ºC – we're running out of time and options for mitigation.
Silex closes Australia's only PV maker; Chinese solar maker seeks local listing; a shift to wind, renewables shown in new BREE report; and City of Sydney set to tender for 12 new EV charging stations.
For years now, climate scientists like David Karoly have been explaining to all who will listen that human induced climate change is real, it's happening, and it needs to be stopped – now! So what are we waiting for?
Australia's voluntary carbon market has struggled for growth, but its promoters say it still has an important and complementary role to play.
Good news! It seems that the lights won’t go out when we plug in our electric cars. Which is just as well, as AGL expects Australia will have a lot of them.
Siemens to build £30m cleantech hub in London; BC hot fusion start-up attracts attention; US energy efficiency software put to the test; and US defence's cleantech wish list.
Can solar innovation lead to a future with no power plants, no grids and free energy?; burning bras for fuel; and 10 game-changing clean technologies on the verge of breakthrough.
New research from the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project hopes to help debunk one of the core science-based arguments used by sceptics of human-induced climate change.
How do you incorporate a 10,000 square metre forest into a modern European city? You build it up, of course.
UK research says carbon price would see Aust. corporate sustainability market grow to $3bn by 2014; GE funds solar-powered greenhouse; and new international solar thermal association formed.
The billionaire venture capitalist's firm has announced a new $1.05bn fund, most of which will be used to back clean emerging technologies. So why the confidence? And what will get funding?
Solar loomed large again at this year's All-Energy Australia conference, but it was fancy-looking wind technology that was capturing attention.
'Glitter-sized' solar cells could halve panel cost, double efficiency; airborne forest mapping technology to help save world’s rainforests; and biological implant devices powered by breathing.
Prototype machine for extracting CO2 from air attracts VC attention; the best cleantech ideas in Australia; and a UK-US alliance tackles nuclear fusion technology.
Acciona's Mt Gellibrand Wind Farm gains final approval; Algae.Tec signs up for a world-first biofuel JV in China; and another fundraising success for LanzaTech.