Five Ways to Green Your Home
Here are five tips to green your home and lower your carbon footprint using more sustainable living practices.
Renewable Energy To Solve 2030 Emission Reduction Targets
Irena has revealed that increasing renewables to 36 % of the global energy mix by would generate about half the emissions reductions needed to prevent global warming rising above 2 degrees celsius. Following the UN...
Sand Solar Storage The Latest In Renewable Energy Research
Researchers from Abu Dhabi's Masdar Institute have developed a new solar storage technology using sand from the arid deserts of the UAE to collect and store energy from the sun. Sand collected from the oil...
How renewable energy can power all of Australia
According to Professor Mark Diesendorf, it is feasible for Australia's electricity to be supplied by 100 per cent renewable energy- here's how. In the past, relying on renewable energy as a sole power source was...
Rooftop solar now largest power station in WA
The rapidly increasing popularity of residential solar power in Western Australia has made it the 'biggest power station' in the state. Research published by Curtain University has shown that the amount of rooftop solar capacity...
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4 Ways to Help Stop Global Warming
In order to save the planet, we need to put a stop to global warming. Sounds drastic, but it's true- and we only have around 30 years to do it. Vast droughts, rising sea levels,...
How To Get Solar Without A Roof
Many renewable energy lovers are not in a position to have a solar system installed on their home, whether it's because they live in an apartment building, have a shaded roof or simply can't afford...
Could Solar Energy Be California’s Next Cash Crop?
Several years ago, Nick Rajkovich bought 1,200 acres in California's Fresno County, planning to grow almonds for his family's farming business. The ranch had a steady supply of water at the time. But that changed...
Top 10 Ways To Be Energy Smart
Suffering from bill shock? We know how you feel, we were once in your shoes. That is until we knew how to be energy smart. Here's the top ten ways to be energy smart and...
Farm from a Box set to empower and strengthen communities
A California-based company has recently developed a concept which re-purposes a shipping container into a starter pack for a miniature farm. Farm from a Box is an off-grid, fully self contained ‘tool kit’ style concept...
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Bill Gates commits to investing $1b into renewable initiatives
U.S billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates is set to donate $1bn from his foundation into 'high risk' renewable energy initiatives over the next 5 years. The founder of Microsoft has also long been in opposition...
Could drinking beer save the Great Barrier Reef?
Could drinking beer save the Great Barrier Reef? The unlikely marriage of hedonism and philanthropy seems quintessentially Australian. But the germ of this fledgling local “good beer movement” began a decade ago in Britain, where...
Energy Sector Prepares For Second Solar Revolution
Industry experts are predicting that the emergence of the second wave of the solar revolution is just around the corner. With the Paris climate talks kicking off this week, the topic of renewable energy is...
The Top 20 Solar Cities in the U.S.
The renewable energy revolution is moving at rapid speeds the world over. The United States in particular is seeing incredible growth in solar energy, with some of its most populated regions experiencing spikes in solar...
Climate Change Tensions Rise in Lead Up to Paris Talks
Tensions have boiled over in this week in relation to the draft action plan provided by the White House for the Paris Climate Change Conference. During climate talks in Bonn, Germany earlier this month, the...
First 100% Renewable Energy Provider ‘ZEN Energy’ Launches
The nation's first utility company to use 100 per cent renewable energy set up shop this week in Adelaide, South Australia. ZEN Energy has emerged from an already existing company in Adelaide, Zen Industries, which...