The latest Ernst & Young’s global Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices shows that while clean energy reached record levels in 2010, some countries and sectors struggled in the prevailing economic and policy conditions. Australia was among those to have slipped in the rankings.
America’s farmers have seen the potential of potential of renewable energy to reduce their operating costs and over the last decade, solar power systems, wind turbines and methane digesters have become an increasingly common site in rural USA.
The Greens say they would pay for a resurrected New South Wales Solar Bonus Scheme imposing a yearly tax on coal-fired power stations.
To set a price on carbon, lower pollution and invest in a clean, renewable energy future, or not? That, it seems, is the question occupying the political zeitgeist in Australia right now.
It looks like a solar panel and it is – of sorts; but instead of using solar power to generate electricity, the Carocell from Australian company F Cubed purifies and desalinates water.
Once maligned as one of America’s smoggiest cities, Los Angeles has cleaned up its act in a big way – and none too soon; for while a thick layer of smog may offer up beautiful sunsets, it tends to limit the amount of vital solar energy the city will need to reach its renewable energy target of 35 percent by 2020.
A new web site that will track the expansion of Victoria’s brown coal industry is now live, exposing the true extent of the coal mining land grab in the state’s farming regions.
Renewable energy sourced electricity in German homes exceeded 17 percent in 2010 and solar installations doubled reports Germany Trade & Invest.
While the debate rages on about how to fund the battle against climate change and renewable energy projects, it seems U.S. oil companies have enjoyed substantial financial windfalls on top of existing generous subsidies through tax loopholes the failure of government departments to collect royalties. The problem isn’t confined to the USA either.
Earlier today, the City of Melbourne announced 2011’s prestigious Melbourne Awards nominations were now open. As with last year’s event; the 2011 Awards offer a special category for contributions to sustainability.
