Innovations in renewables
Energy sector must use new tech to ensure the vulnerable aren't left behind
Dev TayalWith the arrival of energy optimisation technologies, governments and industry must find a way to deliver efficient energy to everyone
Gill Owen essay prize launched, linking energy efficiency and social justice
Award named after campaigner is backed by UTS and Guardian Australia and worth $3,000 to winner and $1,000 to runners-up
Dirty coal to dirty politics: everything is connected through a malformed political economy
David RitterThe life of our reef is intimately linked to the health of our politics and the future of our communities. Coal has no role to play
Could a blockchain-based electricity network change the energy market?
Blockchain-enabled energy trading could help lower carbon emissions but efficiency and privacy issues must first be overcome
Could climate risk disclosure be the new bottom line for Australian companies?
A new global report is putting pressure on publicly listed companies to disclose their risk to climate change
No more business as usual: the corporates stepping up to save the planet
As Trump reneges on climate change commitments, progressive businesses are implementing the measures themselves
Battery storage and rooftop solar could mean new life post-grid for consumers
The Finkel report offers glimpse of opportunity for consumers and businesses to play the electricity market
Business is leading the transition to renewables while politicians dither
Blair PaleseAustralian businesses like Origin Energy and Telstra are moving to renewables to hedge against increasing costs and market volatility
Will CBA's board vote against financing Adani – and against global warming?
David RitterCommonwealth Bank directors will face a moment of truth when they meet to decide its future policy on climate change
Family, air quality and a strong business case: the coal executives defecting to green energy
They were the masters of the fossil fuels industry. Now three former top executives are building the clean energy economy
How Australia can use hydrogen to export its solar power around the world
Recent innovations in hydrogen generation, storage, transport and use could transform it into the ultimate source of clean energy
Blackout parties: how solar and storage made WA farmers the most popular in town
Once considered an eco-warrior’s pipe dream, renewable energy is rapidly gaining ground in the traditional mining state of Western Australia
Biofuels: could agave, hemp and saltbush be the fuels of the future?
Oilier plants, new processing technologies and multipurpose crops could put the biofuel industry back in the race for greener transport fuels
Negative emissions tech: can more trees, carbon capture or biochar solve our CO2 problem?
As CO2 levels rise, controversial techniques including carbon capture and storage, enhanced weathering and reforestation may be solutions
Naval power: Mauritius looks to Perth base for renewable energy solutions
First to be threatened by climate change, the populations of island nations want renewable energy, even if it costs them more
Salt, silicon or graphite: energy storage goes beyond lithium ion batteries
Technologies that use gels, liquids, and molten silicon or salt could all claim a slice of the growing renewable energy storage market
Hazelwood's closure shows industry and government must plan ahead for climate change
Nicholas AberleMore coal generators will close as Australia shifts to renewable energy, so there must be more plans in place to smooth the transition
There is no gas crisis in Australia, but there is an attack on our natural assets
Lyndon SchneidersGovernments are using the confected gas crisis to push destructive projects like the Pilliga gas project on communities that don’t want them
The CommBank contradiction: support for cricket and fossil fuels
David RitterExtreme heat endangers cricketers yet the bank is Australia’s most significant private investor in climate-change-inducing fossil fuels
Elon Musk, meet Port Augusta: four renewable energy projects ready to go
Pumped hydro, big battery, solar thermal and solar PV and storage projects are already planned for South Australia’s power network
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