Does the Geothermal Industry have a Future in Australia?
Key Points Australia has significant geothermal resources; however, there are also significant challenges to exploiting these resources to produce energy or useable heat. While Australia…
Why 2018 must be a pivotal year for climate action
The reality of climate change is starting to bite. More extreme weather conditions are no longer a prediction – they are real and they are…
A month in, Tesla’s SA battery is surpassing expectations
It’s just over one month since the Hornsdale power reserve was officially opened in South Australia. The excitement surrounding the project has generated acres of…
Energy and environment in 2018: A preview
2018 looks set to be a defining year for energy and environment policy in Europe, as important legislative files move towards becoming EU law. In…
Who’s Behind Fossil Fuel Extraction? It’s Not Just Republicans
Like the sections of pipe they are assembled from, pipelines with names like Algonquin, Dominion and Kinder Morgan/TCG CT Expansion are interconnected, and affect a…
7 Links Between the Food on Your Plate and Our Changing Climate
Organic advocates proudly point to improved water quality and better habitat for the birds and bees as a result of their food choices. But what…
As Oceans Warm, the World’s Kelp Forests Begin to Disappear
Kelp forests — luxuriant coastal ecosystems that are home to a wide variety of marine biodiversity — are being wiped out from Tasmania to California,…
14 Notable Climate Influencers of 2017
This was a year of tug-of-war for the environment. With Donald Trump becoming president of the U.S. at a time when wildfires, hurricanes, and floods were devastating the country, it was…
Untapped potential of geothermal energy
In a presentation for the CleanTech Alliance, Susan Petty, co-founder of AltaRock Energy, provides her view on how geothermal energy is a viable renewable energy…
Costa Rica’s Electricity Has Run Entirely on Renewables For 300 Days in 2017
A new record, with weeks to go before the year is up. Costa Rica has done it again. In January, the Central American country announced…
MEPs to vote on ‘strict minimum’ 35% renewables target
The European Parliament’s influential Committee on Industry, Research and Energy will vote on Tuesday (28 November) on a compromise deal that could set the bloc’s…
COP23: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Bonn
Climate change was again placed at the centre of global diplomacy over the past two weeks as diplomats and ministers gathered in Bonn, Germany, for…
The Kemper County CCS project – what went wrong and what next?
A long-running saga finally came to an end this July, as the Kemper County carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility was ordered to cease operations…