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What will we do with all those dead solar panels?17 Apr 18 - As solar power booms, businesses are exploring ways to ensure valuable components don’t end up in landfills. |
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Government acts to block offshore exploration12 Apr 18 - The drive to decarbonise New Zealand’s energy production has taken a step forward with the Government’s announcement that there will be no new offshore oil exploration. |
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Shell's climate push fails to cut emissions12 Apr 18 - Royal Dutch Shell is demonstrating how tough it is for a massive, 100-year-old oil company to become a friend to the climate. |
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Solar and wind could replace fossils within 20 years10 Apr 18 - Solar photovoltaic and wind power are rapidly getting cheaper and more abundant – so much so that they are on track to entirely supplant fossil fuels worldwide within two decades. |
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Solar geoengineering ‘still too uncertain’10 Apr 18 - The world must urgently agree controls on solar geoengineering to weigh up its possible risks and benefits before deciding to go ahead, one expert says. |
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Shell knew dangers in the 1980s, company papers show6 Apr 18 - Internal company documents uncovered by a Dutch news organization show that Shell had a deep understanding, dating at least to the 1980s, of the science and risks of global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions. |
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GREECE'S DIRTY SECRET: Life in a 625 square mile coal mine26 Mar 18 - Mining for lignite (brown coal) in Greece is a huge industry. But for the people who live near the mines - one of them covers 625 square miles - the industry has huge impacts. |
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The real reasons we’re not building clean energy20 Mar 18 - At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system. |
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NUCLEAR FUSION: Don't hold your breath16 Mar 18 - One of the cliches of nuclear power research is that a commercial fusion reactor is only ever a few decades away – and always will be. |
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RAIN OR SHINE: New solar cell captures energy from raindrops15 Mar 18 - A solar panel that can generate electricity from falling raindrops has been invented, enabling power to flow even when skies cloud over or the sun has set. |
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How protons can power our future energy needs14 Mar 18 - As the world embraces inherently variable renewable energy sources to tackle climate change, we will need a truly gargantuan amount of electrical energy storage. |
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Nuclear fusion on brink of being realised, say scientists12 Mar 18 - The dream of nuclear fusion is on the brink of being realised, according to a major new US initiative that says it will put fusion power on the grid within 15 years. |
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Is sustainable investing a better way to go?7 Mar 18 - Sustainable investing might be a better way to tackle climate change than switching to renewable energy. |
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What's next for getting energy from the sun?2 Mar 18 - The fall in costs that has driven solar’s rapid growth is slowing - but scientists are exploring the next generation of materials that can harness more energy from the sun. |
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Nuclear waste mountains just keep on growing2 Mar 18 - Some politicians still claim atomic energy is the answer to climate change while leaving the problem of nuclear waste to our descendants. |
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Z aims for A-plus in transition to new energy28 Feb 18 - Mike Bennetts is determined his company, Z Energy, will not have a Kodak moment. |
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Biofuels need backing of the nation, says Scion27 Feb 18 - New Zealand could run its heavy vehicles on locally produced low-carbon biofuels – but only if the country decides collectively to act. |
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OPINION: Biofuels not easy, but worth the effort27 Feb 18 - Biofuels, liquid and gaseous, will have a role to play in moving towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions by around mid-century in both New Zealand and globally, says Professor Ralph Sims. |
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