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Failure to build energy-efficient homes and clean cars risks UK missing its carbon targets, says government’s climate adviser

The homebuilding and carmaking industries “should be ashamed” of their efforts to tackle global warming, according to the UK government’s official climate change adviser.

Lord Deben, chair of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), said housebuilders were “cheating” buyers with energy-inefficient homes and that motor companies were holding back the rollout of clean cars.

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Australia is uniquely placed to take a leading role in this transformation, with all the natural and human resources needed to build EVs from scratch.

Carnegie and Tag Pacific to merge EMC and MPower to create leading regional renewables, storage and microgrid specialist.

The development of energy storage technology not only plays an important role in energy saving and emission reduction, but also do jobs in wildlife protection in remote areas.

China's BYD starts work on 24GWh battery plant, to meet demand from "new boom" and its own production goal of 60GWh total capacity.

JA Solar today announced that it has been awarded the "Top Brand PV Seal 2018" from EuPD Research in Australia.

The NRMA has today launched in Newcastle, one of approximately 40 fast- charging electric vehicle stations to be rolled out across NSW and the ACT.

As federal Coalition votes to support One Nation push for new coal generator, the best argument against it may be installing more rooftop solar. If parliamentary democracy can't deliver rational outcomes, then maybe energy democracy can.

BHP transforms a V8 4WD true blue Aussie ute to electric drive to work at it giant underground mine, and cops some flak from the nay-sayers.

This is an important move for the PV industry in which enterprises tend to emerge through new factories and investments, leaving an insignificant role for acquisitions.

British scientists discover a way of taking human fingerprints off seized pangolin scales.

Changes to the Product Stewardship (Televisions and Computers) Regulations 2011 have been made, as part of the review of the Product Stewardship Act 2011. These minor amendments to the regulatory framework ensure the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme does not impose undue costs and is fairer to importers and manufacturers of television and computer products.

Windlab CEO says renewables industry better of with no National Energy Guarantee at all, than with a NEG hobbled by 26% emissions reduction target.

Latest version of major UN science report concludes the upper temperature goal of the Paris Agreement does not represent a climate safe zone.

Without action on climate change, the coming generation will pay much more to curb emissions, a UK report says.

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The world’s first floating offshore wind farm, the 30MW Hywind project in Scotland, has chalked up another first, adding a 1MW onshore battery system.

How do you battle a disease when it's not contagious, not infectious, not cancerous and is not malignant, but has the potential to damage you permanently and hasten the end of your life?

The UN’s aviation agency ICAO adopted its CORSIA rulebook on Wednesday, snubbing several governments’ calls for changes while giving airlines few additional signals on what offsets they can use to comply.

Perth-based building-integrated PV company reveals it can build its solar glass technology into independent units, removing need for specialised window frames.