RenewEconomy

Japanese tech giant signs up to RE100, pledges to source 100% renewable electricity by 2050.

Any suggestion “clean coal” can deliver cheap reliable power should stand for what it is – a naked claim befitting an emperor with no clothes.

DB Cargo UK, which freights coal and petroleum, inks deal to power all its rail sites and offices with 100% renewable electricity.

Nissan calls on governments, automakers and other key stakeholders to work together to drive the shift to electric vehicles in Asia and Oceania.

Australia's corporate renewable energy power purchase agreement market is taking off. But do gentailers care?

For those who don't want to take AEMO's word for it, UK steel billionaire Sanjeev Gupta has a message on the future of energy generation in Australia: It is no longer cheaper to make power from coal than it is from renewables, "and we will prove it."

New Energy Solar has entered into binding agreements to acquire the Beryl Solar Farm (Beryl) from a subsidiary of First Solar, Inc.

Despite the Coalition cheer-leading, data from AEMO and the Chief Economist shows quite graphically that thermal coal is in structural decline – in Australia and globally.

Are children a source of hope where adults have failed? A youth climate march set for Washington DC this weekend raises the question: what new methods can young people use to boost climate action?

The 350MW Cleve Hill solar farm near Kent aims to generate lowest cost electricity without subsidies. Success could be a game changer.

A fully electric, piloted "flying car" – it's true, watch the video! – has just qualified as an ultralight aircraft for use in the US.

Collie shire council, in the heart of West Australia’s last remaining coal mining district, votes against installing rooftop solar because “we should be burning more coal.”

Industry and consumers have more time to weigh in on how best to "integrate" rooftop solar and battery storage, after a huge response to a consultation paper by AEMO and the ENA.

Aussie taxpayers are staring down the barrel of huge financial losses as a result of climate change risks.

A year ago, Finkel's modelling was telling us we should keep coal generators operating longer. Now, AEMO is telling us its cheaper to close them and replace with renewables and storage. That's a big step in 12 months, but AEMO could have gone further.

The Minerals Council report on market demand for Australian coal not only defies economic logic, it ignores climate risk and its impact on MCA’s business, and the business of its members.

Report says NEG would fail in most basic and important function: reduction of Australia's wholesale electricity prices. Rather, it would drive them up after 2020.

Is the sun setting fast enough on coal-fired power?

Australian steel giant BlueScope turns to solar to help power its Port Kembla Steelworks, signing a 7-year power purchase agreement to take the bulk of the output from the 133MW Finley Solar Farm to be located 100km west of Albury.

IEA reoprt says final investment decisions for coal power plants fell by 18% in 2017, to just a third of 2010 levels. And in India, investment in renewable power beat investment in fossil fuels for the first time.