Makers of the €250,000 Lightyear 0 hope to convince drivers it can be a viable climate-friendly alternativeWinding past the ochre-coloured plateaux of the Bardenas Reales natural park in northern Spain, Roel Grooten nudged me to take my foot off the ac…
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Government extends $45m of funding to Australian solar scientists over next 8 years
Research to focus on more efficient and durable solar cells, increasing manufacturing capacity and a shift to more abundant and cheaper metalsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Albanese government has extended funding for Australi…
Read moreA greener greenhouse: solar panels trialled on Wimbledon berries farm
Energy crisis has made Kent scheme aimed at unobtrusively building up solar output more timelyTennis fans tucking into strawberries at Wimbledon this month may find their fruit has an unusual origin – a solar-powered greenhouse.Transparent panels have …
Read moreA greener greenhouse: solar panels trialled on Wimbledon berries farm
Energy crisis has made Kent scheme aimed at unobtrusively building up solar output more timelyTennis fans tucking into strawberries at Wimbledon this month may find their fruit has an unusual origin – a solar-powered greenhouse.Transparent panels have …
Read moreLabor needs to double the pace of its renewable energy rollout to meet 2030 emissions target. Can it be done?
Analysts say the extent to which Australia will have to accelerate the uptake of renewables has not been appreciated – it’s extremely challenging, but not impossibleAustralia will need to double the pace of its renewable energy uptake to meet the 2030 …
Read moreLabor needs to double the pace of renewable energy rollout to meet 2030 emissions target. Can it be done?
Analysts say the extent to which Australia will have to accelerate the uptake of renewables has not been appreciated – it’s extremely challenging, but not impossibleAustralia will need to double the pace of its renewable energy uptake to meet the 2030 …
Read moreLabor needs to double the pace of renewable energy rollout to meet 2030 emissions target. Can it be done?
Analysts say the extent to which Australia will have to accelerate the uptake of renewables has not been appreciated – it’s extremely challenging, but not impossibleAustralia will need to double the pace of its renewable energy uptake to meet the 2030 …
Read moreLabor needs to double the pace of renewable energy rollout to meet 2030 emissions target. Can it be done?
Analysts say the extent to which Australia will have to accelerate the uptake of renewables has not been appreciated – it’s extremely challenging, but not impossibleAustralia will need to double the pace of its renewable energy uptake to meet the 2030 …
Read moreTower of power: new office building to be fully clad in solar panels in Australian first
The $40m ‘solar skin’ building is expected to supply almost all its own electricity, becoming carbon neutral within yearsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralia’s first office tower with a “solar skin” is expected to be built nex…
Read moreTower of power: new office building to be fully clad in solar panels in Australian first
The $40m ‘solar skin’ building is expected to supply almost all its own electricity, becoming carbon neutral within yearsGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralia’s first office tower with a “solar skin” is expected to be built nex…
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