Topics tagged with 'Energy'

Solar builders chase $1.5b for power stations
26 Feb 2010
Fifty-two applications have been received for grants to construct large-scale power stations under the Australian Government’s $1.5 billion Solar Flagships programme.

Thailand eyes up nuclear power in energy plans
26 Feb 2010
Thailand is looking to build nuclear power plants as it studies ways to ease its reliance on imported oil and gas.

NZ drags chain on clean-tech, says Crest director
19 Feb 2010
A five-year legal battle to get permission to build a tidal energy plant on the Kaipara Harbour shows why New Zealand is falling behind on clean-tech development, says one of its proponents.

Obama backs new nuclear plant with $8 billion
19 Feb 2010
President Barack Obama has announced $8 billion in government-loan guarantees for a new nuclear-power plant in Georgia, the first to be built in the US for almost 30 years.

Big companies quit US climate change coalition
19 Feb 2010
Three influential companies have resigned from the US Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of business and environmental groups spearheading the movement in Washington.

Australia under fire for $60b China coal deal
19 Feb 2010
Environmental activists are attacking a $60 billion deal that will keep Chinese power stations supplied with Australian coal for at least the next two decades.

UN climate chief stepping down to go private
19 Feb 2010
United Nations climate change chief Yvo de Boer said today that he has made the “difficult decision” to step down from his position.

BA to build first green jet-fuel plant in Europe
19 Feb 2010
British Airways says it has signed a partnership to build Europe's first green jet-fuel plant.

Korea floats carbon tax plan ... among others
19 Feb 2010
The Korean government is studying ways to introduce a carbon tax and other strong measures to reduce carbon emissions.
US diddles while China sizzles
19 Feb 2010
By Nick Hodge.- The United States is rarely referred to as a silver-medal nation. But that's exactly what it's becoming with respect to the race for clean energy.
Australian firms eye biochar production
19 Feb 2010
South Australia could become a leader in the generation of renewable energy from organic material following the signing of an agreement between two of the state’s leading environment-focused organisations.

New civic building the 'greenest' in NZ
19 Feb 2010
Christchurch’s new Civic Building has today been awarded the highest possible rating for environmental design by the New Zealand Green Building Council.

Toyota has high hopes for hybrid Camry
19 Feb 2010
Toyota says it expects to double its sales of hybrid vehicles in New Zealand with the introduction of its world-leading hybrid technology to the country’s most popular mid-sized sedan, the Toyota Camry.

Wind grows share of power generation
12 Feb 2010
Wind generation capacity in New Zealand grew by more than 50 per cent last year and now provides more than 3 per cent of New Zealand's power.

US looks at other ways to limit gas emissions
12 Feb 2010
With climate change legislation all but dead for the year, the United States is looking at scaled down ways to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

How green policies could move UK out of the red
12 Feb 2010
Britain could slash its deficit by £12bn a year by scrapping tax breaks for carbon-intensive industries and halting investment in projects that will increase carbon emissions, according to a new study.

Pachauri toughs it out as pressure grows
12 Feb 2010
A couple of years ago, Rajendra Pachauri seemed destined for a scientist’s version of sainthood.

Website tracks daily climate change
12 Feb 2010
The United States Government is creating a climate service that will help communities to plan infrastructure to avoid weather-related problems.

Personal carbon credit deal earns couple $17
12 Feb 2010
A Pennsylvania couple who invested $58,000 in solar panels have earned the world's first carbon credit for reducing personal emissions … and are $17.20 better off.
Christchurch getting its head around e-cars
12 Feb 2010
Christchurch City Council is the first council in New Zealand to commit to understanding the infrastructure that may be needed for electric vehicle technology, Mayor Bob Parker says.

Mighty River wants more after Maori carbon deal
5 Feb 2010
Mighty River Power is looking for carbon deals with more land owners after signing an historic agreement with a Maori incorporation.

Obama retreats from goal of cap-and-trade bill
5 Feb 2010
President Barack Obama said this week for the first time legislation that would require industries to pay for emissions of greenhouse gases might need to be separated from a more popular "green jobs" bill in the Senate.

UK will pay people for wind and solar power
5 Feb 2010
Britain soon will being paying homeowners who produce low-carbon power such as solar or wind.

55 nations set 2020 goals under Copenhagen Accord
5 Feb 2010
Fifty-five nations accounting for almost 80 per cent of world greenhouse gas emissions have set national goals for fighting climate change by a deadline in the Copenhagen Accord, the United Nations says.

Firms to pioneer employee cap and trade scheme
5 Feb 2010
A small group of UK firms is poised to trial an innovative personal carbon trading scheme that promises to slash employees' carbon emissions by offering the greenest members of staff financial bonuses.
US cleantech stocks fall despite major market growth
5 Feb 2010
By Nick Hodge. - The disparity between cleantech news and stock performance couldn't be greater.
Three companies in energy efficiency campaign
5 Feb 2010
Three New Zealand businesses are to showcase their energy efficiency on national TV, with the start of a campaign promoting the benefits of energy management.
Aussie hotel wins carboNZero certification
5 Feb 2010
Australia's first conservation-based luxury resort, Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa, is the first hotel in the world to achieve carbon neutral certification from an internationally accredited greenhouse gas certification scheme.
Copenhagen - a letter from Gordon Brown
5 Feb 2010
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown reflects in an open letter to Labour MP Alan Williams on the way forward after the Copenhagen climate change conference - including financing the green economy.
NZ carbon at $20 a tonne
5 Feb 2010
While the view locally is that the price of New Zealand carbon may weaken (based on a perceived overhang of credits in the market later this year - EITE/Pre-1990), at this point there is bidding interest in the spot NZU market at €10 which is NZ$20 per tonne, OMFinancial reports.

Gym does the exercise ... and saves thousands a year
29 Jan 2010
Les Mills International is saving $120,000 a year with just the first wave of efficiencies indentified in a green audit.

Wanted: New chief for big boys' lobby group
29 Jan 2010
The Greenhouse Gas Coalition wants a new executive director.

Obama goes quiet on cap and trade
29 Jan 2010
President Barack Obama did not mention a cap and trade market in his annual State of the Union speech to Congress this week.

Will this senator kill renewables?
29 Jan 2010
By Jeff Siegel.- Sometimes, talking politics can incite a hostile response.

Harsh winter actually a sign of climate change, says report
29 Jan 2010
North America’s extreme winter weather is in fact a sign of how climate change disrupts long-standing patterns, says a new report by the National Wildlife Federation.

Obama climate plans under fire from all sides
22 Jan 2010
The chances of the US passing climate change legislation this year appear highly unlikely now the Democrats have lost their filibuster-proof Senate majority and a rejuvenated Republican party has stepped up efforts to block carbon legislation.

China seen as world carbon market leader
22 Jan 2010
China could become the world's largest market for environmental products, says the founder of the Chicago Climate Exchange, Richard Sandor.

New Rainbow Warrior will be super-green superyacht
22 Jan 2010
Environmental groups such as Greenpeace are renewing their fleets in response to growing ecological pressure on oceans and losses of their vessels at sea.
Come on, Kiwis, let’s ride the green wave
22 Jan 2010
Les Mills International chairman Phillip Mills argues for the benefits of a green economy.
An alternative lesson from Copenhagen
22 Jan 2010
Otago water resources consultant Dugald McTavish presents his five-point plan for the future.

Treasury gave thumbs down to ETS intensity-based scheme
18 Dec 2009
Treasury told the Government not to adopt an intensity-based scheme for the allocation of free carbon credits to heavy emitters.

Copenhagen in crisis: Why it all comes down to China
18 Dec 2009
China will shape whatever deal comes out of Copenhagen as the UN climate change conference heads into its final day.

UN shuts clean coal out of emissions trading
18 Dec 2009
The clean-coal industry has been shut out of the global emissions trading scheme at the Copenhagen climate change talks, dealing a blow to the UK, US and Australia.

Big business puts case for global action
18 Dec 2009
Global business leaders assembled at the Copenhagen summit have called for ambitious, global action on climate change.

If diplomacy fails, there is always the fantastic Plan B
18 Dec 2009
Just five years ago, anyone who talked of easing Earth's climate crisis by fertilising the seas with iron, scattering particles in the stratosphere to reflect sunlight or building a sunshade in space courted ridicule.
Aussie centre churns out leaders
18 Dec 2009
Australia's Centre for Sustainability Leadership is looking for people with the passion and potential to change the world.
Windflow progress pleases shareholders
18 Dec 2009
Shareholders at Windflow Technology’s annual meeting held on Wednesday in Christchurch were reminded of the numerous engineering and financial achievements made by the company over the year, and were also provided with pleasing news on the progress with NZ Windfarms.

Forest owners gear up to sell Kyoto credits
11 Dec 2009
Forest owners are making moves to start selling this year’s Kyoto credits as market interest picks up.

Power stations switch turns off Meridian
11 Dec 2009
A Government-forced swap of power stations between State-owned power companies could damage Meridian Energy’s carbon-neutral status.

Copenhagen split as island states make stand
11 Dec 2009
A climate change stand led by the Pacific nation of Tuvalu has split the Copenhagen conference down the middle.