Recycling solar panels seems like a smart idea, but it’s complicated. Built to withstand years of wind and weather, solar panels are designed for strength, not easy breakdown.
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Sediments in a lagoon near Darwin hold traces of changes to monsoonal rains over 150,000 years. Here’s what it means as Earth’s polar ice melts.
To make green hydrogen, take water and split it into hydrogen and oxygen. It sounds simple – but the government’s water-use figures may be a drastic underestimate.
Egypt has always relied on the River Nile for its freshwater but needs new sources to cope with a growing population. Desalinating seawater could be a solution.
The new federal law favors energy technologies that are already profitable and increase global warming over cleaner approaches that could use the investment support.
Economic modelling suggests pipelines like Northern Gateway and Energy East would help insulate Canada from the threat of U.S. tariffs.
A new report identifies opportunities for the 121 Local Aboriginal Land Councils in NSW to partner with renewable developers and build projects on their own land.
New South Wales residents face a rapidly intensifying major storm expected to bring intense winds, rains and high seas.
Electric vehicles are expensive and yet to take off in South Africa. Wind and solar powered battery swapping stations could help motorists make the switch.
The White House proposal represents a dramatic retreat from the national goals of clean air and clean water enacted in federal laws over the past 55 years.
Fears about supply, demand, profits and supply chains all combine into a volatile mix that delivers prices that are often higher in a crisis, but also change more rapidly and by larger amounts.
Real world measurements of how much extra heat the Earth is trapping are well beyond most climate models. That’s a real problem.
If oil prices rise and stay elevated, consumers will seek better options. Could it accelerate the shift to electric vehicles?
New plans to get Victoria off gas are less ambitious. But they will still cut energy bills and accelerate the shift away from gas.
Green hydrogen is made from water and renewable energy and could be produced quite cheaply in Zambia using the hydropower and solar-based national grid.
The government wants to motivate manufacturers to electrify their energy use.
When presidential administrations turn over, funding levels and project priorities change. A look at one specific government office demonstrates how these shifts in direction waste time and money.
South Africa’s big companies, hospitals and universities have millions of square metres of rooftop space that is suitable for generating solar power.
Two legal challenges threaten to overturn the decision to extend the North West Shelf gas project. A legal expert considers their prospects.
Renewable developers use community benefit schemes to make projects appealing. But this has to be done carefully.
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