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Cloud-tracking cameras to tackle dips in solar power output
A new way to tackle the much-maligned unpredictability of solar energy is being deployed at a solar farm opening today in Western Australia – cloud-tracking cameras. The 1MW solar farm at Karratha airport, made possible by a $2.3m grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena), has Read More...
Trump's energy vision holds plenty of promise for renewables
More The election of Donald Trump as the 45th US president is not the news the global wind and solar sectors hoped to wake up to – but it’s also not cause for despair. If there’s one thing that’s long been clear when it comes to Trump and renewables, it’s that he Read More...
Could reinvention solve our shopping addiction?
Swedish retail giant H&M seems an unlikely poster child for ecological living. The High Street group, which owns brands including Monki and Cos and has more than 4,000 shops across the world, is one of the best known proponents of fast fashion. It's a cheap and reliable source of trendy clothes Read More...
Wind energy could soon power most of the U.K
Fossil fuels consumption is tumbling faster than we may have expected. Just 44 years after Dong Energy was set up to exploit Denmark’s North Sea oilfields, the company has confirmed plans to sell its oil and gas division to become a “global leader in renewables”. The company is already the Read More...
Tesla enters EU and ramps up production with purchase of German Engineering company
Tesla has added another piece to the puzzle in its quest to bring electric cars to the whole world. The electric carmaker has agreed to buy German’s Grohmann Engineering group, which develops automated manufacturing systems for batteries and fuel cells. The acquisition will help Tesla expand its Read More...
Learn to dance, take the stairs and 8 other ways to train your brain
The world has a bit of an obsession with looking young, but do we think enough about training to keep our brains young? Although a quarter of brain-aging is due to genes, the rest can be attributed to our lifestyle habits. There are many things you can do to train your brain to work at full Read More...
How to be a better forgiver
The past 12 months have seen more than their fair share of tragedy and injustice: violence between citizens and police, terror attacks, divisive elections. With so much pain and suffering caused, the question is: can we change our ways to resolve this anger and trauma? The answer is "yes", but it Read More...
Carnegie Wave Energy is bringing their clean energy and desalination technology to the UK
Australia-based company Carnegie Wave Energy (CWE) will bring their wave power and desalination technology to Wave Hub in Cornwall, England. The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) granted 9.6 million pounds, around $11.8 million, to CWE for the first phase of their Wave Hub project. Read More...
Tesla likely to add solar power roofs to cars
In a Twitter exchange today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company will likely add solar charging technology to the roofs of future all-electric cars. "We will probably offer that as an option," Musk wrote in the Twitter exchange with Tesla enthusiasts. In answer to one enthusiast who doubted the Read More...
A Google mindfulness program that makes meditation a lot less frustrating
Over the past few years, I've had an on-again-and-off-again flirtation with meditation. It's on whenever I get jealous hearing someone talk about how their sitting practice has totally changed their life. I could do that, I think. And then I try sitting on my own for a few days and find it Read More...