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U.S. solar panel import tariff to hit European, Asian manufacturers

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 24, 2018

President Donald Trump's decision to slap tariffs on solar panel imports is a blow to a booming global industry, and hit stocks in European and Asian solar groups on fears their business might...

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Poland says new European Union renewables target very hard to meet

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 22, 2018

Poland will find it almost impossible to meet an ambitious new target for renewable energy use backed this week by European lawmakers, Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchorzewski said....

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Benchmark EU carbon price rises to highest in more than five years

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 22, 2018

* Benchmark European Union carbon prices rose to 8.77 euros a tonne at 1209 GMT, their highest level since November 2012

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Trump says US could 'conceivably' return to Paris climate change deal

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 12, 2018

President Donald Trump said today that the United States could "conceivably" return to the Paris climate accord, although he stopped short of signaling any move in that direction. ...

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Danish wind energy sets new record in 2017

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 12, 2018

Wind power accounted for a record high of 43.4 per cent of the total electricity consumption in Denmark in 2017, according to official data released on Thursday.

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World's largest solar thermal power plant to be built in South Australia

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 12, 2018

The world's largest solar-thermal power plant has been given development approval by the South Australian government, the media reported.

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California Legislation Proposes Ban On Gas Cars By 2040

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 5, 2018

Assemblyman Phil Ting, who represents the city of San Francisco in the California legislature, has filed a bill that would allow only zero-emissions cars to be sold in the Golden State beginning...

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China extends tax rebate for electric cars, hybrids until end of 2020

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 28, 2017

China will extend a tax rebate on purchases of so-called new-energy vehicles (NEV) until the end of 2020, a boost for hybrid and electric car makers amid a shift by policy-makers away from the...

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The world’s first fully electric solar train launched in Australia

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 19, 2017

An Australian rail company has restored a disused train to be 100 percent powered by solar energy- a world first for the transportation sector.

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China to build world's largest floating solar power plant in major commitment to renewable power

By : sustainabilityo..., Dec 14, 2017

A unit of China Three Gorges Corp. is building a 1 billion yuan (£113 million) floating solar power plant, the world’s biggest, in the nation’s eastern province of Anhui.

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