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.          Renewable Energy                   The world is experiencing an energy revolution to rival the invention of the steam engine. A whole range of clean renewable energy technologies are available. They include not just solar and wind power but also tidal, wave, hydro, geothermal, biofuels and ground source heat exchangers. We need clean energy sources to replace fossil fuels such as coal and oil, which produce greenhouse gas emissions and cause global warming .  The UN's International Panel on Climate Change also identified energy efficiency as the quickest and easiest way to reduce greenhouse emissions. It is estimated that a third of all energy we use is waisted With the world’s population reaching seven billion, and nine billion by 2030, demand for energy resources is becoming a critical economic and security factors for world leaders. But these challenges would also provide enormous business opportunities for both governments and the private sector Renewable energy flows involve natural phenomena such as sunlight, wind, tides, plant growth, and geothermal heat. It is derived from natural processes that are replenished constantly. In its various forms, it derives directly from the sun, or from heat generated deep within the earth. Included in the definition is electricity and heat generated from solar, wind, ocean, hydropower, biomass, geothermal resources, and biofuels and hydrogen derived from renewable resources Renewable energy replaces conventional fuels in four distinct areas, electricity generation, hot water and space heating, motor fuels, and rural (off-grid) energy services When we put a priority on renewable energy we address job creation, climate change, women's empowerment and food security. Sustainable energy cuts across nearly every major challenge we face today and will face in the future. Australia like most countries, has an abundance of solar, wind, wave and other clean energy sources. Using energy more efficiently will conserve energy use, avoid waste and working smarter can save money and conserve and preserve the environment UN General Assembly declared 2012  the International Year for Sustainable Energy . Main forms of renewable energy Wind power Hydropower Solar energy Biomass Geothermal energy   Renewable energy provides 19 per cent of electricity generation worldwide. Renewable power generators are spread across many countries, and wind power alone already provides a significant share of electricity in some areas, for example 14% in the US state of Iowa, 40 per cent in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, and 20 per cent in Denmark. Some countries get most of their power from renewables, including Iceland, Paraguay, Norway, Brazil, Austria, New Zealand, and Sweden . Heating Solar hot water makes an important contribution to renewable heat in many countries, most notably in China, which now has 70 per cent of the global total. Most of these systems are installed on multi-family apartment buildings and meet a portion of the hot water needs of an estimated 50 to 60 million households in China. Worldwide, total installed solar water heating systems meet a portion of the water heating needs of over 70 million households. The use of biomass for heating continues to grow as well. In Sweden, national use of biomass energy has surpassed that of oil. Direct geothermal for heating is also growing rapidly . Transport fuels Renewable biofuels have contributed to a significant decline in oil consumption in the United States since 2006. The 93 billion liters of biofuels produced worldwide in 2009 displaced the equivalent of an estimated 68 billion liters of gasoline, equal to about 5 per cent of world gasoline production . Energy Efficiency? Energy can be used more efficiently This means we can conserve our use of energy, taking steps to avoid waste when using. It means being smarter by working out how to get the same outcomes while using less energy Improving energy efficiency has multiple benefits including, lowering carbon pollution  improving energy security and helping households and businesses cope with rising energy prices. Improving energy efficiency does not mean limiting economic growth or reducing living standards, it means only being smarter about how to use energy at home and at work. A range of policies is already in place to help Australians save on energy bills. Under the Government’s plan for a Clean Energy Future these efforts are continuing with new initiatives adopted Energy Efficiency - Life Matters . Wind energy boom Wind energy is the fastest growing large scale renewable energy source in Australia. It supplied  around two per cent of Australia’s overall electricity needs in 2010.This clean, renewable source provided energy equivalent to the electricity used in a year by over 700,000 homes.The Clean Energy Council indicated there was an additional 9,000 megawatts of large scale wind farm projects proposed for development around the country. Around 1,000 megawatts of new capacity is currently under construction South Australia is successful Integration of wind energy generation into the electricity grid in SA is a success story. The gross statistic often quoted is the total electricity produced as a percentage of the supply. In the year to June 2012, the electricity generated by wind farms amounted to 26per cent of the total supply. This was behind the 50 per cent supplied by natural gas and ahead of coal at 24 per cent . Wave Energy Generators Australian States of Vic, NSW and SA are trialing wave energy generators and will connect to the grid in late 2013. Every generator will power over 1000 homes Tidal power Wave energy to power homes   Worlds first wave energy project which mimics the movement of seaweed and kelp through the water. It will power thousands of homes in Victoria Australia . Sweden's wants your trash This small Nordic country is breaking records with its waste program of generating energy from garbage which is wildly successful. But recently its success has also generated a surprising issue, that there is simply not enough trash. Only 4 percent of Swedish garbage ends up in a landfill, according to Swedish Waste Management Due to its efficiency in converting waste to renewable energy, they have recently begun importing around 800,000 tons of trash annually from other countries.Sweden is leading pthe way in waste management, but it is one of few. We live in a world where nearly 70 percent of deep sea Arctic creatures are in contact with human trash like plastic bags and beer bottles. In the US, where the EPA says 250 million tons of trash was generated in 2010 alone, only about 34 percent was recycled . Energy alternatives Prof. Chris Llewellyn Smith, the Oxford Uni. Director of Energy and former head of CERN, discusses options such as the carbon tax, nuclear power and safe renewable energy options Efficient energy use  Good information Renewable energy Wikipedia Ecoevaluator - Building Environment and Lifestyle Use renewable energy  Green home building . Secretary General called for renewable energy revolution   UN General Assembly declared 2012 International Year for Sustainable Energy  The Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for a global renewable energy revolution, stating the world has ignored the science of climate change for too long mining its way to growth. Countries that move quickly down a clean energy pathway will be the economic powerhouses of the 21st century. Citizens will also enjoy cleaner air, better health, greater market competitiveness, and enhanced security . . Energy Matters  Have a very green vision for a solar Australia and they are dedicated to renewable energy Against the Wind   News, reports and further resources from the ABC. Wind farms and health concerns . Geothermal heat pump Interesting facts about energy sources Cleaner Energy Future  renewable energy    Australia has an abundance of solar, wind, wave and other clean energy sources. Driving innovation in clean technologies is a major element of the Clean Energy Future plan . Energy Matters forums   Australian forum is for everyone to discuss all things about renewable energy and green living. Ask questions and offer tips to the 3,000 strong community Alternative energy for the 21st century  Good information about biomass, wind, solar, geothermal and hydroelectric energy Start a new era  Great video from GetUp which celebrates a Clean Energy Future Cleaner cities story  Cities of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group in the USA are working to improve the energy efficiency of public buildings. The city of Houston has been working to retrofit its entire portfolio of buildings. By 2014 the project will reduce the city’s overall energy use by more than 30 percent and save millions of dollars per year in utility and maintenance costs   Lighting up Kenya    UNIDO, in partnership with other stakeholders, has been working on the project using electricity generated from renewable energy sources. The energy generated is directed to village power centre   Australian World Solar Challenge   A 3000 km race from Darwin to Adelaide. It brings teams from all over the world to compete in a solar driven electric car race. The USA, Iran, German and India are among the thirty teams that participate  . Solar panels   Learn how to make your own in just five minutes Solar energy tested in Earth’s sunniest spot . One trillion dollars invested in clean energy  our energy sources are choices to be made, not inevitabilites . Ordinary citizens fight big coal  How coal plays a part in the American energy equation Quit Coal  Campaigns against expansion of the coal industry in Victoria Australia. This is important because allowing new coal infrastructure to be built locks in decades of dirty, old technology, when we should be moving towards clean, renewable energy .  .  Congress defends ban on incandescent light bulbs  US Federal Government had planned to start banning cheap, energy guzzling light bulbs and required more energy efficient bulbs Wind farm opponents   Aided and abetted by climate sceptics, groups are running a scare campaign and gaining influence in the Australian NSW Parliament . Wind farms sold to Chinese firm  Tasmania has sold the majority stake of its two Woolworth wind farms in the north west, to a Chinese investment firm Statewide wind farm amendment   We must promote renewable energy to tackle climate change, but we also need to give communities a say in developments NSW landowners to be given veto on wind farms   There are concerns about the new planning guidelines. The Opposition and the Australian Greens claim the new requirements could kill off the industry Climate alliance challenges wind farm claims   Health and welfare groups have called on state governments to explain the rationale for restrictive new planning laws for wind farms after finding no credible evidence that living near turbines is bad for people's physical wellbeing . Germany renewable energy owned by citizens  they rightly get singled out for its effectiveness, as an example of how to do things versus the fits and starts method of promotion common in the US. In Germany they are owned by individual citizens or farms not utility companies and total $100 billion worth of private investment, in clean energy  . Poppy seed oil used to make biodiesel Farmers in Australia's Tasmania north have built a factory able to convert waste from poppy harvests into enough biodiesel to fuel the state's buses Mullumbimby, helping to save world   Italian inventor  claims to have developed a machine that can produce large amounts of energy from almost nothing. It is far more efficient than coal. It's absolutely clean, no radiation and no bad waste . Nuclear Energy  Japan kept silent on worst nuclear crisis   The recent emergence of  internal documents add to complaints that the Japanese government withheld too much information about the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. They have now announced it will take 40 years to decommision them Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster . . Nuclear and radiation accidents Wikipedia  San Onofre Nuclear Plant closed after radiation leak  North of San Diego US USA to build two new nuclear reactors   They have approved their first new nuclear power reactors since the Three Mile Island accident more than 30 years ago, despite severe  reservations about safety Fukushima nuclear no go zone one year on Mark Willacy returns to the communities surrounding the Fukushima plant . Despite continuing disaster at Fukushima  The US approves new nuclear reactors, a few nations vowed to phase out nuclear energy after the disaster. But many others have remained steadfast in their commitment. Which has left millions of innocent people unaware that we may face a medical catastrophe beyond all proportions in the wake of Fukushima and through the continued widespread use of nuclear energy. Japan say it will take 40 years to decommision their reactor  No nuclear waste dump at Muckaty Many Traditional Owners strongly are opposed to this and are calling on people around Australia to help them bury the radioactive waste dump proposal, please sign the petition Australia's uranium to India  Please read the letter to Government . . Australia to become world’s nuclear waste dump  Despite the Fukushima disaster, Alexander Downer has come out in support of Australia storing the world’s nuclear waste Japan to phase out nuclear power Japan have announced they will phase out nuclear power over the next three decades, in the wake of mounting resistance to the energy source after last year's Fukushima disaster. Tokyo plans to permanently shut down its reactors, bringing the country in line with Italy, Switzerland and Germany, which has said it will wean itself off nuclear power by 2022. See Nuclear Power  . News Stein calls for a renewable energy economy .   Goodbye to one of solars biggest advocates Sad to hear that Larry Hagman, the former star of the hit TV show “Dallas” died over the weekend. In 2010 he said that his decision to install solar panels on his ranch in California came shortly after the great blackout of 2003. Originating in Ohio, the outage caused half of the eastern seaboard to lose power for as many as 3 days. Hagman went solar after that event reducing his utility bill from more than $37,000 a year to only $13 . In defence of clean energy  After months of standing by as Republicans tried to gut environmental laws and discredit his clean energy initiatives, President Obama took the offensive US Navy's ‘Great Green’ biofuels fleet  They will have half its fleet running on alternative fuels by the end of the decade it may provide a boost to Australian producers . Green Yahoo Energy Power of Green  Tom Friedman on how America can regain its international stature by taking the lead in alternative energy and environmentalism  Green energy company stumbles  Maker of an exotic electric sports car that is being built with help from a $529 million federal government loan guarantee, has announced layoffs at its Delaware plant as it tries to persuade the Department of Energy to send it more public funds . Energy minister resolute on solar plan  Australian Minister Ferguson is resolute about reopening a multimillion dollar solar energy grant process End of the baseload may come soon  One of the principal architects of Germany’s push into renewable energy technologies, Hans Josef Fell, believes that the country could achieve 100 per cent renewables in its electricity sector by 2030 and may do it quicker. The rest of the world could follow soon after   . Sweden's wants your trash This small Nordic country is breaking records with its waste program of generating energy from garbage which is wildly successful. But recently its success has also generated a surprising issue, that there is simply not enough trash. Only 4 percent of Swedish garbage ends up in a landfill, according to Swedish Waste Management Due to its efficiency in converting waste to renewable energy, they have recently begun importing around 800,000 tons of trash annually from other countries.Sweden is leading the way in waste management, but it is one of few. We live in a world where nearly 70 percent of deep sea Arctic creatures are in contact with human trash like plastic bags and beer bottles. In the US, where the EPA says 250 million tons of trash was generated in 2010 alone, only about 34 percent was recycled .  Million green jobs in Europe  Tremendous accomplishment but it hasn’t garnered much press, at least not in the US . Owner Builder  Learn how to build you own low energy inexpensive house Experts give red mark to green home ratings The Australian Federal Government wants all homes for sale or rent to have an energy efficient rating. The rating system is supposed to reveal the energy performance of a building to inform people whether they could face big power bills to heat or cool a home. New homes in Australia already have to meet a minimum energy efficiency rating .    Coal Seam Gas  Fracking is an important international issue, see many videos and text links here includes the USA and Australia International Energy Agency Back from the future energy experiment . . Bringing the benefits of wind farm to Utah Wind powers ahead of coal  In electricity production, South Australia has the highest wind farm capacity in the country. More than a quarter was generated by wind last year, up from 18 per cent in 2010  100% renewable electricity for Australia Renewable energy has the potential to become the basis of Australia's energy system, providing 24-hour baseload power to everyone everywhere, says Dr Mark Diesendorf Emission targets change as solar plants stagnate  As Victoria wound back its commitment to a greenhouse gas emission target, questions are also being raised about the Federal Government's Solar Flagships program Plug into the future with i-miev  New electric car from Mitsubishu . Climate forecast for Queensland New report is forecasting potentially disastrous impacts on Queensland from increasing temperatures and rising sea levels Climate and clean energy         See  Nuclear Energy also               . Leave your comments in Guestbook . Facebook and Censorship .   View y Stats         FOLLOW and LIKE us   Designed by Fleurcom Home Site Map About Us Contact Us