Grid electricity is often said to be critical for long-term human development. But are the substantially higher investment costs justified by the economic impact?
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Energy companies are marketing a new fuel: ‘renewable’ natural gas. But it’s not the same from a climate change perspective as wind or solar energy.
More than 200 remote communities in Canada rely on diesel fuel for energy. Cleaner options could fuel a better quality of life.
The economics of making biofuels from algae no longer add up, but a lesson from the oil industry could make them viable.
The restructure Google should look at the world’s big challenges rather than create solutions to problems that don’t exist yet.
From coal seam gas to wind farms, new resource projects seem to be pitting communities against corporations, and people against their neighbours. We often see, in such cases, community concerns labelled…
We hear a lot about wind, solar and nuclear energy in the fight to reduce carbon emissions, but it seems we’ve forgotten about hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen — made by splitting water — was considered energy-intensive…
When it comes to expectations for power price rises in the year ahead, the short answer is on average we can expect them to be less severe in 2014 than in recent years. The long answer, driven by electricity…
Bioenergy is currently the fastest growing source of renewable energy. Cultivating energy crops on arable land can decrease dependency on depleting fossil resources and it can mitigate climate change…
We have recently witnessed Brazil being hit by mass protests not seen since the days of the military dictatorship, but apart from the Socceroos going to the 2014 World Cup and the Rio Olympics in 2016…
Since the middle of the last decade, well before the worldwide run-up in fuel prices during 2008, it has been widely believed that we are entering a new era of scarcity in carbon-based fuels such as oil…
University of WA researchers aim to establish the feasibility of using geothermal and waste-heat products for desalination…
A new molecule could allow for easier transportation of hydrogen, contributing to its viability as an alterative fuel source…
Two out of three Australians use complementary medicines to boost their nutrition, alleviate various symptoms and improve their overall health and well-being. There are around 10,000 products to choose…
“We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis and so few external threats…
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Laureate Professor of Mathematics, University of Newcastle
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Senior Visiting Fellow in Energy Systems, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Associate, Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, La Trobe University
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PhD; Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (retired) and Research Fellow, University of California, Davis
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Adjunct Professor, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Visiting Fellow, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Innovation and Digital Leadership, University of Brighton
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Research Associate in Plant Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
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Professor and Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy for Sustainable Energy, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
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Professor, Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
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RWI Deputy Head: Research Group Climate Change in Developing Countries, Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
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Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Industry Professor and Chief Economist, University of Technology Sydney
