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The visualization is nothing short of astonishing – see for yourself. And if you don’t speak German, you might want to use two screens, one with that website and one with this one because all I am going to do today is show you how to navigate the interactive graphics. In a future post, hopefully tomorrow, I will take a look

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Earlier this month, in Washington D. C. at one of the largest electrical engineering conferences in the world, a speaker from the State Grid Corporation of China outlined a vision for a massive global electricity grid powered by renewables.Zhenya Liu is the Chairman of the State Grid Corporation of China and his company is the largest state-owned electric utility company

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China’s use of coal for electricity could peak as early as next year, then decline until 2020 in a turnaround of “global importance”, according to economist Ross Garnaut in a lecture presented at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne.The shift means the world has a much better chance of keeping global warming below 2 degrees C — the

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A leading academic has warned that Australia’s world leading solar research could “lose momentum” without a long-term plan and if changes to renewables funding were passed through parliament.Professor Les Field, the deputy vice chancellor (research) at the University of NSW, said on Tuesday that some of the leading research programs were at risk because there was no long-term funding strategy.His

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The Australian renewable energy industry has warned that it faces destruction if – as is now widely anticipated – the Abbott government decides it wants to drastically scale back the renewable energy target, or even close it to new entrants.Miles George, the head of Infigen Energy – the country’s largest listed renewable energy company – warned that such an act

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Norwegian architecture firm Jarmund/Vigsnæs Arkitekter (JVA) recently completed a stunning wooden cabin that shelters hikers from extremely harsh winds and storms. The Rabot Tourist Cabin is located amidst mountains and glaciers in Okstindan, and it was built from local timber boards. Due to its isolated location, this energy-efficient building generates its own power by gathering energy from the sun. The

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Algae could provide an endless source of biofuel, however current production methods tend to be costly and time-intensive – first you have to grow the algae, and then you extract oily lipids and convert them into fuel. Enter Gregory Martin, a brilliant 14-year-old who has found a way to boost the amount of lipids in algae by over 500%! Gregory’s

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Word on the street is that Tesla may be working on a 500-mile graphene battery. Graphene is, of course, a kind of supermaterial, and it’s possible Tesla is looking into it, but I’m also a bit skeptical. First, let’s look at the reasons why someone might think Tesla is working on an electric car battery that uses graphene. Graphene could

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As a LEED fellow of ours recently quipped, many people who experience a LEED building often say: “There’s something nice about this building that we have never felt before about our previous buildings.”LEED buildings bring a harmony between the natural and indoor worlds. They become part of the natural habitat, serving as places of health, comfort and productivity while reinforcing

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As a LEED fellow of ours recently quipped, many people who experience a LEED building often say: “There’s something nice about this building that we have never felt before about our previous buildings.”LEED buildings bring a harmony between the natural and indoor worlds. They become part of the natural habitat, serving as places of health, comfort and productivity while reinforcing

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