Australia steps up renewable energy efforts
Australia has plans to build the biggest wind farm in the southern hemisphere by 2013, part of its scramble to fight climate change and harness its abundance of clean energy sources - wind, solar, waves, geothermal energy and bioenergy. (Source : The NewYork Times)

Transform your bicycle into a hybrid E-bike
Smart, responsive and elegant, the Copenhagen Wheel is a new emblem for urban mobility. It transforms ordinary bicycles quickly into hybrid e-bikes that also function as mobile sensing units. The Copenhagen Wheel allows you to capture the energy dissipated while cycling and braking and save it for when you need a bit of a boost. It also maps pollution levels, traffic congestion, and road conditions in real-time.

Go solar before it's too late!
One of the biggest misconceptions people have about solar is that it is just about to become so cheap that you better not get any now, because in a few years it will be much cheaper. A common belief is that an astounding technological breakthrough is just around the corner and about to make solar cheaper. (Source : Susan Kraemer, Clean Technica)

The ZERO Race adventure - 80 days around the world with renewable energies
Jules Verne's dream to go around the world in 80 days became a reality a long time ago, but is it possible to make a tour around the world in 80 days with emission-free vehicles? Five Teams from four continents are taking up the challenge. On 16 August they started with their electric vehicles on the longest and greenest race of all time: the ZERO Race.

Free solar panels for 2.5 million UK households
HomeSun, a British solar company, has announced that it will spend 1 billion pounds (USD 1.6 billion) on a free solar panel giveaway to British households. The method behind HomeSun's billion-dollar madness is to promote home solar power in the UK. The free installations will be spread out over the next three years and will add solar energy to an estimated 2.5 million homes. (Source : CallFinder)

Greenland glacier calves the Arctic's largest ice chunk in nearly half a century
One of the largest of Greenland's marine "outlet" glaciers (i.e. glaciers ending in the sea) has calved an enormous "ice island" that reportedly extends over 100 square miles.  Not since 1962, when a 250 square mile island was formed from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, has such a large area of ice been calved in the Arctic. (Source : Climate Progress)

Global PV supply: Realizing a vision
The latest in a series of global Roadmaps by the International Energy Agency (IEA) argues that solar electricity could represent up to 20% - 25% of total global electricity production by 2050.
This conclusion emerges from two new analyses from the agency: the Solar Photovoltaic (PV) and Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Roadmaps, which are designed to enable governments, industry and financial partners to implement measures to accelerate required technology development and uptake. (Source : Renewable Energy World)

Worst impact of climate change may be how humanity reacts to it
The way that humanity reacts to climate change may do more damage to many areas of the planet than climate change itself unless we plan properly, an important new study published in Conservation Letters by Conservation International's Will Turner and a group of other leading scientists has concluded. (Source : Science Daily)

World's first-of-its-kind see-thru glass SolarWindow capable of generating electricity
New Energy Technologies is pleased to announce that researchers developing its proprietary SolarWindow technology have achieved major scientific and technical breakthroughs, allowing the Company to unveil a working prototype of the world's first-ever glass window capable of generating electricity in the upcoming weeks. (Source : Solar Daily)