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Bowen discards planned changes to ARENA mandate
The Federal Government has moved to scrap controversial changes to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s mandate that allowed it to fund some fossil-fuel related and carbon capture storage technologies, signing regulations which make it…
Report shows South Australia on path to 100% renewables
South Australia is closing fast on its target to be powered by 100% net renewables by the end of the decade with new data revealing a combination of wind and solar energy provided a daily average of almost 70% of the state’s electricity…
Singapore regulator issues fresh appeal for clean power
Singapore’s Energy Market Authority has already attracted proposals for 1.2 GW of renewable electricity, to be generated in four southeast Asian nations, and wants to raise that figure to 4 GW by 2035. July 8, 2022 Max Hall<img…
WA announces ‘ambitious’ plan to cut emissions by 80% by 2030
Days after announcing it would abandon coal-fired power by the end of the decade, the Western Australian government has set an ‘ambitious’ interim emissions target in a bid to reach net zero by 2050. June 23, 2022 David CarrollThe Western…
NSW announces $1.2 billion investment in renewable energy
The New South Wales government has announced its single biggest investment yet in renewable energy infrastructure, committing $1.2 billion to fast-track priority transmission and energy storage projects as the energy sector continues its…
Victoria urged to go ‘faster, further’ in race to 100% renewables
A parliamentary committee has recommended the Victorian government explore options to allow greater integration of distributed energy resources, including rooftop solar PV into the grid as climate activists urge the state to ramp up its…
It’s 2030 and Australia’s energy landscape looks like…
The year is 2030. Anthony Albanese won the 2022 election and formed the federal government with the support of a strong cross bench. Penny Wong moved to the lower house and is now Australia’s second female prime minister.Europe has…
US body cuts PV forecast 46% due to anti-circumvention investigation
The latest update to the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) survey for solar workers and companies shows drastic outcomes for the industry if tariffs are imposed on countries under investigation. April 29, 2022 pv…
Solar the energy workhorse in latest gloomy IPCC verdict
Photovoltaics can wipe out 4.25 billion tonnes of carbon emissions every year this decade, according to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Even so, the actions announced so far remain way short of what is needed, with capital…
$75 million boost for Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector
Transgrid and the Commonwealth Government have come to a $75 million underwriting agreement for the construction of the Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector West, a key piece of network infrastructure in the Australian Market…