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La Trobe goes La Troppo for solar on its way to ‘net zero’
La Trobe University is well on its way to achieving its ‘net zero’ carbon emissions by 2029 goal thanks to 7,500 solar panels installed by Solgen Energy Group at its Bundoora campus in Melbourne’s north. VIC Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio…
Queensland election 2020: A chance for renewables-driven economic bonanza
As Queenslanders ready to head to the polls, the Clean Energy Council has reminded all parties about the economic opportunity presented by the state’s solar and wind resources. July 24, 2020 Marija MaischThe Clean Energy Council (CEC) sees…
La Trobe University switches on massive 2.5MW solar array
A 2.5MW solar system installed across 25 rooftops at La Trobe University’s Bundoora campus in Melbourne’s north has been completed.
The University said on Thursday that it had energised the 7,500 PV panels, which would supply up to half of…
Industry super fund calls on Govt to heed investors and end policy vacuum
As some of us may be honest enough to admit, humans are procrastinating animals. While there are some, like Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams, who love the sound deadlines make as they whoosh past, most of us…
QLD’s ‘cradle of coal mining’, Ipswich, set for 50 MW solar farm
A 50 MW solar farm at a vacant site in Karrabin is on the verge of construction after Ipswich City Council approved the project’s Materials Change of Use application. Ipswich may have once been Queensland’s ‘cradle of coal mining’ but solar…
New modelling highlights clean jobs potential for economic recovery
New economic modelling from Accenture’s AlphaBeta has found 76,000 clean jobs just waiting to be created over the next three years if a green recovery from the twin recoveries from the Black Summer Bushfires and Covid-19 were implemented.…
Logan City Council hits 1 MW solar mark
Logan City Council has passed the 1 MW milestone of solar capacity on Council-owned buildings after the completion of a 100 kW install atop Logan North Aquatic Centre. The Council has plans to more than double that mark in the next year…
SA Water large-scale solar and native revegetation need each other
SA Water’s highly ambitious $300 million solar uptake is proving a golden goose as a partnership with Succession Ecology to revegetate almost a tonne of native seedlings under large-scale solar arrays proves a win-win. The ground-mounted…
NZ Govt announces six new public sector clean energy projects
The New Zealand Government is quickly turning the antipodean rivalry over climate legislation and renewable energy integration into a veritable Bledisloe Cup. This is to say that for Australia the situation is now plain embarrassing. Today,…
Green hydrogen to reach price parity with grey hydrogen in 2030
IHS Markit’s latest report looks at a wave of new investments in large-scale projects. Economies of scale and technological improvements, as well as renewables deployment, could make green hydrogen price-competitive with grey and blue…