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Epho to construct Canberra’s first community solar farm
Canberra’s first community solar farm, the Majura Valley Community Solar Farm, is a step closer to reality after Epho signed on to design and construct the farm. The solar farm is the development project of SolarShare, a group of local…
Australian Energy Council decries both parties, calls for net zero emissions by 2050
Representing virtually every major energy company in the country, the Australian Energy Council has called on the Coalition to set a target of net zero emissions by 2050. The call follows Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese capitating…
NT Rooftop Solar in Schools rolls out as VIC looks to follow suit
The Northern Territory’s rollout of solar panel installation at 25 schools is picking up speed, and Victoria is looking to follow suit after announcing the application period open for its Greener Government School Buildings program after…
Albanese calls on Morrison to negotiate a bipartisan energy framework
From The Conversation
In a letter to Scott Morrison Albanese says the government’s recent draft technology roadmap “presents a technology transition story that is largely consistent with past Labor policy and expert advice”.
It sees…
NSW Government fast-tracks 60MW Yanco Solar Farm
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s announcement of the third tranche of projects to have fast-tracked assessments as part of the state’s effort to boost the economy in response to the impact of Covid-19 includes the program’s first…
CEC: Investment roadmap should prioritize solar and wind as lowest-cost technologies
The government’s task is to identify and develop a suite of energy technologies that can provide low-cost, low-emissions electricity system of the future, and the Clean Energy Council says that this can be achieved by leveraging…
AEMO 2019-20 Operations Review finds Black Summer was effectively mitigated, but the challenge…
AEMO’s NEM Operations Review of the 2019-2020 Summer finds that mitigation practices helped to prevent what might’ve been a much more difficult summer in terms of the electricity network. However, large-scale and rooftop solar both…
Minerals Council’s Climate Action Plan full of hot air
The Minerals Council of Australia has released its long-awaited Climate Action Plan. The plan has been widely criticised for its empty posturing and at least one group of major investors are demanding the Council articulate some of its…
Dairy farms targeted in federal grant scheme to boost energy efficiency
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The Australian dairy farming industry is set for an energy efficiency overhaul, with grants of up to $20,000 opened up to businesses in the sector by the federal Coalition government, starting this week.The grants, part of…
Relaxed charging: EV range not such an issue
Tritium today provided some plain and simple stats on how electric-vehicle drivers around the world are using its fast-chargers. Get a glimpse of your future life, beyond an EV-policy-poor Australia, when cars don’t exhaust and finding a…