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Aldi takes first place in supermarket race to 100% renewables
Aldi Australia committed to reaching 100% renewable energy for its operations by the end of 2021, it’s done that with six months to spare. Achieved through an unprecedented commercial solar rollout, PPAs with two wind farms, and renewable…
With 9 New Gigawatts Of Solar Power, BP Smacks ExxonMobil Upside The Head (Again)
Ouch, this one’s gotta hurt. ExxonMobil suffered a 3rd degree media burn last week, when climate-friendly activist investors managed to seat two of their candidates on the company’s board of directors. Now here comes BP to rub it in, with a…
NSW calls for 8,000MW of wind, solar and storage proposals for New England
Federal National Party MP for New England Barnaby Joyce might need a new shovel: the state Liberal government has just kicked off a tender for up to 8,000MW of new wind, solar and storage capacity in the New England region, in the largest…
Telsa boss declares Australia can power renewable energy age
Tesla has revealed it expects to spend more than $1 billion a year on raw materials from Australia for its batteries but the electric vehicles giant said the nation has the chance to secure a much more lucrative slice of the global supply…
New UCS Research: Utilities’ Uneconomic Coal Use Is Being Called Out in 25 States
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists.By Joseph Daniel, Senior energy analyst
When I came to UCS three years ago, coal self-commitment—the practice of coal plants running when cheaper (and cleaner) resources are available on…
Australia’s “father of PV” says your next rooftop solar system might be tens of kilowatts
The “father of PV,” UNSW Scientia Professor Martin Green has predicted that the average Australian solar household will soon be installing “tens of kilowatts” on their rooftops, probably coupled with battery storage, as panel costs…
Tributes flood in for “solar champion” Govind Kant
Tributes continue to flow for Trina Solar Australia assistant director Govind Kant, who died in India on Sunday from the coronavirus at just 47 years of age.
As RenewEconomy reported on Tuesday, Trina Solar Asia Pacific said on Monday…
Victorian councils commit to renewable energy future
The Victorian Energy Collaboration (VECO) will see 46 of Victoria’s 79 local councils powered by renewable energy with Melbourne-based energy retailer Red Energy, an offshoot of the Federal Government-owned Snowy Hydro, signing an agreement…
What the Clean Energy for America Act Gets Right — And How It Can Improve
Originally published on the World Resources Institute.By John Feldmann, Devashree Saha, and Rajat Shrestha
Under the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan, tax credits for clean energy and technologies are expected…
Push to ban solar cold-calling intensifies, as company fined $3m
The Victorian company found guilty in the Federal Court of using a “deceptive ruse” to market rooftop solar systems, as well as false claims of Clean Energy Council accreditation, has been fined $3 million.
In a judgment handed down on…