19th May 2020 Clean technology advocate and futurist Ramez Naam admits he was wrong about the price of solar. His forecasts in 2011 were among the most optimistic in the world, but he turned out to be wrong by at…
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19th May 2020 Clean technology advocate and futurist Ramez Naam admits he was wrong about the price of solar. His forecasts in 2011 were among the most optimistic in the world, but he turned out to be wrong by at…
12th May 2020 Strong growth in rooftop solar installations has continued to push coal fired generation out of the Australian electricity market, a new audit of the National Electricity Market has shown. The latest edition of the National Energy Emissions…
5th May 2020 Water is a highly contested resource in this long, oppressive drought, and the coal industry is one of Australia’s biggest water users. Research released today, funded by the Australian Conservation Foundation, has identified how much water coal mining…
Image Credit: Reposit Power 4th March 2020 A couple of small wins for the Australian residential energy storage market this week, with the Victorian government’s rebate scheme extended to 150 more postcodes in the state, and in New South Wales,…
4th March 2020 An Amish community in Warren County has just lost a major battle against the state which is now requiring them to violate their religious beliefs and use electricity. Despite the Yoder family never causing harm to anyone…
19th November 2019 Corporate energy users have supported renewable energy development across Australia to the tune of 5.2GW of new capacity and procured nearly 2.3GW of mostly solar and wind powered electricity in just three years, a new report has…
19th November 2019 Households that have rooftop solar installed are likely to come from diverse political backgrounds and are substantially more likely to be politically active, a new US-based study has found. The researchers used analysis of historic voting records…
2nd July 2019 Victoria’s residential rooftop solar market is set to take off once again, with the state government’s $1.3 billion Solar Home rebate reopening on Monday to “pent-up” demand that has seen one-third of the month’s quota snapped up…
20th May 2019 Yes I know, we actually had the chance to drag Australia into the 21st century, and it was taken away from us by lies and deceit. I’m not happy either. One thing you can do right now…