China is forecasted to reach 1,000GW of installed solar capacity by 2026 (from 500GW today), which is pretty much equivalent to the total global solar power capacity today. (reneweconomy.com.au)
Rooftop solar eats up all demand in South Australia, world’s most renewable grid (reneweconomy.com.au)
Gas lobby forced to pull ad for misleading viewers over “50 pct cleaner” claims (reneweconomy.com.au)
An advertisement by Australia’s gas lobby has been taken off the airwaves after it was found to mislead viewers with environmental claims....
Gas lobby launches new scare campaign on electrification, saying it will break the grid (reneweconomy.com.au)
Australia’s fossil fuel methane emissions are nearly twice as bad as industry reports (reneweconomy.com.au)
A massive discrepancy between the methane emissions reported by gas and coal companies in Australia and the reality means that the country’s big emitters will need to double their rates of emission cuts by 2030, says a new report from the research group IEEFA....
Greed trumps climate as Origin bid voted down by dividend hungry shareholders (reneweconomy.com.au)
Just thought it was interesting to see the nuts and bolts of these decisions. Things can be Interesting and horrifying at the same time, I guess.
Nuclear energy remains weapon of choice for climate deniers and coal lobby (reneweconomy.com.au)
The fight over “net zero” at the National Party over the weekend was all a bit of a charade. Yes, it garnered attention from mainstream media, but it was essentially meaningless....
The Australian solar tech that may have found a low cost solution to deep storage (reneweconomy.com.au)
Renewables supply more than half German electricity demand in first half of 2023 (reneweconomy.com.au)
A very sunny May, delivering record monthly solar power input, helps set a new record for German renewables. And June promises to take it higher again.
A town like Alice. How a complex, isolated solar grid could provide blueprint for rest of Australia (reneweconomy.com.au)
Wind and solar are delivering an energy transition at record speed (reneweconomy.com.au)
From dirty diesel to nearly 70pct solar powered, Lord Howe goes electric (reneweconomy.com.au)
An original design for renewable power generation was developed in 2010 and relied mainly on wind generation with a couple of 100 kilowatts of solar....
Climate authority confirms Australia has been fudging its methane emissions data (reneweconomy.com.au)
Case for gas as transition fuel falling apart on both economic and environmental costs (reneweconomy.com.au)
Clive Palmer fails in second attempt to overturn $6.5 billion coal mine refusal (reneweconomy.com.au)
“Farcical:” Wind industry in shock as draft NSW guidelines say no to new wind projects (reneweconomy.com.au)
Coalition’s nuclear SMR poster boy cancels flagship project due to soaring costs (reneweconomy.com.au)
NuScale, the controversial proponent of nuclear small modular reactor designs that has been championed by the federal Coalition and technology ideologues around the world, has had its flagship project cancelled because of rising costs....
Rooftop PV takes a bite out of everyone’s lunch as minimum demand records tumble again (reneweconomy.com.au)
Rooftop solar continues to take a big bite out of the business and operating model of Australia’s main grid, hitting new output records on Sunday and sending minimum demand records tumbling across the country....
Australian scientists raise “serious concerns” over soil carbon offsets for fossil fuels (reneweconomy.com.au)
“Move faster:” Engineers join call to fast-track Australia’s net zero target to 2035 (reneweconomy.com.au)
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has released a statement urging the government to be more ambitious with its energy targets – net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035....
Rooftop solar smashes records, sends coal and demand to record lows as it reshapes the grid [Australia] (reneweconomy.com.au) German
Updated: Rooftop solar continues to have major impact on the grid, meeting nearly half of all demand and sending black coal output and operational demand to record lows.
Australia leads the world on rooftop solar: We must now lead on making it smart (reneweconomy.com.au)
AEMO ~~slams~~ questions Murdoch media campaign that claims renewables are not low cost (reneweconomy.com.au)
The Australian Energy Market Operator has made a rare foray into the mainstream media debate around the green energy transition, saying claims that its cost assessment of renewables does not include transmission and storage are “Wrong.”...
Australia gets wake up call on materials manufacturing in surge to renewables (reneweconomy.com.au)
Australia is ranked 93rd out of 133 monitored countries, and the lowest of any OECD nation, after decades of decline in manufacturing activity....
“This ain’t a royalty payment:” Traditional Owners lead massive new Pilbara renewables project (reneweconomy.com.au)
The Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation will co-develop a massive 10 GW renewable energy hub in the Pilbara, WA....
