I just flew back from a virtual conference and, boy, are my virtual arms tired. I attended the 2020 Smart Energy Conference and Exhibition by sitting at my desk — a huge improvement over hauling my arse and other body components to Melbourne as I normally do. [Read more…]
A new report shows a growing number of major super funds have targets, or have expressed an aspiration, to achieve net zero emissions for their investment portfolios by 2050. [Read more…]
The Morrison Government yesterday announced new long term funding for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency – and an expanded focus that includes dabbling in fossil fuels. [Read more…]
While applauding some efforts to build back better as part of COVID-19 economic recovery, the OECD is concerned by the level of “non-green” stimulus spending such as fossil fuel investments. [Read more…]
CS Energy announced last week it has inked an offtake agreement for output from University of Queensland’s Warwick Solar Farm. [Read more…]
The Australian Energy Council publishes a report on solar every quarter. I’ve just read through the latest one. There are only 11 pages of text and graphics, so it’s not too much of an effort if you want to read the whole thing yourself here.
But since we live a world where everyone is as busy as bees — except for people stuck at home in Melbourne — I’ll make use of my surplus of serenity by summarizing the report. [Read more…]
McCain Foods Australia has announced construction of what it says is Australia’s largest “behind-the-meter” renewable energy system at its manufacturing facility in Ballarat, Victoria. [Read more…]
A trial in the ACT of smiley face road signs powered by the sun appears to have been a success, and will be continued. [Read more…]
Planet Of The Humans: Earth Day documentary by Jeff Gibbs and promoted by Michael Moore. It’s zero stars from me in this review.
Two days ago I watched a documentary called Planet of the Humans that was released on Earth Day on April 22. It’s by Jeff Gibbs and promoted by Michael Moore, who was its executive producer. [Read more…]
If you are not allowed to export any of your solar electricity, is it still worth getting panels?
Some people in Australia can’t export solar electricity to the grid. This is because their local Distributed Network Service Provider (DNSP) has export limited their home to zero kilowatts. While this isn’t common — yet — it is a tragedy wrapped in personal economic pain. [Read more…]
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