Clean Energy Target causes friction at COAG meeting
As expected, Friday’s COAG Energy Council meeting saw all but one of the Finkel Review recommendations approved – the Clean Energy Target (CET).
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Clean Energy Council Accredited Installers, Approved Retailers, And Members: What’s The Difference?
The CEC has 3 levels of affiliation, members, installers and approved retailer. What is the difference?
The Australian Clean Energy Council, or CEC, is Australia’s peak body for solar and other renewable energy. [Read more…]
Clean Energy Council Delists Simax Solar Panels
Simax Modules Off The Approved Products List | Panel background: CharlesMJames
The CEC’s Approved Products List became a little leaner again after Simax solar panels, manufactured by Simax (Suzhou) Green New Energy, were struck from it yesterday.
Eurobodalla Shire Council Sets 100% Renewable Energy Goal
Solar panels at Kianga, NSW South Coast
Eurobodalla Shire Council says it expects to source 100 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy and slash its energy-related emissions 80 per cent by 2030.
Bellingen Shire Council Adding More Solar Energy Capacity
Bellingen Shire Council Embracing Solar Power | Image: Public Domain
From bins to building rooftops, Bellingen Shire Council has been getting into solar power in various ways – with more to come.
Tamworth Regional Council To Vote On More Solar
Solar panels proposed for Council HQ – Image: Public Domain
Tamworth Regional Council is considering a $248,000 solar energy and LED project that will reportedly save it $84,000 a year on electricity bills.
Climate Council : 50% Renewables By 2030, End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
No Subsidies For You – Climate Council | Image: CSIRO, CC BY 3.0, Link
The Climate Council’s submission to the Federal Government’s 2017 Climate Policy Review recommends a national transition plan for Australia’s electricity system that will result in at least 50% renewables by 2030.
Clean Energy Council report throws down the gauntlet to lawmakers
The Clean Energy Council have released a good report outlining the policy steps needed to transition to clean energy. But will anybody read it?
A Clean Energy Council report released last week makes for intriguing reading folks.
Building on the recent Paris agreements, where countries agreed to limit carbon emissions to limit global warming to 2 degrees or below, the study challenges our leaders to think seriously about how to carry out such a plan. [Read more…]
Will the Solar Council’s campaign in Canning help bring down a prime minister?
Will Abbott’s war on solar hurt his party’s prospects in Canning?
The heat is really on in Western Australia with the entry of solar energy in the Canning by election campaign. The seat which was recently vacated following the untimely death of then sitting member Don Randall, has become a focus for those looking for an indication of the electorate’s opinion on the government’s performance.
The previous incumbent was a popular representative and enjoyed a healthy margin in the opinion polls. However this has been whittled away in recent times due to the federal government’s incompetence, intransigence or bad luck, depending on your political point of view. [Read more…]
The Solar Council Aren’t Lying. Your Government Is.
The government has painted a big bullseye on solar power.
They’ve got it in their sights. They want the renewable energy target (RET) repealed and they’ll do just about anything to make that happen.
Well, anything but come right out and say, “We’re against renewable energy because because we want to protect the fat wallets of our buddies in Big Energy”.
No, they can’t bring themselves to be that honest.
Instead, they’ve engaged in an almost comical game. A game where they attempt to justify their solar enmity with numbers.
The problem, of course, is that numbers don’t lie. [Read more…]
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