Governments around the world are to inject huge amounts of money into their economies as part of the COVID-19 recovery process. A new report says plowing dollars into renewables rather than fossil fuels will buy more generation capacity than ever and provide stronger action on a major threat to the entire planet – climate change. [Read more…]
Solar Trees in Townsville – Artist’s Impression
An upcoming new attraction in Townsville powered by solar energy is, well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. [Read more…]
Western Australia’s City of Stirling council is looking to source all its electricity from renewables by 2030 and slash overall corporate carbon emissions. [Read more…]
A proposed solar farm in Victoria has met with a range of community concerns that have the support of Latrobe City Council. [Read more…]
Victoria’s Horsham Rural City Council’s 2020-21 Draft Budget includes cash to put solar panels on more community halls within its boundaries. [Read more…]
A new report published by the Clean Energy Council states small scale solar power employed around 37% of Australia’s clean energy workforce last year. [Read more…]
There is a middle ground between home and utility-scale batteries: the community battery. New research shows community batteries bring more benefit than individually owned energy storage systems.
The ACT government reckons there’s a gap between the household battery and grid-scale batteries: community batteries, either owned by or at least serving the needs of collectives of households. [Read more…]
The UK’s University of Manchester has announced it will dump investments in fossil fuel reserve and extraction companies – and take efforts a step further. [Read more…]
The Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) is demanding a renewables-led COVID-19 economic recovery for Queensland, and it’s about to virtually assemble its troops. [Read more…]
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Victoria’s Gannawarra Shire Council is considering leasing out unused land at Kerang Airport for a small utility-scale solar energy project. [Read more…]
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