16 March 2016: The International Energy Agency analysis shows energy-related CO2 emissions stalled for the second year in a row as renewable energy surged.
Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) – the largest source of man-made greenhouse gas emissions – stayed flat for the second year in a row, according to analysis of preliminary data for.
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Category Archives: Renewable energy
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Enova founding partners Alison Crook, Steve Harris, Melissa MacCourt, and Patrick Halliday[/caption]
Enova Community Energy Ltd has become Australia’s first community-owned electricity supplier.
On 22 December 2015, the company announced a highly successful near.
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Enova founding partners Alison Crook, Steve Harris, Melissa MacCourt, and Patrick Halliday[/caption]
Enova Community Energy Ltd has become Australia’s first community-owned electricity supplier.
On 22 December 2015, the company announced a highly successful near.
The CEFC has received an updated Investment Mandate that will come into effect 24 December 2015. A copy of the new Investment Mandate – entitled Clean Energy Finance Corporation (Investment Mandate) Directions 2015 (No.2) - can be found on Comlaw here: https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2015L02114
The Investment Mandate was signed by the Ministers on 3 December 2015, was.
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10 March 2015: A new report from ClimateWorks has found Australia could nearly double its energy productivity by 2030, delivering significant benefits to the economy and a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
ClimateWorks Australia Executive Director, Anna Skarbek said the report, Australia’s Energy Productivity Potential found.
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ClimateWorks Australia Executive Director, Anna Skarbek said the report, Australia’s Energy Productivity Potential found.
By John Mathews, Macquarie Graduate School of Management and Hao Tan, University of Newcastle
'China roars ahead with renewables': China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has just released some remarkable data on the addition of new electric generating capacity in 2013. China’s electric power system has been growing at a tremendous rate to keep.
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By Kerry Burke, University of Newcastle
Renewable energy seems to be on a roll. One million Australian homes have rooftop solar cells. There’s so much renewable energy it’s reducing wholesale electricity prices. But then, that old chestnut pops up: reliability. How do we make energy when there’s no sun?
When the heat is on,.
By Andrew Campbell, Charles Darwin University; Andrew Blakers, and Stuart Blanch, Charles Darwin University
Northern futures, northern voices: It seems everyone has ideas about how Australia’s north could be better, but most of those ideas come from the south. In this six-part weekly series, developed by the Northern Research Futures Collaborative Research.
By Chris Dunstan, University of Technology, Sydney
The traditional electricity industry has been stunned by the enthusiastic uptake of solar panels across the nation. Why? Because rapid uptake of rooftop solar power, solar hot water and energy efficiency technologies are eroding the profits of coal fired power stations, retailers and network businesses.
It’s no surprise.
A new report illustrates that zero emissions housing with tiny power bills could be achieved within ten years, mainstreaming green buildings across the community.
By Dominique Hes, University of Melbourne
8 August 2013: A new study says that all Australia’s existing housing could be retrofitted to be zero emissions within ten years. Households could halve their energy use.
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Colin Hunt, The University of Queensland
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim recently announced that the Bank would cut coal from its portfolio of investment projects.
New coal powered generation will now receive financial support only in “rare circumstances”. Gas will remain in the Bank’s investment mix but as a transitional fuel. But.
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