2014 - Page 122 of 181 - Renew Economy

Is 3,000 MW of new Nigeria solar power a model to end energy poverty?
Nigeria has signed a series of agreements to develop and operate 3,000 MW of utility-scale solar photovoltaic power plants over the next five years.
Silvio Marcacci

May 15, 2014

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Is Hector the Lump of Coal the world’s most inappropriate mascot for kids?
Is Hector the Lump of Coal really the right mascot to talk to kids about the arts, dental hygiene, bullying, and sun safety?
Graham Readfearn

May 15, 2014

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Great barriers: Reefs first line of coastal defence
Reefs are a first line of defence for coastal communities for storm surge protection, as well as more efficient and cost effective than building sea walls.
Brian Kahn

May 15, 2014

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Billions axed in clean energy: renewable target is next
Billions of dollars of broken promises in the Abbott government’s first budget for low-emission and renewable energy programs. RET next.
Alan Pears

May 14, 2014

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Budget shenanigans highlight risks of Emissions Reduction Fund
The Coalition’s unfolding fiscal drama highlights risk of putting Australia’s emissions reductions at the whim of the annual budget arm-wrestle.
John Connor

May 14, 2014

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AGL chief Michael Fraser to step down in 2015
AGL’s Michael Fraser – CEO of the only major utility chief to actively support renewable energy in Australia – says time is right to step down.
Sophie Vorrath

May 14, 2014

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CleanTech Bites

Tindo wins push for probe into dumping of cheap Chinese solar panels
Australian PV maker Tindo Solar welcomes investigation into the import of cheap Chinese panels and its effect on local market.
Sophie Vorrath

May 14, 2014

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The death throes of the Australian coal industry’s CCS dream
The coal industry’s dream of open-ended taxpayer funding of an expensive techno-fix for emissions from burning coal is over.
Bob Burton

May 14, 2014

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Leading Australian banker calls for green bonds to protect environment
Leading Australian banker Mark Burrows argue for green bonds to be deployed to help protect the environment.
Sean Kidney

May 14, 2014

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$450m Snowtown 2 wind farm to open ahead of schedule
TrustPower says 270MW Snowtown wind farm to open ahead of schedule, but 2,500MW of wind projects will depend on RET review.
Sophie Vorrath

May 14, 2014

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Other Good Stuff

Not so much a budget, as a settling of old scores
The budget’s destruction of ARENA – and other components of Clean Energy Future package – are spiteful acts of revenge from right wing denied power in 2010.
Giles Parkinson

May 14, 2014

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El Hierro to be first island powered exclusively by wind & water
El Hierro (one of Spain’s Canary Islands off the coast of Africa) will become the first in the world to be fully powered by wind and water.
Nicholas Brown

May 14, 2014

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