2015 - Page 18 of 187 - Renew Economy

What will the Energiewende cost?
The good news is that German government’s current renewable goals will be affordable. The bad news is that 100% renewable energy is less so.
Craig Morris

Nov 20, 2015

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Other Good Stuff

Solar stocks continue to plummet in a ‘bizarre confluence of contradictory events’
SunEdison shares are down 85%, and other stocks are being hit. Experts warn of a growing disconnect in the market.
Julia Pyper

Nov 20, 2015

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Global tipping point: The beginning of the end of coal
Regulatory risk and growing competition from wind, solar and natural gas is creating a global tipping point for coal.
Fergus Green

Nov 20, 2015

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Trustpower cuts value of biggest South Australia wind farm due to lower output
Trustpower cuts value of biggest wind farm in South Australia because output is nearly 10 per cent below expectations.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 19, 2015

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Victorian Government

Victoria looks beyond brown coal to renewable energy future
Victoria’s Labor government has announced a wholesale review of the brown coal industry, as energy minister Lily D’Ambrosia confirms the state’s need to look to new and clean energy technologies, and the jobs of the future.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 19, 2015

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Farewell to brown coal without tears: how to shut high-emitting power stations
Even with increasing amounts of renewables, and more power capacity than we need in the network, brown coal power stations are still running.
Frank Jotzo and Salim Mazouz

Nov 19, 2015

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Commonwealth Bank backs Carnegie Wave Energy with $21m loan facility
Carnegie Wave secures Australia’s first commercial loan to wave energy sector – $21m loan facility with Commonwealth Bank.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 19, 2015

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What’s next, a Senate inquiry into infrasound from trees, waves or air conditioners?
At the centre of claims about wind farms allegedly causing health problems is the infrasound that wind turbines generate as they turn in the wind.
Simon Chapman

Nov 19, 2015

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The IEA’s climate-friendly scenario spells doom for coal
Global coal industry is set for rapid fall by 2040, according to IEA’s most climate-friendly scenario in the World Energy Outlook 2015.
Bob Burton

Nov 19, 2015

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UK to phase out all coal plants by 2025, but snubs wind and solar
All British coal power plants will be taken offline by 2025, but the 28% power gap they leave behind will mostly be filled by gas and nuclear.
Ian Clover

Nov 19, 2015

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Lazard: Energy storage sector at “inflection point” as costs fall
Lazard says energy storage competitive in some grid applications without subsidies, but with big cost falls to come. Value of storage will increase quickly.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 18, 2015

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Wind and solar beating conventional fuels on costs – Lazard
New cost analysis from US investment bank Lazard show wind and solar generation far cheaper than conventional technologies such as coal, gas and nuclear, and delivering much cheaper carbon abatement.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 18, 2015

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