2015 - Page 39 of 187 - Renew Economy

Does Germany even have enough space for renewables?
New study finds Germany has physical space for roughly 50% more onshore wind capacity than it would need for 100% green electricity.
Craig Morris

Oct 14, 2015

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Australia installed another 63MW rooftop solar in September
Australians added another 12,434 rooftop solar systems in September, taking the total national installed capacity for 2015 to more than 530MW.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 13, 2015

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World’s biggest coal company to install 1 gigawatt of solar power
Coal India Limited (CIL) is reportedly planning to construct solar power projects in a number of areas of India totaling one gigawatt of capacity.
Jake Richardson

Oct 13, 2015

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Australia’s energy future could be network of renewable micro-grids
micro-grids are an obvious solution to Australia’s soaring electricity costs, where the network has to cover huge areas, at the cost of massive cross-subsidies that support it. They will be used to take whole towns off grid, but most will be linked so that they can trade.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 13, 2015

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$117bn Future Fund called out, again, for ‘willful blindness’ on climate risk
A FOI request has found Australia’s $117bn Future Fund continues to ignore climate risk, four years after another FOI search revealed its board had not raised the issue, even once.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 13, 2015

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Construction begins on huge solar tower plant for Port Augusta farm
Construction begins on CSP tower plant for Sundrop Farms – a world first use of large-scale CSP for heat, water and power to grow tomatoes in the SA desert.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 13, 2015

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Sushi and oysters may soon be meals of the past as oceans warm, acidify
The world’s oceans may soon be transformed from resilient, biodiverse environments to simple ecosystems that can no longer support basic human needs.
Sarah Keenihan

Oct 13, 2015

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New IPCC chief wants public to have better understanding of climate science
Better communication with the public one of the main goals of the new head of the UN scientific body examining climate change.
Jon Walter

Oct 13, 2015

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‘Use it or almost lose it’: SolarEdge targets Australia as key energy storage market
Israeli inverter company SolarEdge launches solar storage solution in Australia, where self-consumption ‘makes a lot of sense’.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 12, 2015

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Draft Paris agreement shows many countries still pushing for <1.5°C
The draft agreement for Paris shows still a big push for outcome that limits global warming to 1.5°C. Australia may have to dig deeper, but not for coal.
Erwin Jackson

Oct 12, 2015

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Grid neutrality: principles for tomorrow’s electricity sector
The electricity sector faces the most dramatic transformation in its history.
Greentech Media

Oct 12, 2015

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Should Australian households quit the electricity grid?
To quit the grid, or not. With battery storage, it’s a choice that households in regional areas, towns, and even in the suburbs of our major cities, are going to be able to make. Greg Hunt says it’s inevitable large numbers will quit the grid, but is it a good idea?
Giles Parkinson

Oct 12, 2015

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