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The end of growth: China leads the way
In the second of a three-part series, we look at how how China is hitting the limits of economic growth faster and harder than any other country. Little wonder that they are aggressively pursuing clean technology and other measures to reduce the impacts on the environment and to respond to a limited resource supply. -
Why we need a big green bank for low carbon transition
Australia will not go it alone if it deploys the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The biggest cleantech investors in the world, China, US, Germany and Brazil, are using such institutions with even bigger budgets to underwrite their transition to a low carbon economy. -
A smart grid and seven clean energy sources
The Grattan Institute’s study into Australia’s energy future canvasses seven technologies that could help deliver an 80 per cent reduction in emissions by 2050 – wind, solar PV, solar thermal, geothermal, CCS, nuclear and bio-energy. And then there is the grid, and it’s need to be smart and play fair, and not just favour the incumbent coal and gas plants.
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