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How EVs could save the grid – and lower energy bills
There will be a good way and a bad way to manage the roll out of electric vehicles. The latter could lead to uncontrolled rises in energy costs, the former could help reduce energy costs, and save some energy infrastructure from becoming redundant. -
The top Australian cleantech predictions for 2012
2012 will be a critical year for cleantech in Australia. Costs for many technologies are falling rapidly, but critical decisions will be made about renewable energy targets and support mechanisms. Here, the heads of Pacific Hydro, GE, Infigen Energy, Better Place, Origin, First Solar, Carnegie Wave, the Grattan Insitute, the CEC and the SEAA share their predictions. -
While you were at the beach …..
The holiday period produced a series of important reports on cleantech in Australia, including how government authorities got it completely wrong on solar, the anti-wind Coalition, how EVs could save the grid, polemics over the CEFC and Tony Abbott’s Gingrich connection. -
Reality dawns: a fortune to be made in new economy
Beneath the despair at the lack of serious global action on climate and more broadly on sustainability, there is a quiet but exciting revolution happening on the ground. While the politicians talk, the market is preparing for the inevitable failure of the old economy by starting to build a new one.
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