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Made in Australia: Bringing local solar technology home
Chromasun is seeking to defy Australia’s solar drain and bring a locally-developed technology back home – with the ultimate goal of establishing a manufacturing base for hybrid rooftop concentrators that could provide greenhouse neutral energy independence for homes and industrial facilities. -
Interview: Jillian Broadbent on the CEFC
In an interview shortly after the launch of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the chair of the experts panel discusses the investment mandate, the potential to leverage $50 billion in private investment, the risk of failures, and opposition to the concept. -
CEFC: quick take on the key recommendations
The Broadbent review into the Clean Energy Finance Corporation recommends a flexible approach to financing. Sees more loans rather than equity investment, flexibility on the targets of the two key investment streams, and suggests that generation projects qualify for inclusion in the RET. -
Milne interview: Time for progressive industry to stand up
Christine Milne on an economic vision that goes beyond the mining boom, and on why progressive business needs to stand up to likes of ACCI, the BCA and the IAG; her fears that the investment mandate for the Clean Energy Finance Corp may be too conservative, and the fate of this and other key legislation. -
Six (crazy) things we learned this week …
German nuclear giants finally embrace solar; Europe opts for super grids, while India punts for no grid at all; NSW leads Conservative fight-back against energy aliens; the great big subsidy battle; the coal industry seeks sympathy by comparing itself to a mass murderer; and a magic paint to protect against smart meter syndrome.
