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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.3 -
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. -
Subsidy-free Big Solar, coming sooner than you think
As panels are installed on Australia’s first utility-scale PV plant, First Solar says rapidly falling costs means grants-free solar farms should be reality in WA within two years. Meanwhile, two German firms plan massive solar farms in Spain without subsidies, and its two biggest nuclear power groups finally embrace solar. -
New CEC chief says households key to green energy
The new head of the Clean Energy Council will focus on energy efficiency, distributed generation and community engagement. And he talks about Australia’s place in the renewable world, bipartisan politics (or the lack of), the importance of complementary measures, the influence of large energy companies, BIPV, CCS and nuclear. -
Horizon finds a smart way to price a solar tariff
WA utility Horizon Power has become the first in Australia to offer differentiated solar tariffs to customers in varying locations. If energy utilities adopted the same policy in the eastern states, they could defer, or even avoid, costly upgrades to networks.
