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Sophie Vorrath
Sophie is editor of
One Step Off The Grid
and deputy editor of its sister site,
Renew Economy
. She is the co-host of the
Solar Insiders Podcast.
Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.
Australia still subsidising fossil fuels at rate of $1,712 per person a year
IMF says fossil fuels subsidy reform ‘urgent as ever’, with countries like Australia still paying $1000+ per capita for them.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 5, 2015
51
Queensland mega-coal mine approval overturned by Federal Court
Federal Court rules environment minister Greg Hunt failed to properly assess environmental impacts of proposed Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 5, 2015
9
Vector offers free solar + Tesla storage systems to NZ consumers
NZ network operator launches campaign to give free 3kW solar systems with Tesla Powerwall batteries to 130 households, community groups and schools.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 4, 2015
4
Senate wind report slammed as ‘reckless’, ‘biased’ attack on renewables
Senate wind inquiry final report slammed as biased and reckless as it recommends national noise standards, strict limits to REC access.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 4, 2015
22
Carnegie Wave wins £2m grant towards development of UK CETO project
Carnegie Wave Energy wins £2m grant from Scottish govt to develop wave energy power conversion system to connect its first UK CETO project to the grid.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 3, 2015
0
Energy storage ‘megashift’ ahead, battery costs set to fall 60% by 2020
Report predicts energy storage turning point, led in Australia by solar households and off-grid projects, as battery prices plunge.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 3, 2015
11
Direct Action a damp squib – will not touch Australia’s top 20 polluters
As Obama administration moves ahead with even tougher pollution controls for US power sector, a new report reveals Australia’s top 20 polluters – including its dirtiest coal power plants – will be unaffected by Coalition’s Direct Action policy.
Sophie Vorrath
Aug 3, 2015
3
Sugar vs solar: Qld govt weighs in on legal challenge to solar farm
Legal challenge by sugar miller against the development of one of Australia’s biggest solar farms in Clare, Qld, could be ‘called in’ by state govt.
Sophie Vorrath
Jul 31, 2015
23
Latest anti-wind push by Senators called a ‘political stitch-up’
CEC slams calls from anti-wind senators to cut subsidies back even further, make them conditional on adherence to federal ‘infrasound’ laws.
Sophie Vorrath
Jul 31, 2015
19
Tesla Model X set to arrive in Australia 2016, as orders open
Australian drivers can now order a Telsa Model X, with the long-awaited all-electric SUV with ‘falcon-wing’ doors due to arrive on Australian roads in 2016.
Sophie Vorrath
Jul 30, 2015
18
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