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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.
Climate negligence, inertia risking investor trillions
Latest Global Climate Index shows nearly half of world’s biggest investment funds – some in Australia – failing to protect portfolios from climate change.
Sophie Vorrath
Apr 27, 2015
3
CleanTech Bites
Qld govt approves Tablelands wind farm, locals threaten legal action
Local anti-wind group ATWA to fight Qld Labor’s approval of 63-turbine, 225MW Mt Emerald wind farm planned for Far North Queensland.
Sophie Vorrath
Apr 27, 2015
12
Graph of the Day: Renewables 75% of new US capacity Q1, coal 0%
Renewables wind, solar, geothermal, hydropower provided over 75% of America’s 1.2GW new generating capacity in Q1 2015. Coal, oil and nuclear, nothing.
Sophie Vorrath
Apr 24, 2015
3
Fossil fuels must face up to ‘black swan moment’
Fossil fuel companies should be factoring in the risk of a climate change-driven ‘black swan event’ – such as the sudden and complete transformation of the global energy market, or a decision to cap global emissions – as part of their basic business strategy, a new report has found.
Sophie Vorrath
Apr 23, 2015
1
Video of the Day: Using solar to sell cars
Peugeot has become the latest company to use Spain’s Gemasolar concentrating solar thermal plant as the backdrop to an advertising campaign.
Sophie Vorrath
Apr 23, 2015
5
‘Leave it in the ground’: The stark message for coal
Coal, the favourite commodity of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, is having a bad week. A new report says 90 per cent of Australia’s reserves should stay in the ground if climate targets are to be met.
Sophie Vorrath
Apr 23, 2015
4
Alinta says Port August coal to shut by 2030, but it has no plan B
Alinta Energy has confirmed that its two ageing coal-fired power stations in Port Augusta will be shut down by 2030, with no plans yet to replace them.
Sophie Vorrath
Apr 22, 2015
5
Community ‘revolving loan’ model delivers 35kW rooftop solar
A funding model based on ‘revolving loans’ has helped develop 35kW of community solar projects around Australia.
Sophie Vorrath
Apr 22, 2015
3
Network gold-plating confirmed, as Senate report slammed as ‘gutless’
Senate inquiry labelled ‘gutless’ after confirming network ‘gold plating’ had inflated power prices, offering little insight on how to fix the problem.
Sophie Vorrath
Apr 21, 2015
3
Updated Solar Map tracks output from 5500 PV systems Australia-wide
The solar output from more than 5500 distributed PV systems across Australia can now be monitored in real time after the launch of APVI’s updated solar mapping service.
Sophie Vorrath
Apr 21, 2015
1
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