Governments
Australian Federal Government
Climate
Coal
Gas
Governments
Has Joel Fitzgibbon locked Labor into a ‘go slow’ switch to renewable energy?
Labor's Joel Fitzgibbon forced the party into saying nice things about coal and gas projects - but has he locked Labor onto a 'go slow' path for renewables?
Australian Federal Government
Climate
Governments
Foreign minister refuses to ‘welcome’ zero carbon pledges, as Australia goes it alone
Australia's foreign minister refuses to 'welcome' zero carbon pledges from Japan and South Korea, says Australia will not be influenced by other countries on carbon targets.
China has set a net zero emissions target, which ultimately means the closure of the biggest coal fleet in the world. China coal expert Ryna Yiyun Cui from the...
Renewables
Tasmanian Government
Wind
Final turbine completed at Tasmania’s Granville Harbour wind farm
Last of 31 turbines completed at Tasmania’s 112MW Granville Harbour wind farm, a project that promises to deliver a one-third increase to state’s total wind power capacity.
Australian Federal Government
Climate
Coal
Governments
Keith Pitt
Markets
People
Federal ministers urge boycott of major bank proposing climate risk in lending decisions
ANZ evokes a frenzied response from Coalition ministers for suggesting its largest customers should probably start preparing for a transition to zero emissions.
Australian Federal Government
CleanTech Bites
Governments
Renewables
Solar
South Australian Government
Wind
South Australia names hydrogen hubs to foster “epic” growth in wind and solar
South Australia Liberal government unveils details of hydrogen plan, including new green hydrogen hubs that could support more than 12GW of new wind and solar capacity.
China
CleanTech Bites
Coal
Graphs
India
Scott Morrison
Morrison in denial as South Korea’s net zero target adds to Australia’s carbon export woes
South Korea's new net zero target adds to a drumbeat of death knells for Australia's coal exports.
Australian Federal Government
Governments
People
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Scott Morrison
Solar
UNSW
UNSW ‘green’ thin-film solar researcher awarded PM’s prize for science
UNSW solar researcher takes out a PM’s prize for science, for work on sustainable thin film solar cells.
Battery
Governments
Renewables
Storage
How high-cost foreign debt sunk an Australian lithium mining asset
The failure of a lithium mining company highlights why it's time Australia took a strategic interest via a Sovereign Wealth Fund for battery metal mining.
Australian Federal Government
Governments
NSW Government
Renewables
Solar
Matt Kean: Conservatives should embrace wind and solar, not fight it
Matt Kean delivers passionate rebuke of claims that his support for climate action and clean energy is inconsistent with conservative politics.
