News & Commentary
Climate
News & Commentary
one step
Renewables
Smart Energy
Buildings must now eliminate gas to qualify for top Green Star ratings
Green Building Council of Australia now requires buildings to be completely fossil fuel free and 100% renewable powered to gain the highest possible 6 Green Star rating.
Battery
Governments
Local Government
News & Commentary
Solar
Storage
Solar and battery “microgrid” approved for development by Gold Coast Council
Local government approves 33MW Gilberton solar and battery farm, with hopes it will attract high-tech, low carbon industries to the northern Gold Coast.
News & Commentary
Renewables
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Wind
Danish research shows “almost no birds” die in collisions with wind turbines
A multi-year scientific study in Denmark has concluded that birds are quite good at avoiding wind turbine blades, and so "almost no birds die in collisions."
Climate
Coal
Gas
Markets
News & Commentary
Oil
Oil and gas destined to become the new coal as big investors retreat
New report from IEEFA finds a brewing storm of major financial institutions divesting from Arctic and oil sand drilling signals a dark future for oil and gas.
Markets
News & Commentary
Renewables
Solar
Wind
Infrastructure Capital joins Engie in major renewables investment push
Infrastructure Capital Group acquires 75% share in major solar and wind investment platform with French renewables giant Engie and Japanese trading house Mitsui.
Governments
News & Commentary
one step
Queensland Government
Rooftop PV
Solar
How “flexible exports” could convince more big energy users to install rooftop solar
An Energy Queensland network trial focusing on accommodating more, and smarter commercial solar has quietly shown the way on how it may work for consumers.
Battery
micro-grids
News & Commentary
one step
Renewables
Smart Energy
Solar
Storage
Solar and battery microgrid completed at Granny Smith gold mine
Ground-breaking solar, battery and gas microgrid built to power remote W.A. gold mine is complete and cutting fossil fuel consumption by up to 13%.
Markets
News & Commentary
Smart Energy
Rollercoaster ride for energy efficiency markets as Covid wreaks havoc
Energy efficiency markets volatile as proposed scheme changes and Covid-19 wreak havoc.
Australian Federal Government
Electric Vehicles
Governments
News & Commentary
Smart Energy
Can we dig it? How electrification will drive Australia’s next economic boom
With a massive, Covid-sized hole in Treasury's pocket, there has never been a better time for Australia to hitch its wagon to the fast flowing currents of electrification.
Hydrogen
Markets
News & Commentary
Renewables
Smart Energy
Storage
Hydrogen vs electrification: Why ENA’s Gas Vision is a house of cards
Energy Networks Australia's Gas Vision 2050 update study claims net-zero emissions can be reached with hydrogen at half the cost of electrification. But it's a fragile claim.
