Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Ingeteam to supply its technology for the largest solar farm in Australia
Ingeteam has signed a supply contract with Green Light Contractors Pty Ltd. (subsidiary of Elecnor S.A.) for what is set to be, once completed, the largest solar farm in Australia.
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Iron ore giant Fortescue aims for green, coal-free steel by 2040 in new net zero target
Fortescue aims for zero emissions steel production by 2040 as part of a new net zero scope-3 emissions target.
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Crunch time for baseload coal as rooftop solar sends demand to record lows
Rooftop solar sends operational demand on Australia’s main grid below 14GW for the first time, crunching the market opportunity for coal.
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Transcript: Energy Transformed Podcast: Can batteries take charge of the grid?
Energy Transformed is a short podcast series brought to you from the team at Ashurst and RenewEconomy.
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Electrify everything and go renewable. Turns out it’s much cheaper than thought
A fully electrified home powered by renewables will need less than 40% of the energy of its fossil-fueled counterpart. And save thousands.
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Did Matt Kean’s Tesla diplomacy really work on Perrottet? We’re about to find out
Updated: Matt Kean and his Tesla have done a wonderful job in convincing Dominic Perrottet to go green. But will the ideas stick now he is Premier?
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The fossil fuel industry’s CCS offsets scheme is aggressively absurd
The fossil fuel industry has won a fight to enable the granting of offset certificates to carbon capture projects. It’s so much worse than it sounds.
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South Australia sets stunning new record, solar meets 106 pct of demand
Solar meets up to 106.1 pct of state demand in South Australia on Saturday morning, and later in the day rooftop solar alone reached 88.7 pct.
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Taylor granted extra portfolios, to be supported by former IPA climate policy chief
Taylor gets extra ministerial responsibilities, and former IPA policy director Tim Wilson appointed assistant minister for energy and emissions reduction.
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Energy Insiders Podcast: Europe’s gas crisis
Gerard Reid on Europe’s gas crisis, and NSW plans to replace coal with renewables.
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Morrison government to reward CCS projects with lucrative credits in ERF revamp
Taylor to reward carbon capture projects with potentially lucrative offset credits, channelling more subsidies to the controversial technology.
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Regulatory madness promotes dirty diesel over renewable mini grid at Broken Hill
Transgrid may be forced to buy a pair of ageing, dirty diesel generators – rather than investing in a world-leading renewable micro-grid – due to Australia’s regulatory regime.
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