Australia Archives - Page 12 of 19 - Renew Economy

Australian fossil fuel subsidies put at $5.6bn a year in new report
As Turnbull heads to Turkey’s G20 Summit, a new report reveals Australia still subsidising fossil fuel production to tune of $A5.6 billion a year.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 12, 2015

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Australia ranks 110 in world for renewables development, energy efficiency
Australia gets a ‘D’ for its backwards-looking renewable energy and grid efficiency policies in latest World Energy Council rankings.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 11, 2015

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CEFC invests another $50m to encourage car fleets to lower emissions
Clean Energy Finance Corporation puts $50m towards program making it cheaper and easier to adopt low-emissions fleet vehicles in Australia.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 10, 2015

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Churn and burn: The high price of a broken electricity market
Energy Australia’s move to send call centre jobs offshore is another example of Australia’s failed retail electricity market – and its cost to consumers.
Rob Campbell

Nov 6, 2015

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How electricity storage will help drive South Australia’s renewable transition
South Australia’s combined share of wind and solar photovoltaic energy will increase from 35 percent of generation capacity to 48 percent by April.
Timothy King

Nov 6, 2015

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Paris climate pledges promising, but still way off 2°C mark – or even 2.7°C
The Paris climate pledges may not bring the world as close to the 2°C target as we think. There is a notable absence of long term targets.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 6, 2015

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Garnaut heads energy company willing to take consumers, communities off grid
ZEN Energy, chaired by Ross Garnuat, says its focus is to help take Australian households, business, communities off-grid.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 27, 2015

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Australian rooftop solar PV cheapest in world, says IEA report
IEA says residential and commercial solar PV is cheaper in Australia than other reporting countries. And solar now accounts for 2.5% of total demand.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 26, 2015

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Government needs to get on board the energy transition
In Australia, a live debate is underway that will dramatically alter Australia’s environmental and economic future.
Matthew Rose

Oct 26, 2015

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Carnegie delivers first bottle of wave-powered desalinated water
Carnegie Wave presents first bottle of fresh water from the now fully operational desalination plant connected to its Perth Wave Energy Project.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 23, 2015

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Graph of the Day: Rooftop solar passes 4.5GW mark in Australia
Latest data from the Clean Energy Regulator on Australia’s small-scale renewable installations reveal what we already knew about the rooftop solar market.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 22, 2015

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The long-term future of Australian coal is drying up
Coal no more? The rise of renewables and climate action will spell an end to Australia’s coal industry.
Adam Lucas

Oct 22, 2015

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