Australia Archives - Page 17 of 19 - Renew Economy

The curious case of Caroline, a CO2 borehole
Caroline flows pretty close to pure CO2 to service our need to fizz our drinks, among other things. And provides important lessons about CO2 storage.
Mike Sandiford

Mar 13, 2014

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Graph of the Day: Australia’s 5 million “solar heroes”
Home owners using solar power are helping reduce the wholesale cost of electricity, as well as lessening peak demand.
Sam Parkinson

Mar 10, 2014

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Dredge dumping in Great Barrier Reef initially opposed by Reef Authority
Reef Authority first opposed dredge dumping in Great Barrier Reef, then issued a permit allowing it.
Joanna Foster

Mar 4, 2014

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Green group could save the great barrier reef from dredging waste
Permit given to dump 3 million cubic metres of dredge waste onto the great barrier reef is under threat as green group files legal challenge in Brisbane.
Joanna Foster

Feb 28, 2014

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Graph of the Day: How solar can save households money
Solar industry gets big campaign funding boost, and releases graph showing how solar can bring down household costs.
Sam Parkinson

Feb 26, 2014

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Australia’s lip service at G20; our fossil fuel subsidies to increase!
Australia has committed to higher growth as part of its G20 agenda. Perhaps it should address its previous commitment to cutting fossil fuel subsidies.
Nigel Morris

Feb 24, 2014

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The global warming subsidy: the truth about Australian corporate welfare
Tony Abbott has supposably declared an end to corporate welfare. But is this really true?
David Holmes

Feb 17, 2014

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Renewables can revive manufacturing in Australia
Halting the terminal decline in manufacturing could be as simple as the government doing nothing – not watering down the RET, not abolishing the CEFC.
Dugald Murray

Feb 14, 2014

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Australia’s Energy White Paper – a prescription for poor health.
The energy white paper process is flawed. The hidden costs of health impacts are barely considered, if mentioned at all.
George Crisp

Feb 12, 2014

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Australia may lose last mainland state supportive of renewables
The last Australian mainland state openly supportive of renewable energy is likely to lose power next month. At least the likely replacement is focused on domestic energy use, because that is where key decisions will be made on solar and storage.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 7, 2014

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The problems with a ‘pipe’ limit in cutting peak load
Placing an upper limit on a household’s connection to the grid may not be as effective in reducing peak load as some suggest.
Rob Passey, Ben Noone, Muriel Watt

Jan 20, 2014

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Can one day make or break an energy source?
January 15, 2014 was the day renewable energy failed Australia, according to several media reports, including the Australian and the AFR.
Michael Mazengarb

Jan 20, 2014

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