Australian Federal Government Archives - Page 7 of 293 - Renew Economy

Transgrid hands out multi-billion dollar contracts for controversial HumeLink build
Transgrid names winners of nearly $3 billion worth of contracts for HumeLink, where work is going ahead in the face of community criticism and ahead of final project approvals.
Rachel Williamson

Dec 4, 2023

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Australia signs up to COP pledge to triple renewables by 2030, double efficiency
Australia and 117 other countries sign pledge at COP28 to triple renewables by 2030 and double energy efficiency.
AAP

Dec 3, 2023

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Storage

Do we really need Eraring when we’ll have more big batteries by 2026?
There will be enough wind, solar and battery storage to fill up the Eraring sized hole in the grid. But will NSW Labor be governed by the dictates of radio shock jocks and newspaper headlines?
Tristan Edis

Dec 1, 2023

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Policy & Planning

“Time is running out:” Climate Authority says Australia going too slow on emission cuts
Australia is going too slow on emissions, climate authority says, while Bowen admits targets were well off track without the newly announced Capacity Investment Scheme expansion.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 30, 2023

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Renewables

How the Capacity Investment Scheme can build a better system for First Nations
The federal government must help deliver an inclusive clean energy transition by embedding First Nations outcomes into its auction process.
Jonathan Kneebone

Nov 29, 2023

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Featured

Lots of talk, not enough action: Wind, solar and storage projects stalled at starting gate
The promises, plans and targets of state and federal governments and ambitious developers for wind, solar and storage are not being reflected on the ground. Something must be missing.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 29, 2023

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Policy & Planning

Australia in the dark on its own fossil fuel emissions, says Superpower Institute
SuperPower Institute says Australia has little idea of the extent of its fossil fuel emissions and wants to create a state-of-the-art data network.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 28, 2023

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Policy & Planning

Why we need a fossil fuel non proliferation treaty
The Australian government has mastered the contradictory dance of committing to net zero while also approving new coal, oil and gas projects. It has to stop.
Rob Law

Nov 28, 2023

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Why we need to fight for the “community” in community batteries
Community batteries are everyone’s favourite whipping boy at the moment, but a trial at Narrabri shows that its the parameters that need to change, not the technology.
Sally Hunter

Nov 28, 2023

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Case for gas as transition fuel falling apart on both economic and environmental costs
Australia’s biggest gas projects have cost shareholders $US19bn and the methane emissions are on par with coal, studies show.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 27, 2023

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Energy Insiders Podcast: Bowen’s capacity scheme, and NSW’s “free” batteries
Brad Hopkins, from AEMO Services, discusses the successful battery storage tender in NSW that could serve as a blueprint for Chris Bowen’s massive 32 GW capacity scheme.
Energy Insiders Podcast

Nov 24, 2023

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Coal

Bowen capacity plan means a power shift from big utilities, but will there be enough wind?
Bowen’s grand capacity scheme may loosen the big utilities’ stranglehold over the energy market, but will there be enough wind projects to meet the target?
Giles Parkinson

Nov 24, 2023

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