extreme weather Archives - Renew Economy

Solar

As giant hailstones hit the Sunshine state, solar industry looks to new tech to protect against wild storms
As giant hailstones hit Queensland, solar panel makers, tracker companies, and forecasters are rolling out new tech to deal with bigger, more common storms.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 3, 2025

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Renewables

Fossil grid smashed by year of weather extremes, as renewables look smarter than ever
By speeding up the shift to distributed solar and wind, networks can protect against major outages caused by future “inland tsunamis” and record heatwaves.
Rachel Williamson

Mar 15, 2023

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Policy & Planning

Morrison refuses to discuss climate change as Tasmania burns, Townsville floods
After a particularly harsh summer of extremes, climate change is emerging as a key battleground in the upcoming election. But our PM doesn’t want to talk about it.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 5, 2019

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Markets

Why did Hurricane Irma leave so many in the dark?
Extreme weather presents many threats to electricity systems – particularly on centralised grids, where outages can ripple down the line. But can we do better?
Julie McNamara

Sep 15, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Why 2℃ of global warming is much worse for Australia than 1.5℃
With 2℃ of global warming, the stifling heat of January 2013 would be the norm for Australia.
Andrew King Ben Henley and David Karoly

May 16, 2017

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Policy & Planning

The winter of blazing discontent continues in the Arctic
Weird. Strange. Extreme. Unprecedented. These are some of the words that describe what’s been happening in the Arctic over the past year.
Brian Kahn

Feb 7, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

When the heat is on, we need plans to keep cities cool
Climate change means Australian cities are facing more heat waves, but not all strategies to keep us cool are created equal.
Mathew Lipson & Melissa Hart

Jan 30, 2017

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Policy & Planning

The Arctic is a seriously weird and scary place right now
Intense warmth in both the air and oceans is driving the mini-meltdown at a time when Arctic sea ice should be rapidly growing.
Brian Kahn

Nov 23, 2016

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Policy & Planning

2016 will be hottest year, UN climate meeting told
2016 is set to be the hottest year on record by a significant margin, with temperatures that are 1.2˚C above pre-industrial times.
Andrea Thompson

Nov 15, 2016

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Policy & Planning

State of the Climate 2015: global warming and El Niño sent records tumbling
The world saw many other unwanted records tumble in 2015, providing ever more evidence for the effect humans are having on climate.
Andrew King and Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick

Aug 5, 2016

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What we’re reading: 5 Tweets about extreme heat, one on Australian coal
As NSW Liberals call for public debates about climate change, the rest of Australia Tweets about record March temps.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 9, 2016

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The forgotten U.N. climate goal: 1.5°C
Delegates representing island states will be pushing for the formal adoption of a long-overlooked goal, one that limits warming to less than 1.5°C.
John Upton

Nov 20, 2015

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