Governments Archives - Page 11 of 573 - Renew Economy

Air storage pioneer inks first of its kind deal to keep lights on in Australia’s Silver City
Hydrostor signs “first of its kind” deal for its compressed air storage technology to be used as an emergency backstop to keep the lights on in Broken Hill.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 8, 2023

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Reece Whitby named minister “to spearhead” W.A.’s clean energy transition
Former journalist Reece Whitby named new energy minister in Western Australia, adding to his climate change and environment portfolios.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 7, 2023

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Renewables

Anti-renewables hypocrisy will not save koalas
Politicians and conservative media commentators drumming up anti-renewables sentiment in the guise of protecting biodiversity and koala habitat is blatant hypocrisy.
Stephanie Gray

Dec 7, 2023

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Policy & Planning

The new face of old-fashioned climate change denial
Australia’s government isn’t so gauche as to deny climate change out loud at a COP meeting. But it does support fossil fuel expansion completely at odds with the science.
Stephen Long

Dec 7, 2023

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Another dud Snowy Hydro project, squandering over $1.5bn of taxpayers’ money
Snowy Hydro’s Hunter Power Project has kept a low profile compared to Snowy 2.0 – but it has a strikingly similar list of troubles sending it over budget and off schedule.
Ted Woodley

Dec 6, 2023

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Policy & Planning

Australian carbon credits have another credibility problem: This time from landfill gas
Integrity issues have arisen with landfill gas projects because baselines have been set too low – and do not properly account for two drivers of methane combustion.
Andrew Macintosh & Don Butler

Dec 5, 2023

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War-torn Ukraine signs deal to build second stage of its largest wind farm
Wind giant Vestas signs deal on sidelines of COP28 conference to build a second phase of the biggest wind project in Ukraine.
Joshua S Hill

Dec 5, 2023

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Fossil fuel giants play home ground advantage as climate COP despairs about 1.5°C
COP host says abandoning fossil fuels will send us back to caves, Exxon flies in to boost CCS, NZ does a back flip on oil and gas exploration, and Forrest’s green ammonia push blocked at the port.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 4, 2023

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Time to bring hydrogen hype down to earth and focus on three possible industries
Forget about cars and homes, Australia’s hydrogen strategy should focus on ammonia manufacturing, high-temperature alumina processing, and green iron production.
Alison Reeve & Tony Wood

Dec 4, 2023

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Coal

W.A. to spend $220 million to keep failed coal mine on line till 2026
W.A. government to spend $220 million to ensure failed coal mine stays open long enough to build replacement wind, solar and battery storage capacity.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 3, 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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Looming gas supply shortfall could be eradicated by electrification and energy efficiency
New report finds residential gas use could decrease to zero by 2042, and industrial gas use by 63%.
Anne Delaney

Dec 3, 2023

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