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As United States looks to coal, China invests in renewable energy
By E.A Crunden on 27 April 2018
At least one country is rising to the occasion.
Tag: "renewables"
Households can hold grid together when big coal units fail
By Mike Leonard on 24 April 2018
Last week, Australia’s largest generation unit tripped, sending frequency out of its normal band. What happened next explains why the smart grid has arrived.
NEG high level design document at a glance
By Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath on 13 April 2018
Highlights from the high level NEG document distributed to COAG energy ministers ahead of next Friday’s meeting.
Energy market tipping point is coming, and fast
By Kasnish Shah & Tim Buckley on 27 February 2018
Utilities’ shift to renewables will accelerate as prices fall further, compounded by tech improvements, cheap financing, and the proliferation of clean-energy policies.
Tesla battery + solar now “significantly cheaper” than grid power
By Bruce Mountain on 20 February 2018
Just 14 months ago, the writing was on the wall for grid-only electricity supply. Turns out the gap between grid only and PV+battery+grid is growing much more quickly than we imagined.
World’s first floating wind farm performing better than expected
By Joshua S Hill on 20 February 2018
Hewing Scotland, the world’s first floating wind farm, operating at a capacity factor of 65 per cent in first three months.
Tamil Nadu is India’s model for low-cost renewables
By Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis on 8 February 2018
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu capable of doubling its wind energy capacity by 2027 and increasing its solar capacity six-fold.
Climate • Coal • Governments • India • Other Good Stuff • Renewables
SolarReserve still falling short at flagship solar tower project
By David Leitch on 8 February 2018
SolarReserve’s flagship solar tower and storage project is still falling short of design targets. Does it deserve public money?
Germany to set end date for coal power in 2019
By Kerstine Appunn Benjamin Wehrmann and Julian Wettengel on 8 February 2018
A commission will decide the timeline for phasing out coal, under a coalition deal agreed between social democrats and Angela Merkel’s conservatives
Cape Town is almost out of water. Could Australian cities suffer same fate?
By Ian Wright on 7 February 2018
With water storages running low, residents of Cape Town get drinking water in the early morning from a mountain spring collection point.
A Snow(y) job: He who pays the piper calls the tune
By David Leitch on 6 February 2018
One of our main immediate criticisms of Snowy Hydro’s latest paper is its assumption that Snowy 2.0 is the only pumped hydro project capable of being developed in Australia.
