renewables
Sophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.
Two EV owners in Tasmania pushing boundaries of off-grid living, powering not only their home in pristine southern Tasmania but also their EVs from the sun and their own...
Australian Federal Government
Coal
Governments
Renewables
Solar
Wind
Record growth in rooftop solar pushing coal out of Australia market
Rooftop solar continues to drive coal out of the electricity market, as renewables surge to new record levels in Australia.
Angus Taylor
Australian Federal Government
Governments
People
Renewables
ARENA told to strengthen processes, as decisions on future loom
ARENA told to tighten up evaluation processes as audit office hands down review of the agency's funding for clean tech research and development.
Continued investment in renewable energy projects sees renewables sector deliver some of the strongest wages growth in Australia.
S&P analysts finds renewables industry has become a mature market, but installs will need to be double BAU by 2040 to meet 2 degrees warming limit.
CleanTech Bites
Podcasts
Renewables
Energy Insiders Podcast: Ross Garnaut and why Australia can be a renewable superpower
Ross Garnaut on why Australia can reach 100 per cent renewables in little more than a decade, and then go further and be a renewable superpower.
Australian Federal Government
Governments
Renewables
Wind
Did anti-wind ideology cause Coalition to ban Lord Howe Island turbines?
New documents reveal that then environment minister Josh Frydenberg went against department advice when he decided to block two wind turbines on Lord Howe Island.
Australian Federal Government
Battery
Governments
Renewables
Smart Energy
Storage
CEFC looks to energy storage, grid stability, after record spend on renewables
Clean Energy Finance Corp tipped record $1.3bn into renewable energy in FY19, says focus in 2019-20 will be on "important new frontier" of storage and grid stability.
Governments
micro-grids
Northern Territory Government
Renewables
Smart Energy
Solar
Why the NT should choose 100% renewables, instead of fracked gas
The Northern Territory is at a crossroads. It can go down the dead-end street of gas fracking, or become Australia’s first renewable-driven economy.
Governments
Renewables
Synergy
Utilities
Western Australian Government
Synergy caught between high gas costs and falling renewable prices
WA Government owned Synergy has forecast substantial losses as the emergence of cheap renewables squeezes its coal and gas heavy fleet out of the market.
