Resource Efficiency Archives - Page 15 of 26 - Renew Economy

Electricity mapping tool to boost renewables, stop gold-plating
‘Network opportunity maps’ to highlight areas where demand management and renewables can address electricity constraint, rather than more poles and wires.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 5, 2014

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Solar train stations in Victoria save up to 30% on power
Five Victorian train stations built or upgraded for state government’s Regional Rail Link project use 100+ solar panels to provide power and hot water.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 27, 2014

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Australia’s first corporate green bond released by Stockland
Property developer Stockland has launched Australia’s first green bond from a company – a $431 million issuance to raise funds for green building projects.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 27, 2014

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Coal generates just 1.2% of Qld jobs – not 13%
Despite fossil fuel spin about coal’s economic importance, report finds more Queenslanders work in Arts and Recreation than in the coal industry.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 17, 2014

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Solar PV at 40c/W? SunEdison claims world’s cheapest solar
SunEdison says polysilicon breakthrough will slash costs of module production, and enable solar power to become the lowest cost energy solution.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 2, 2014

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ACT energy efficiency scheme saving households $1,600 a year
Review of ACT’s Energy Efficiency Improvement Scheme finds it cuts equivalent of 237,908 tonnes of CO2, saves participating households $1,600.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 19, 2014

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Welcome to zero waste world – the new circular economy
Inspired by nature, a circular economy aspires not merely to limit waste but to eliminate the very idea of waste: Everything, at the end of its life, should be made into something else.
Marc Gunther

Aug 21, 2014

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ACT govt releases plan to go carbon neutral by 2020
ACT government releases framework for carbon neutrality in own operations by 2020, ahead of plans for whole of Canberra to be carbon neutral by 2060.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 20, 2014

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Victorian govt failing workers in traditional and emerging industries
Having failed to support manufacturing, Victoria is now discouraging two of the fastest growing new industries – renewable energy and energy efficiency.
Mark Wakeham

Aug 5, 2014

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Most Australian businesses don’t recycle, don’t care: study
New study finds that 80% of Australian companies have no green policy in place and don’t care enough to recycle waste when possible.
Emma Fitzpatrick

Aug 4, 2014

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Energy policies turned Fukushima into a loss for Japan and a win for Germany
Japan has nine times Germany’s renewable energy resources, but produces nine times less electricity from renewables. That’s because Japan’s government allows utility monopolies to protect their profits by blocking competitors.
Amory B Lovins

Jul 9, 2014

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Off-grid, clean energy access market valued at $12bn
Fastest, cheapest, and most effective means of ending energy poverty is CES4all – and it’s going to create a $12 billion annual industry by 2030.
Vrinda Manglik

Jul 1, 2014

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