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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.
Australian Federal Government CleanTech Bites Coal Governments Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
“Too late for gradual transition”: Quiggin calls for coal exit by 2030
A new research paper spells out benefits of a rapid coal phase-out and calls on governments to develop a plan for the transition.
AEMC AEMO Institutions Markets Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Fossil fuel incumbents push to delay another crucial energy market reform
Crucial National Electricity Market reforms face delays under pressure from large incumbent fossil fuel generators using Covid-19 as a cover to stymie progress.
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.
Climate Coal Renewables Rooftop PV Solar
Australian renewables nudge milestone 25% share in last 12 months
Latest report shows renewables, including rooftop solar, fell just a fraction short of a 25% share of Australia's main grid in past 12 months.
Australian Federal Government Climate Governments
Why Covid-19 may complicate efforts to reduce airline emissions
Airlines may look to backtrack from commitments to cap greenhouse emissions at 2020 levels, as industry is slammed by the impacts of Covid-19.
Australian Federal Government CleanTech Bites Climate Coal Governments
Plans to direct climate funds to coal plant upgrades rejected by panel
A powerful emissions integrity committee slaps down coal industry calls for climate funds to be used for coal power station upgrades.
CleanTech Bites
Renewables keep crunching Australia’s electricity emissions – no thanks to federal policy
Latest National Energy Emissions Audits show large-scale renewables generation – increasingly big solar – still driving steady fall in electricity sector emissions, while a thriving rooftop PV market cancels...
Australian Federal Government Coal Governments
Coal generator virtually given away by NSW to get $11m handout for repairs
Morrison government set to spend $11 million on Vales Point upgrade, but is it unfairly raising community expectations of new coal investments?
Australian Federal Government Coal Governments
Australia’s least reliable coal generators are the oldest, and the youngest
Victoria's brown-coal generators account for most outages, but the main grid's newest coal generator proves to be the least reliable with the most breakdowns.
Australian Federal Government Climate Governments
Australian bushfires drive up global emissions as economic costs mount
Australian bushfires to drive global greenhouse gas concentrations to new records, as more than half of Australians report experiencing bushfire impacts.
