How to understand Australia’s new energy mess
On August 14, a clear majority of the federal Coalition party room endorsed the National Energy Guarantee being promoted by then Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg. Designed by the nation’s top energy regulators, the NEG was […]
Australia on target for 50% renewable power by 2025
Australia’s renewable energy sector appears to be bucking the trend of the political sphere and finding success through the market, as stalled efforts to bring energy policy through parliament did not dampen sector growth. A […]
Victoria’s renewable energy boom set to create thousands of jobs
The renewable energy construction boom in Victoria is on track to create more than 6,000 annual jobs, according to a new analysis. As of August 2018, large-scale wind and solar projects under construction in Victoria […]
Renewable energy gets set to outsmart coal
When Dr Glenn Platt studied electrical engineering at university two decades ago, it’s fair to say that his area of study – renewable energy – did not put him in the cool crowd. He is […]
Australian renewable energy potential ‘untapped’
Falling technology costs for renewable energy and the closure of the oldest coal-fired power plants has accelerated the country’s uptake of wind and solar energy, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). But Australia’s National […]
Renewable Energy Capacity to Exceed Impossible Target
Australia’s renewable energy capacity is set to exceed a target the Federal Government said was impossible to reach by 2020, according to new research from Green Energy Markets. In its quarterly Renewable Energy Index, GEM […]
Wind Farm Open Day
On Sunday 21 October, nine wind farms around Australia will be throwing open their gates to the public for a range of fun and informative open day events. Wind energy is playing a major part […]
How government inaction fuelled Australia’s renewable energy boom
Another report, another plan and yet still, we are as far from political consensus over energy and the environment as ever. After the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released the findings of its long-running review […]
Sanjeev Gupta: $1B South Australia Renewable Energy Plan Will Mean Cheaper Power
Billionaire UK industrialist Sanjeev Gupta has launched a $1bn, one-gigawatt renewable energy plan based in South Australia’s mid-north that he says will lead Australian industry’s transition to more competitive power. In the first of a […]
Tracking sub-Saharan Africa’s Distributed Energy Networks
Tracking sub-Saharan Africa’s
Distributed Energy Networks