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WEBEnergy Efficiency. Minimum energy standards urgently needed for space heaters, hot water systems and cooktops. Australians are installing inefficient gas and electric appliances that will lock in $3.4 billion every year of unnecessary energy costs. New legislation is needed so Australians can make informed decisions about buying new appliances.
Australia lays ground for reaching 100 pct renewables with new ...
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Australia lays ground for reaching 100 pct renewables with new engineering roadmap. At 1.30pm on December 31 last year, distributed solar – mostly PV mounted on rooftops – achieved a ...
RenewEconomy unveils interactive maps of Australia’s big wind …
WEBMay 31, 2021 · RenewEconomy has on Monday unveiled two new interactive maps that focus on the country’s large scale wind farms and large scale solar farms. Both maps include operating projects of 10MW or above ...
Radical change needed to upgrade system to handle tidal effect of ...
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Australia’s 20th century energy system needs to transform to handle the rapidly changing demands being made of it. “There is no silver bullet. What we need is silver buckshot.”
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WEBWind powers a record summer for renewable energy in Britain, record low for fossil fuels. August 2024 becomes the first time fossil fuels (98.5% gas and 1.5% coal) fell to third place in the ...
Victoria lays out plan for 95 pct renewables, with no coal, not …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Victoria lays out plan to reach its target of 95 pct renewables target by 2035, by which time it expects to close the last of its coal fired generators, relegated gas to a minor support role.
Fortescue to build batteries, EV chargers and ... - RenewEconomy
WEBFortescue secures grant and tax incentives to set up manufacturing facility at the site of the first Ford factory in Detroit to build batteries, EV fast chargers, and electrolysers.
A near 100 per cent renewable grid is readily achievable and …
WEBThree years ago, on August, 25 2021, I started running a weekly simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid. The intention was to show that it is possible to get close to 100% renewable ...
BNEF says $2.4 trillion needed for Australia's net zero target, but ...
WEBAug 19, 2024 · BNEF says Australia needs to spend $2.4 trillion out to 2050 to achieve net zero. But the spending is not that much different from business as usual.