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International solar giant Q CELLS enters New Zealand market
Press Release Globally renowned solar technology leader and total energy solutions provider, Q CELLS, is entering the New Zealand energy market for the first time in response to local demand for its high-quality, affordable products. The move comes as New Zealand establishes itself as one of the most exciting emerging renewable power markets in the […]
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New joint venture to develop hydrogen port on Victorian south coast
A new joint venture plans to develop a hydrogen terminal in southern Victoria, but will it use renewables?
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South Korea to spend $A56 billion to build world’s biggest offshore wind farm
South Korea government signs off on $A56bn plans to build a massive offshore wind farm in the Yellow Sea, as part of its pledge to quit coal power by 2030.
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Victorian government backs new hydrogen research facility with $10m injection
Australian hydrogen research gets a $10m boost from the Victorian government, with funding dedicated to boosting women's participation in the sector.
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Australia's electric vehicle policy steers us to a future based on fossil fuels. It needs to be dumped | Simon Holmes à Court
Australia is way behind on vehicle electrification, but there are solutions to help us catch up
Angus Taylor, the minister for emissions reduction, isn’t a stranger to dodgy numbers (just ask Clover Moore), and his latest work, the Future Fuels Strategy, demonstrates his disdain for actually lowering emissions.
The strategy paper misleadingly claims that hybrid vehicles are cleaner than electric vehicles by looking at just the years 2021-25. EVs bought now will enjoy cleaner power with every solar panel and wind turbine connected to the grid. Over a 10-to-15-year life, EVs have notably lower emissions than hybrids, and that’s ignoring the fact that many EV owners charge with solar and all the major fast charge operators use 100% renewable energy – local energy, instead of imported oil.
Continue reading...South Australia achieves world-leading 60pct wind and solar share over last year
South Australia has reached more than 60 per cent wind and solar over the past 12 months, more than any other grid of its size in the world.
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The myth and reality of the super soldier
The US jumps on board the electric vehicle revolution, leaving Australia in the dust
Massive losses should be a warning to big oil that its bonanza is over
Covid has battered the industry, and the race for renewables is speeding up. We are at a tipping point
The final months of 2020 were a tough end to a tough year, according to BP’s chief executive. But Bernard Looney’s verdict on the worst financial year in the industry’s history is a devastating understatement. It was a period marked by thousands of job cuts, battered dividend policies and record multibillion-dollar losses.
BP revealed a full-year loss of $18bn, its first since the Deepwater Horizon disaster more than a decade ago, while US oil giant ExxonMobil reported an annual loss of $22.4bn – its first ever. Shell capped a year in which it slashed its dividend for the first time since the second world war with a debit of almost $20bn.
Continue reading...US energy agency predicts more renewables, but comes under fire for fossil forecast
New US government forecasts show a renewable energy boom around the corner, but they probably underestimate the rate of change.
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UK climate data shows why Australia’s best bet is with wind and solar
The latest official emissions data confirm the UK is on the right path to net zero by 2050. Australia could achieve the same by expanding wind and solar.
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Victoria gives $10m for hydrogen hub which will study storage and clean energy vehicles
Government says project will create 300 jobs and will test and improve technologies, including a refuelling station for hydrogen vehicles
The Victorian government has given $10m for a hub in Melbourne’s south-east that will test and improve hydrogen technologies.
The hub will be based at Swinburne University of Technology and study both clean energy vehicles and hydrogen storage.
Continue reading...Who killed summertime? How do we trace the complex roots of responsibility?
Shining a light on an evil killer is easy and satisfying. It drives the script of the tales in which we absorb ourselves as we retreat from a world become too much
When I was growing up, one of my parents’ favourite albums was a live recording of a Pete Seeger concert called We Shall Overcome. On it was his rendition of a Bob Dylan song called Who Killed Davey Moore. Pete’s voice imploring an answer to that question would ring out from the record player in the living room and across the house.
The song explores the question of who bore responsibility for the death of an African American boxer who was killed in the ring when he was just 30 years old. Each verse begins with the refrain, “Who killed Davey Moore?” In the verse that follows, some group or individual associated with his life and death – the coach, the crowd, the manager, the gambling man, the boxing writer, the other fighter – gives their answer. Each, in turn, responds “Not I”, and explains that they cannot rightfully be accused of killing Davey Moore. They were just doing what it is that they do: going to the fight, organising the fight, writing about the fight, throwing the punches, and so on. And, of course, they are each telling the truth. Or a truth of sorts.
Continue reading...Dust bowls and deluges: the harsh beauty of South Australia
Photographic artist Alex Frayne has shot the landscapes of South Australia for over two decades. His latest book, Landscapes of South Australia, pays homage to its deserts, hills, plains and waters
Continue reading...Less than 5% of green homes grant budget paid out, Labour reveals
Party calls for flagship renewables scheme to be extended amid significant delays and problems
Labour is calling for the government’s green homes grant scheme to be extended by at least a year after revealing that less than 5% of the allocated budget has been given to householders.
Nearly five months in, only £71m of the allocated £1.5bn budget for householders has been awarded to those seeking help to move from fossil fuel heating to renewable alternatives.
Continue reading...How will we heat homes in zero carbon Britain?
Digging, cards and chocolate: HS2 activists on life in Euston tunnel
Protesters ‘in the muck together’ since 27 January say they are in good spirits as they resist eviction
Packs of cards and plentiful supplies of chocolate are essential parts of the tunnel survival kit, according to the environmental activists living underneath Euston to protest about HS2 – the high-speed rail link that is due to come into the London station.
Since the early hours of 27 January, nine activists from the campaign group HS2 Rebellion have been occupying a network of tunnels they and others dug out.
Continue reading...CP Daily: Friday February 5, 2021
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