RenewEconomy

Subscribe to RenewEconomy feed RenewEconomy
News and analysis for the clean energy economy
Updated: 1 hour 13 min ago

Renault ZOE named Best Green Car at FirstCar Awards 2018

Fri, 2018-04-27 12:13
All-electric Renault ZOE judged ‘Best Green Car’ at the inaugural FirstCar Awards 2018 in London.
Categories: Around The Web

Latrobe Valley dairy farms to share energy via blockchain micro-grid

Fri, 2018-04-27 10:43
First blockchain virtual micro-grid in Australia will use solar and storage to allow 200 dairy farms, 100 households and 20 businesses to share energy.
Categories: Around The Web

Big Queensland business first to use Tesla Powerpack to go off-grid

Thu, 2018-04-26 17:21
An increasing number of Australian small and medium businesses are using solar and battery storage to go off-grid. But is it worth it? Here's what one Queensland company has found.
Categories: Around The Web

Redflow seeks $18 million to scale up flow battery production

Thu, 2018-04-26 14:45
Redflow seeks new funds to scale up production and target markets in Australia and overseas. It is also contemplating move into China.
Categories: Around The Web

Who’s missing out on Australia’s rooftop solar boom?

Thu, 2018-04-26 14:39
Report identifies four key markets that have so far been overlooked in Australia's rooftop solar boom – a 7GW gap that could be worth nearly $9bn to the (so far) very small number of canny start-ups that are working to find their way around the barriers.
Categories: Around The Web

Changes to Horizon power board

Thu, 2018-04-26 14:29
Horizon Power welcomes the appointment of Stephen Edwell as the new chairman of Horizon Power and Kylie Chamberlain as a Non-Executive Director.
Categories: Around The Web

Ben & Jerry’s and 350.org Australia launch campaign to put a freeze on fossil fuels

Thu, 2018-04-26 13:46
Legendary ice cream makers Ben & Jerry’s and climate activism group 350.org Australia, have today launched a campaign to freeze fossil fuels by encouraging Australians to lobby their local Councils to divest from coal, oil and gas.
Categories: Around The Web

State street global advisors creates low carbon, high ESG index fund for Australian institutions

Thu, 2018-04-26 13:40
In response to growing demand from Australian institutional investors for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment options, State Street Global Advisors, the asset management arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), in partnership with MSCI, has created a low carbon, high ESG international equities fund.
Categories: Around The Web

Goldwind’s Moorabool North Wind Farm set to progress towards construction

Thu, 2018-04-26 13:28
Goldwind Australia today announced it has made another step forward towards construction of the 150 megawatt (MW) Moorabool North Wind Farm (The Project), located in Victoria. Moorabool North Wind Farm project is the northern section of the 321 MW Moorabool Wind Farm.
Categories: Around The Web

Ferrari tests silent hybrid sports car, in first signs of shift to electric

Thu, 2018-04-26 13:26
Staunch combustion engine purist Ferrari is changing its tune, testing a hyrbid sports EV, and promising a "world's fastest" hybrid SUV in 2020.
Categories: Around The Web

LONGi Solar half-cut monocrystalline PERC module breaks 360W, sets a new world record

Thu, 2018-04-26 13:23
This achieves a new world record for the highest power 120-cell half-cut monocrystalline PERC module, adding to LONGi's world record for 60-cell monocrystalline PERC module for power and conversion efficiency.
Categories: Around The Web

Westpac joins growing corporate push into wind and solar

Thu, 2018-04-26 13:23
Westpac joins growing corporate push into wind and solar with a tender for 150GWh of renewable energy. It's cleaner, and cheaper!
Categories: Around The Web

Biggest winners, and biggest losers, of network monopoly game

Thu, 2018-04-26 13:22
For a Queensland household electricity bill with network charges of $1,000, the Queensland government profits from the networks amounts to $470.
Categories: Around The Web

20MW solar farm to power crypto-currency mining in Collie

Thu, 2018-04-26 10:12
20MW solar farm that will produce power for crypto-currencies approved for the coal town of Collie in Western Australia.
Categories: Around The Web

The Victoria mansion leading the exodus off the grid

Tue, 2018-04-24 14:45
Ever get the idea that the quitting the grid was reserved for low energy users, austere consumers or those unable to connect? Think again.
Categories: Around The Web

Angry and frustrated, more customers are quitting the grid

Tue, 2018-04-24 14:25
Industry reports suggest more and more Australian households are choosing to quit the grid, and they're doing so for a mixed bag of reasons.
Categories: Around The Web

Nissan Leaf EV sales near 55,000 as new model takes off

Tue, 2018-04-24 14:18
Nissan sells 54,451 Leaf EVs as customers "embrace" the new model – but not in Australia, just yet.
Categories: Around The Web

ABB launches world’s fastest e-vehicle charger at Hannover Messe

Tue, 2018-04-24 13:44
Commercial launch of the Terra HP fast charger places ABB at the forefront of EV-charging technology.
Categories: Around The Web

Households can hold grid together when big coal units fail

Tue, 2018-04-24 13:41
Last week, Australia’s largest generation unit tripped, sending frequency out of its normal band. What happened next explains why the smart grid has arrived.
Categories: Around The Web

Huawei launched the FusionHome smart energy solution in Australia

Tue, 2018-04-24 13:38
Steven Zhou, General Manager for Huawei Smart PV Business Residential Solution, brought a new product launch to show the brilliant experience on residential PV solution to Australian solar market.
Categories: Around The Web

Pages