Australian miners are global companies that are leading the search for critical minerals and materials to enable the green industrial revolution. At a local level, Queensland is encouraging miners to prepare for the time when coal is no longer their main product. But there is also a lot of movement … [continued]
In a week when global temperatures are exceeding all historic records, and the melting Antarctic ice gets a mention on the ABC finance report, the Queensland government has announced the next step in its long march to renewable energy dominance of the state grid: twelve new Renewable Energy Zones. Alan … [continued]
Dr Hannah Ritchie of Our World in Data asserts that the rapidity of change will enable us to avoid the worst of the climate catastrophe that is currently building. In a recent Fully Charged podcast, she reiterated what others have said: eating a plant-based diet, using renewable energy, having no car … [continued]
The attitudes of the Australian driving public have changed dramatically in the past two years. Major influencers appear to be fuel price hikes, and the easing of electric vehicle prices. A new representative national survey (n=1,000) commissioned by Savvy has shown that over half of Australians intend to buy an … [continued]
The June figures have been released and Australia is nudging 10% EV penetration. We are now where I was expecting us to be at the end of last year. The Tesla Model Y and the refreshed MG ZS EV arrived in November and boosted the figures, but the 10% bar … [continued]
How do you encourage vested interests to move away from fossil fuels and into future-facing mining activities? That is, away from coal mining and into mining the resources to make batteries. The Queensland Labour government is trying to strike the right balance. The Labour Party receives the majority of support … [continued]
How do you go from Laddertubes to electric mining trucks? Why would you call a truck like that an echidna? These are the questions I put to Beau McKenna, marketing manager of Safescape in Australia. He answered: “The Bortana EV was originally a product of mining safety specialists Safescape who … [continued]
In a continent where 600 million people have no access to electricity, it is important to tap into any renewable resource that is available. Africa has rich wind resources and can get much of its needed power from the wind. From the files of Afrik21, we read of many wind … [continued]
According to Rethink Energy, Dr. Andrew Forrest, the founder of Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), a subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group, has clearly articulated the way forward for hydrogen at the Financial Times Hydrogen Summit in London last week. According to speakers’ notes from the conference: “In 2021, Fortescue Future Industries … [continued]
It appears that Australia is in the middle of a massive assault of new battery installations. Will this decade be for batteries what last decade was for rooftop solar? Highly likely. After the success of the Hornsdale Battery Reserve in South Australia (the “Tesla Big Battery”), grid managers, policymakers, businesses, … [continued]
