Schools In Hawaii & Queensland Get Battery Storage From SimpliPhi & Tesla
Schools in Queensland, Australia and on O’ahu in Hawaii are taking advantage of battery storage solutions to further their educational goals.
Australia
Canberra (Australia) Now Home To Electric Bus Route
The Australian city of Canberra is now home to its first all-electric and hybrid buses, following the launch of a new 12-month public transportation fleet trial last Monday.
Victoria Sets Australia’s Most Ambitious Renewable Energy Targets
The southern Australian state of Victoria has this week set the country’s most ambitious renewable energy targets of 25% by 2020 and 40% by 2025, at the same time as the government awarded two large-scale solar projects.
“Base-Cost Renewables” Will See Wind & Solar Kill Coal
Recently, Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicted that the cost of new wind and solar would soon beat the cost of refurbished coal plants. Now BNEF predicts that solar will beat the cost of existing, fully depreciated and unrefurbished coal plants by 2032. And wind will follow soon after.
Australian Business Is Slowly Waking Up To Cheap Renewables
Consider these two propositions: The top reason cited by Australian business for using more renewables it that it costs less. The top reason cited by Australian business for not using renewables it that it costs more.
Cities Are Driving Australia’s Climate Policy In The Absence Of National Leadership
Imagine a future in which every one of Australia’s 537 local government areas, including all our capital cities and major regional centres, achieve net zero greenhouse emissions. It might sound like a pipe dream, but it could be closer than you think.
Electric Motorcycling Brings Trials, Tribulations, & Absolute Joy
It’s been almost 5 years since I swapped from a petrol engined motorcycle to an all electric Zero. I’ve upgraded once already and just clocked 32,767km on my 2014 model.
Tritium Raises $10 Million From Coal Baron To Triple EV Fast Charger Manufacturing Capacity
Brisbane-based designer and manufacturer of electric vehicle fast chargers, Tritium, has raised $10 million from Queensland businessman and BRW Rich Lister, Brian Flannery, a man who happens to have first made his fortune investing in coal.
Australia’s Electric Vehicle Transition Is Not A Matter Of If, But How & When
Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) says that with a concerted effort, the Australian car fleet could consist solely of electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025.
Australia On Track To Install 10-12 Gigawatts Of Solar By 2020
After installing more than 6 GW of solar PV installations in 2016, Australia remains on track to install between 10 and 12 GW in 2020, according to a new report published by the Australian PV Institute.
