Shifts in renewable energy policy is the defining factor of the latest EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index, published Wednesday. The Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index is a quarterly ranking of 40 countries based on the attractiveness of their renewable energy investment and deployment opportunities, according to a number of macro, … [continued]
Heavy subsidisation of the fossil fuel industry is distorting the market, increasing emissions, and impeding the growth of cleaner fuels. This is according to a new detailed analysis report published Wednesday, and authored by the Carbon Tracker Initiative, Energy Transition Advisors (ETA), the Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis (IEEFA), and Earth … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath The point of “mass adoption” of household battery storage could arrive in Australia as soon as 2020, a new report from UBS has predicted, at which time the payback period for storage systems for solar households would be just five to six years. … [continued]
Australia’s Liberal Party has elected a new leader, Malcolm Turnbull, which will soon mean a new Prime Minister for Australia — a move which has every chance to have a positive impact on the country’s renewable energy industry which has suffered heavily under the now-previous Prime Minister, Tony Abbott. Australian … [continued]
The west coast of Australia is now home to its first “electric highway,” thanks to a recent collaboration between RAC and local governments in the area. The new “RAC Electric Highway” is, as one can probably guess, a new network of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations spread out along the … [continued]
As part of the state’s overall climate change initiatives, South Australia’s capital Adelaide has joined the race to become the world’s first carbon neutral city. The South Australian State Government has a series of strategies categorized underneath the climate change banner, but a recent program intended to attract $10 billion … [continued]
Two of Australia’s renewable energy agencies have committed millions in funding to large-scale solar development. Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation has announced a $250 million large-scale solar finance program intended to boost development in Australia. Meanwhile, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) in cooperation with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath The key role electric vehicles could play in the distributed power grids of the future has been acknowledged by Queensland’s state Labor government and its major network operator, with the announcement of a new partnership between state-owned Ergon Energy and car maker Mitsubishi, … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Last week, the south-east Queensland network operator Energex became the first distribution network in Australia to break through the 1 gigawatt mark for rooftop solar PV. The achievement prompted this graph from former Energex executive and now consumer energy consultant Mike Swanston, who notes that rooftop … [continued]
by Roberto Verzola [Roberto Verzola is the author of Crossing Over: The Energy Transition to Renewable Electricity, a book published by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung which was launched on March 23, 2015. The online version of the book as well as the article this post comes from can be downloaded freely. See Part 1 … [continued]
