The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit recently brought together both global leaders of the world’s largest economies and business leaders. It was held virtually and over 1,000 delegates were welcomed from around the world. The themes of the summit included the state of the world, the future of energy, … [continued]
In a piece of news that hit all channels a couple of days ago, Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Angus Taylor, Minister for Emissions Reduction, were interviewed while filling up a Toyota with grey hydrogen. What made this so cringeworthy was that the headlines and comments were saying that … [continued]
The list of federal Australian politicians driving Tesla Model 3s is getting longer, with Patrick Gorman from Western Australian (Labour = Democrat) recently picking up his new white one. Not happy with the diesel and petrol options available through the government fleet, he had to choose between the Kona EV … [continued]
You know you are looking around the site of an Australian company when it has products called a “Drop Bear” or a “Honey Badger” or a “Troppo.” What on red earth are they in this context? Battery systems of course. In fact they are the only Clean Energy Council (CEC)–certified … [continued]
South Australia was close to 100% renewable electricity in October, and everything went smoothly.
Australia is fast becoming the country with the most solar power generation per person in the world. The domestic market is very different to most other countries, as it is dominated by rooftop PV. Electricity for the people by the people — 13 gigawatts (GW) are now on the nation’s … [continued]
The long-awaited price parity in upfront purchase price for electric vehicles seems to have moved further away, as raw material input prices for batteries continue to rise. EV owners know that if you take a total cost of ownership approach, EVs are almost free cars. However, most purchasers would prefer … [continued]
During my student days, I stayed in a dormitory with international students. We Aussies would delight in telling our visiting American colleagues that Vegemite was like chocolate spread. The more, the better. We would watch them lather it on their toast and then take that first (and last) big bite. … [continued]
What a contrast: Greta thinks we aren’t doing enough to avoid a climate catastrophe, while McKibben thinks we might just make it. At the same time, our politicians in Australia are working extremely hard to make sure we’ll all be Cajun. Scott Morrison appointed Angus Taylor as Emissions Reduction Minister … [continued]
Scenes of 30 metre high firewalls racing through the Australian bush, overwhelming exhausted fire fighters, and destroying home after home lit up the TV sets of the world only 18 months ago. It was a horrific time, hell on earth, possibly a sign of worse things to come. During the … [continued]
