The Swiss Post and the Austrian Post have both committed to converting their significant delivery fleets to 100% electricity by 2030 in a move that puts more pressure on automakers to step up to the challenge of building functional, affordable electric vehicles for fleet operators as well as normal customers.
The ambitious renewable energy-focused power retailer Powershop Australia has signed a huge deal for the output of a 200MW solar farm and two big wind farms, after being “stunned” by the low prices offered after it went to the market for proposals last year.
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath NZ wind farm developer Meridian Energy has used the occasion of final handover of its 131MW Mt Mercer wind farm near Ballarat to champion the cause of the Renewable Energy Target, saying the success of the project shows 41,000 GWh by 2020 LRET … [continued]
Originally published on Renew Economy. Australia’s major energy utilities are now united in pushing for an end to rooftop solar subsidies – pitching the incumbent utilities into a major battle with the solar industry and consumer groups over the treatment of household solar. AGL Energy became the last of the … [continued]
What would have been the Southern Hemisphere’s largest wind farm, a $2 billion NZD ($1.4 billion USD) and 630 MW wind farm in New Zealand, is not happening because New Zealand’s Environment Court says that it would ruin the surrounding landscape. This project would have powered over a million homes … [continued]
