Transit Systems (owned by Sealink Travel Group) is currently operating 15 electric buses in Sydney’s Inner West urban streets. With 40 more ordered, the time has come to create the largest electrified depot in Australia. Australasian Bus and Coach writes, “The Leichhardt depot retrofit will include: the use of 40 … [continued]
An Australian court has rejected an appeal to build a new coal mine in New South Wales’ Hunter Valley, citing “significant adverse impacts” and “dire consequences” for the environment and greenhouse gas emissions.
A slew of announcements have essentially given the go-ahead for the 275 megawatt Darlington Point Solar Farm in Australia’s New South Wales with financial close, building contract, solar supply contract, and Power Purchase Agreement all being announced within days of one another.
With less than 48 hours left in 2018, the Australian state government of New South Wales approved construction for the 900 megawatt Yarrabee Solar Project, which will be one of the country’s largest solar farms.
Originally published on RenewEconomy This graph caught our eye. Posted on Twitter on Monday by Tristan Edis, from Green Energy Markets, it shows the big month that wind energy enjoyed in September across the National Electricity Market. According to Edis, the wind farms in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and NSW … [continued]
Don Harwin, the energy minister of the NSW Coalition government, has made a dramatic departure from the bulk of his state and federal colleagues by declaring that it was time to move on from the notion of “baseload” power as essential to the reliability of the future grid.
Originally published on RenewEconomy Australia has added 100MW of rooftop solar in the first two months of 2016, as Victoria overtakes NSW to be the second biggest market in the country. The 55 MW added in February still represented a fall from year ago figures, with Queensland – the biggest … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. The NSW town of Uralla has outlined plans to go 100 per cent renewable energy, in a government-sponsored blueprint that could become the model of many other towns in NSW and other states to follow suite. The Zero Net Energy Town – the Uralla Case study – was released today … [continued]
Australian utility AGL Energy Limited has announced its Broken Hill Solar Plant has begun generating electricity. Announced on Thursday, AGL Energy Limited revealed that the 26 MW Broken Hill Solar Plant, located in the the eastern state of New South Wales, began generating electricity and feeding it into Australia’s National … [continued]
Originally published on One Step Off The Grid by Sophie Vorrath A NSW start-up with plans to become Australia’s first community-owned renewable energy retailer – as well as its cheapest – is hoping to win local support for its venture ahead of a public share offer. Enova Energy, which was formed … [continued]
