February 14th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
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.
January 18th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
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.
January 11th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
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
October 10th, 2017 | by Giles Parkinson
Originally published on RenewEconomy This graph caught our eye. Posted on Twitter on Monday by Tristan Edis, from Green Energy [&hellip
July 11th, 2017 | by Giles Parkinson
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.
March 22nd, 2016 | by Giles Parkinson
Originally published on RenewEconomy Australia has added 100MW of rooftop solar in the first two months of 2016, as Victoria [&hellip
October 6th, 2015 | by Giles Parkinson
Originally published on RenewEconomy. The NSW town of Uralla has outlined plans to go 100 per cent renewable energy, in [&hellip
September 18th, 2015 | by Joshua S Hill
Australian utility AGL Energy Limited has announced its Broken Hill Solar Plant has begun generating electricity. Announced on Thursday, AGL [&hellip
July 29th, 2015 | by Guest Contributor
Originally published on One Step Off The Grid by Sophie Vorrath A NSW start-up with plans to become Australia’s first [&hellip
April 23rd, 2015 | by Giles Parkinson
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Up to 200,000 business and household customers in New South Wales face extended blackouts of up to [&hellip
January 20th, 2015 | by Giles Parkinson
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Households in Australia installed a rooftop solar system every 2.8 minutes in 2014 – almost the [&hellip
November 18th, 2014 | by Joshua S Hill
Much has been made of Australian Prime Minister’s Tony Abbott’s backward (read: downright insane) environmental and energy policies, without looking [&hellip
November 4th, 2014 | by Giles Parkinson
RenewEconomy. Five towns in NSW have put their hands up to become the first zero net energy town (ZNET) in [&hellip
October 4th, 2014 | by Giles Parkinson
RenewEconomy. A new consortium hopes to become Australia’s first community owned retailer, with big plans to build, generate and sell [&hellip
July 30th, 2014 | by Giles Parkinson
Originally published on RenewEconomy One of the main arguments proffered by the owners of Australia’s fossil fuel generation fleet against [&hellip
July 20th, 2014 | by Giles Parkinson
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Giles Parkinson. Wind energy has a significant impact on wholesale prices, particularly in those peak demand [&hellip
July 5th, 2014 | by Giles Parkinson
Renew Economy The combination of low demand and strong output from the Queensland’s 1.1GW of rooftop solar helped send the [&hellip
