Originally published on RenewEconomy. The City of Sydney has raised the bar on its renewable energy and climate targets, with the release of a new five-year plan that targets 50 per cent renewable electricity by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. Released on Tuesday, the Environmental Action 2016–2021 plan … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. [Update: I’ve changed the video to a shorter video that just includes questions I posed and a couple that friends posed.] I had the great pleasure of participating in a long roundtable interview with IRENA Director General Adnan Z. Amin during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. Above is … [continued]
Originally posted on RenewEconomy by Sophie Vorrath Battery storage could be just five years away from being an economic no-brainer for some Australian solar households, according to a new report which predicts grid-connected battery storage will be economically attractive for many homes from around 2020. The report, released on Monday … [continued]
Aspen, the Colorado skiing-Mecca, now stands tall as a renewable energy visionary, having become one of three US cities to run on 100% renewable electricity. This news was recently reported by The Aspen Times, citing staff members at Aspen’s environmental and project departments. The City of Aspen, a famed tourist location in … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy Chinese wind energy giant Goldwind has announced it will begin construction of the 175 MW White Rock wind farm in northern NSW in November, the second big wind farm to get the go-ahead since the revised renewable energy target legislation passed the Senate last month. Goldwind … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Sophie Vorrath Major Australian utility, Origin Energy, is set to launch a solar leasing program in three separate states, focusing on small-scale residential and commercial solar systems. The utility said on Friday last week it would start rolling out the program in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane and … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. The US-based Tesla Motors has now fixed the official Australia launch of its already iconic electric vehicle for December 9 – in a development that might reshape the discussion about the clean energy future in the country. Tesla, which expects to sell 33,000 EVs this year … [continued]
RenewEconomy By Sophie Vorrath The Australian arm of the world’s largest PV maker, Yingli Solar, has announced a new digital quality control program aimed at raising the benchmark for the nation’s rooftop solar industry. Yingli4You, launched by Yingli Green Energy Australia on Tuesday, is described as an educational, incentive, technical … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. So, who wants to be an energy pro-sumer? In some states in Australia, around one in four houses already boast rooftop solar PV systems, and it’s having a big impact on the operation and the optics of the National Electricity Market, with big implications for the traditional … [continued]
Originally published on Renew Economy. A small terrace house in the inner Sydney suburb of Glebe is hosting what is believed to be the world’s first building integrated solar system that generates electricity as well as heat. The array combines thin-film solar PV and solar thermal technologies into a steel … [continued]
