The Premier of Victoria reports that 90% of auto accidents result from human error. The number of lives that will be saved from good autonomous features in cars, and finally fully self-driving vehicles, is hard to estimate, but imagine the avoided paralysis, death, lost organs, etc., from the reduction in accidents.
One of Australia’s leading energy companies, EnergyAustralia, announced this week it intends to sign agreements worth AUD$1.5 billion to buy around 500 MW of power from new wind and solar around the country.
Danish wind energy giant Vestas received two separate wind turbine orders from Australia during November, totalling 210 MW, which will bring Vestas’ total completed turbine installations in Australia up past 2 GW.
The Victorian town of Newstead is seeking proposals from potential project partners who could help refine its plan to reach 100 per cent renewable energy within 5 years, and which could act as a blue-print for other towns in the state to follow.
French electric utility company Engie has announced that its Hazelwood brown coal power station in Victoria, Australia, will shut its doors in March 2017.
The Australian state of Victoria will soon see development on three new wind farms totaling nearly 400 MW, according to various reports. According to New Zealand renewable energy developer Trustpower, it has been granted planning approval for the 300 MW Dundonnel Wind Farm, a community-driven project initiated in 2008 by … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Victoria’s Andrews government says it will set a renewable energy target of 40 per cent by 2025, making it the latest state in Australia to introduce a target for large-scale renewables development more ambitious than that of the federal Turnbull government and underlining the political divide … [continued]
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. By Sophie Vorrath Award-winning Australian solar technology start-up RayGen Resources is one step closer to building a $5 million manufacturing plant in its home town of Melbourne after securing $2.5 million in funding for the project from its Chinese joint venture partner, JuYe Solar. The proposed … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Sophie Vorrath As we reported yesterday, Australia’s rooftop solar market is still powering along nicely, despite ongoing political shenanigans, adding another 11,865 systems in the month of May and bringing the nation’s total number of solar homes to more than 1.3 million. We also know … [continued]
