Climate | EcoGeneration

Clean energy the answer to Australia’s climate question

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 15, 2021 | Australia, Climate, Comment, Emissions Reduction Fund, For Consumers, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

A target of 100% renewable energy by 2030 would demonstrate the Coalition is serious about delivering action on global warming ahead of the federal election, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.

Action on climate change starts with a plan for net-zero emissions: CEC

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 21, 2021 | Climate, Comment, For Consumers, International, Policy | 0 |

Australia must make a firm commitment to decarbonise its energy system to get in line with the ambitions of major global economies.

Greenbacks for greenery … venture capital hears the call for clean energy

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 17, 2020 | Australia, Climate, Electric Vehicles, For Consumers, Funding, International, International, Policy, PPAs, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, VPPs, Waste-to-energy, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

Climate-conscious venture capitalists are once again placing big bets on clean technology. Can they make money and protect the planet?

Replace coal and gas exports with clean energy? It can be done … if the grid is 2,000% renewables: All-Energy

by EcoGen Editor | Oct 8, 2020 | Australia, Climate, For Consumers, Funding, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar Projects, Storage, Wind, Wind Projects | 0 |

It may be possible, if the technology is affordable and agreements are in place, to switch from dirty energy exports to clean ones … if Australia generates more than 20 times the electricity it does today.

Covid-19 a sign of things to come if we fail on climate

by EcoGen Editor | Sep 7, 2020 | Australia, Climate, Comment, Emissions Reduction Fund, Policy, Projects, Renewables, Solar Projects, State Policy, Wind Projects | 0 |

While the impacts of covid-19 have been devastating, they will be immaterial compared to climate change unless we take meaningful action, writes Clean Energy Council CEO Kane Thornton.

Carbon capture and storage is a big step back to the dirty dark age: IEEFA

by EcoGen Editor | May 20, 2020 | Australia, Climate, Funding, Policy, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

The government’s Australian Climate Solutions Fund offers little hope for financial industry backers of a Paris aligned economic recovery, says the IEEFA’s Tim Buckley.

Coal finance is heading to its logical terminal conclusion: IEEFA

by EcoGen Editor | Apr 22, 2020 | Climate, Funding, International, Policy, Renewables | 0 |

Governments, corporates and financial institutions are accelerating their coal restriction policies in 2020, writes Tim Buckley.

Australia could fall apart under climate change. But there’s a way to avoid it: Garnaut

by EcoGen Editor | Nov 6, 2019 | Australia, Climate, Comment, For Consumers, Funding, International, Policy, Projects, Renewables | 0 |

If Australia is to realise its immense opportunity in a zero-carbon world, it will need a different policy framework.

Can California switch to 100% clean energy? Hell yeah!

by EcoGen Editor | Feb 26, 2019 | Climate, Comment, Funding, Policy, Renewable Energy Target, Renewables | 0 |

Environmentalist, entrepreneur, investor — Danny Kennedy is an energy source in human form. So what does the California-based Australian think of the Golden State’s bid to flip to renewables?