Queensland is leading the national charge towards a record year for the large-scale solar industry, Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton told a sold-out audience at the 2018 Large-scale Solar
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Budget 2018 was old news for energy policy – the next big headlines won’t come until July
As with many previous budgets, matters relating to energy and climate change were relegated to little more than a footnote in Treasurer Scott Morrison’s 2018 budget speech. And even the contents of that
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Man of Steel…and renewables
Sanjeev Gupta talks energy storage
As solar and energy storage technologies become more competitive, they will revolutionise how energy is consumed globally, especially in Australia says
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Australians will not buy electric cars without better incentives
The apparently inevitable rise of the electric car has prompted Australia’s top federal infrastructure advisor to warn of falling revenues from the petrol excise.
In a speech yesterday, Infrastructure
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CEC issues statement on the NEG to CEC members ahead of August COAG meeting
The Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton has issued a statement to all CEC members regarding the position of the CEC on the NEG:
The CEC does not support the National Energy Guarantee (NEG)
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Startups pitch in to shake up Australia’s energy market
More than 300 people in Melbourne including potential investors, partners and customers will hear pitches for new energy technologies from ten energy startup companies participating in a global accelerator
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Not so fast: why the electric vehicle revolution will bring problems of its own
After years of being derided as a joke by car manufacturers and the public, interest in electric vehicles has increased sharply as governments around the world move to ban petrol and diesel cars.
We have
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‘Renewable energy breeding’ can stop Australia blowing the carbon budget – if we’re quick
Moving to a future powered mainly by renewable energy will be crucial if we are to stay within the global warming limits set out by the Paris Agreement. But building all of this new renewable energy will
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Research program kicks off with big investment
NERA (National Energy Resources Australia) has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of a $90 million Future Fuels Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) program.
According to NERA chief executive
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Charging ahead in the Sunshine State
Electric vehicles (EV’s) offer a range of social, economic and environmental benefits but one of the key barriers to electric vehicle (EV) uptake has been a lack of public charging infrastructure which
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