By James Fernyhough BHP is abandoning the thermal coal markets, but sees strong demand for other metals thanks to growth in wind, solar and battery storage. The post BHP says long goodbye to thermal coal, looks to solar, wind and battery metals appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By Sophie Vorrath Tesla has raised the retail price of the Powerwall 2 for the second time in four months, as demand for the 13.5 kWh home battery system continues to outstrip supply. The post Tesla hikes price of Powerwall home battery, again, in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more…
By Michael Mazengarb UNSW to lead new research consortium, to advise the NSW government on the opportunities for using excess wind and solar to produce green fuels and chemicals. The post UNSW to advise NSW government on how to use excess wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great…
By Giles Parkinson EDL wins tender to build solar and battery hybrid plant for Jabiru to replace diesel generators operated by uranium mining company. The post Solar and battery hybrid to power Jabiru as uranium mining stops appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By John Quiggin Scott Morrison must face down the denialists and do-nothingists on his own side of politics, or set himself, and Australia, up for a series of humiliations on international stage. The post No point complaining about it, Australia will face carbon levies unless it changes course appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article…
By Michael Mazengarb Federal Labor to vote against planned changes to CEFC’s investment mandate, saying it does not trust Angus Taylor with expanded powers. The post “Gas simply not low emissions”: Labor opposes Taylor’s CEFC power grab appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Joel Stronberg Exercising my ‘reasoned judgment,’ I have no doubt that the right to a climate system capable of sustaining human life is fundamental to a free and ordered society – US District Judge Ann Aiken[i]More than five years ago, 21 youths ranging in age from 8 to 19 asked a federal court to…
By Ketan Joshi A massive blackout has hit Texas due to climate-related weather extremes. Renewables are being blamed: it’s 2016 all over again. The post Massive Texas gas failure during climate extremes gets blamed on wind power appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By David Leitch There are good reasons to think that the Liddell, Yallourn, Vales Point coal generators and a couple of coal units in Queensland could all close before 2030. The post Low prices increase chance of multiple coal generation closures appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Joshua S Hill European consortium plans to build 95GW of solar and deliver 67GW of electrolysers to deliver green hydrogen at cost parity to fossil fuels. The post European consortium to deliver 95GW of solar and 67GW of hydrogen by 2030 appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew…
By [email protected] Unprecedented winter storms have hit Texas so hard and forced so many power plants offline that rolling grid outages that began Sunday night have grown into hours-long blackouts leaving about 2.5 million customers without power on Monday morning. Until those power plants can be brought back online, it’s unclear how many people will…
By Richard Green The interactivity of the participants is in the foreground when experts, entrepreneurs and pioneers of the new mobility meet in Munich at the Power2Drive Europe Conference. Exciting discussions will foster the exchange and active participation of the public and enable lively debates. Click headline for full article Read Full Article Here For…
By [email protected] Richard Glick has a long list of priorities for his chairmanship of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He has already outlined many of them, such as reforming energy market policies that restrict state-supported clean energy resources, expanding transmission capacity and unblocking new grid interconnections, and incorporating climate change impacts into the agency’s decision-making…
By Jennifer Runyon Renewable Energy World contributor is being awarded a Constellation Prize for Policy Impact in response to a new heating/cooling solution he proposed for the 50-year-old Plaza in Albany, NY. Just after the holidays I heard from an old friend, Jay Egg, who heads up a geothermal consulting firm, EggGeo. Jay has written…
By [email protected] The economic, environmental and public health challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis in 2020 continue unabated as we usher in a new presidential administration. And yet utilities across the United States are expecting to spend more money with their guaranteed rate of return, which clearly means higher electricity bills….