By Rachel Williamson Payments for megawatt hours and tax credits are policies that would boost a long-duration storage industry in Australia. The post Solar thermal lobby wants a RET that values long duration storage and megawatt hours appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Sophie Vorrath Works begin on a 186km new transmission line to connect the ground-breaking Kidston Clean Energy Hub to the grid in north Queensland. The post Works begin on Kidston link, as landmark pumped hydro project targets 2024 start appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Rachel Williamson Australian fund manager IFM has a huge pipeline of renewable projects in Europe and the US, but not much in its home country. The post Australian fund manager’s wind and solar pipeline hits 10GW, but most of it is overseas appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles:…
By Sophie Vorrath Labor sets up $500m Powering Australia Technology Fund to drive commercialisation of energy efficiency and smart energy technologies. The post Labor tips another $500m into CEFC to help bridge clean energy’s “valley of death” appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By Matthew England Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO have released the latest State of the Climate report, and there’s not much good news for Australians. The post State of the climate: What Australians need to know about “concerning” new report appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By [Energy Central] ENEL Foundation Contributor Enel Foundation is proud to announce the newly-released Position Paper on Circular Design Criteria by the Global Alliance for Sustainable Energy, an independent organization open to all stakeholders recognizing the urgency of tackling the climate emergency according to the principles of a just transition and the need to promote…
By [Energy Central] EDF Energy Exchange By EDF BlogsImage credit: Methane plume from the leak captured by the Sentinel-2 satellite on 9 November (data processed by UNEP/IMEO) By Adam Peltz and Jon Goldstein A natural gas storage site in Western Pennsylvania has sprung a massive gas leak that’s impacting both the climate and the communities…
By [Energy Central] Energy in Depth Consumer access to natural gas is under threat in Oregon, where two major municipalities are pushing new policy proposals based on deeply flawed research and scare tactics. In Eugene, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported that the “City Council recently voted to begin drafting rules that would ban natural gas lines…
By Giles Parkinson Two of Australia’s biggest investors in renewables warn that Australia’s high hopes to be green hydrogen superpower could be dashed if it can’t match US government support. The post Fortescue and Quinbrook warn Australia green hydrogen hopes could be dashed by US appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more…
By [Energy Central] John Benson Many of the papers I have written about climate change attempt to quantify various effects of this human-made modification of the world’s climate. Since all of the world’s people share an atmosphere, it is really difficult to measure where greenhouse gases (GHG) are coming from. In the past couple of…
By [Energy Central] Charley Rattan Lhyfe is the originator of the world’s first offshore pilot plant for the production of green hydrogen at sea. In September, it kicked off an 18-month test phase for its Sealhyfe platform at the port of Saint-Nazaire. With electricity from the nearby Floatgen wind turbine, it will be able to…
By [Energy Central] Ed Reid Originally published here. We have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving and much to be concerned about as well. We can be thankful that the increased CO2 in the atmosphere has contributed to increased agricultural productivity, which is essential to feed our growing population. We can be thankful that…
By Jim Regan A combination of renewables and new processes provides opportunities for Australia to lead in transition to zero emissions in energy-gobbling alumina-making industry. The post ARENA maps out path for Australia’s ‘hard-to-abate’ alumina makers to reach net zero appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy
By [Energy Central] Jigar Shah One year after the signing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and LPO are celebrating its unprecedented investment in American clean energy infrastructure and the substantial progress that has been made in just twelve months of implementing public-private partnerships and programs across the nation….
By [Energy Central] Schalk Cloete The potential of oil & gas exporters to contribute to global decarbonization is vastly underappreciated. In the article linked below, I summarize our recent peer-reviewed paper showing how Norway (as an energy exporter) can help Germany (as an energy importer) to decarbonize rapidly, practically, and economically while maintaining attractive profit…