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How Australia’s coal country past is scuppering its renewable energy future

  Image: Shutterstock The crucial climate change summit in Glasgow has just begun, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is bringing his widely criticised plan for net-zero emissions...

Australia’s first offshore wind farm bill was a long time coming, but here are 4 reasons it’s not up to scratch yet

  Picture: Shuttlestock After years of waiting, the federal government finally introduced Australia’s first offshore electricity legislation in parliament yesterday. The bill will establish a regulatory framework...

Wind turbines off the coast could help Australia become an energy superpower, research finds

  Image: Shutterstock Offshore wind farms are an increasingly common sight overseas. But Australia has neglected the technology, despite the ample wind gusts buffeting much...

A ‘100% renewables’ target might not mean what you think it means. An energy expert explains

  Picture: Shuttlestock In the global effort to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, achieving a “100% renewables” electricity system is considered ideal. Some Australian...

Wondering if your energy company takes climate change seriously? A new report reveals the answer

  Picture: Shuttlestock A landmark report released last week put coal and gas on notice. For the first time, the International Energy Agency (IEA) declared reaching net-zero...

Paying Australia’s coal-fired power stations to stay open longer is bad for consumers and the planet

  Picture: Shuttlestock Australian governments are busy designing the nation’s transition to a clean energy future. Unfortunately, in a misguided effort to ensure electricity supplies...

Labor proposes discounts for electric cars and ‘community batteries’ to store solar power

 Picture: Darren England/AAP   Anthony Albanese will promise a Labor government would deliver a discount to cut the cost of electric cars and install community batteries,...

Now they want to charge households for exporting solar electricity to the grid — it’ll send the system backwards

 Picture: Shuttlestock It’s come to this. The Australian Energy Markets Commission has produced a draft decision that will make households and small business with solar panels pay...

Electricity has become a jigsaw. Coal is unable to provide the missing pieces

 Image: Bohbeh/Shutterstock There’s something the energy minister said when they announced the early closure of Victoria’s second-biggest coal-fired power station last week that was less...

Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse. How on Earth did they do it?

 Picture: Shuttlestock Less than two decades ago, South Australia generated all its electricity from fossil fuels. Last year, renewables provided a whopping 60% of the state’s electricity...
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