Tag: wind energy
Wind turbines off the coast could help Australia become an energy superpower, research finds
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Offshore wind farms are an increasingly common sight overseas. But Australia has neglected the technology, despite the ample wind gusts buffeting much...
Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse. How on Earth did they do it?
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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...
Up to 90% of electricity from solar and wind the cheapest option by 2030: CSIRO analysis
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With the cost of energy generated from wind and solar now less than coal, the share of Australia’s electricity coming from renewables has...
Angus Taylor’s tech roadmap is fundamentally flawed — renewables are doable almost everywhere
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The Morrison government on Tuesday revealed the five low-emissions technologies it will prioritise for investment. The so called “technology roadmap”...
Chief Scientist: we need to transform our world into a sustainable ‘electric planet’
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I want you to imagine a highway exclusively devoted to delivering the world’s energy.
Each lane is restricted to trucks that carry one...
New coal doesn’t stack up – just look at Queensland’s renewable energy numbers
As the name suggests, Windy Hill near Cairns gets its
fair share of power-generating weather. Leonard Low/Flickr/Wikimedia Commons
As the federal government aims to ink...