Wholesale electricity prices are down as the share of renewable energy in the grid continues to grow.
Aerial survey results show massive bleaching along the 2300-kilometre ecosystem,which may trigger the announcement of a global event following similar incidents in the northern hemisphere.
Australia has the world’s highest uptake of rooftop solar panels with one in three households having them. However,only 1 per cent are manufactured locally.
Extreme temperatures have shattered the grimmest expectations of a warming world and tested climate models.
The pumped hydro project never stacked up economically,technically or environmentally. The all-up costs could now be more like $25 billion.
Plans to turbocharge green energy projects through a federal underwriting scheme will get Australia most of the way – but not all the way – to its 2030 target.
The latest event in Australia follows mass bleaching in the northern hemisphere,sparking fears of a destructive global event.
The Southern Ocean offshore wind zone around Portland and Warrnambool was originally touted to power 8.5 million homes,but now that’s down to just 2 million.
Top UN climate official Simon Stiell says Australia will be “front and centre in resettling entire national populations” if climate targets are not met.
More than other renewables,wind projects and the transmission lines needed to carry their power impose themselves on the landscape.
The city of Seville – one of the hottest in Europe – started naming its heatwaves to raise awareness of the dangers,just as Australia names its cyclones.