The writing has been on the wall for a long while. But Federal Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor seemed genuinely shocked by news of yet another early exit of a coal power plant. [Read more…]
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Six Hunter Councils Sign Up For More Solar Power
A collective of six councils in NSW’s Hunter region have inked a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement with Mojo Power. [Read more…]
APPEA Spruiking Carbon Capture And Storage (Again)
APPEA says if the world can fast-track and scale up carbon capture and storage (CCS) development, it will lead to net zero emissions faster. Of course it would (say that). [Read more…]
Phytomining: Mining Battery Metals With Plants
Researching the potential for plants to pull battery metals out of the ground has received backing from the Queensland Government. [Read more…]
Another Bayswater Power Station Pollution Penalty
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined AGL Macquarie Pty Limited for an “alleged” water pollution offence at Bayswater Power Station – again. [Read more…]
AGL And Greenpeace Go Into Battle
AGL and Greenpeace Australia Pacific are readying to rumble over the latter’s latest climate change related campaign. [Read more…]
Melbourne Market’s Massive Solar Power Upgrade
Melbourne Market in Epping is set for a big bump up in solar power capacity, with the market community and produce to also get better protection from the elements. [Read more…]
Environmental Lawyers Launch Yallourn Power Station Legal Proceedings
Yallourn Power Station Image: Marcus Wong, CC BY-SA 3.0
Lawyers at Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) last week commenced legal proceedings to secure documents relating to pollution control technology at Yallourn. [Read more…]
Tossing Old Solar Panels Into Landfill Is Greener Than Recycling Them
The conventional response to criticism of solar waste is panels can simply be recycled. But is that the greenest option?
Recycling is a good thing. Most of the time. Humans have been reusing material for thousands of years, probably beginning on a large scale when early agriculturalists noticed poo is good for plants. Ancient Greeks didn’t let pieces of broken pottery go to waste and used them like notepaper, while my father would collect (steal?) rubber bands because a dozen were worth a few cents back in 1950. [Read more…]
SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode 22 – Dark Days
Finn and Ronald discuss the (avoidable) demise of Victoria’s residential solar industry, what a “cast mono” solar panel is, DIY solar PV diversion for home automation, PPA’s, coal ash and mainstream media getting it wrong again on batteries (again). [Read more…]
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