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AGL’s Broken Hill solar plant in western New South Wales has begun generating, with 26 MW of renewable energy feeding into the National Electricity Market for […]
Australia’s first commercial diesel displacement solar plant has begun operating – supplying electricity to Rio Tinto’s bauxite mine as well as some homes in the Weipa […]
The South Australian Government has proclaimed the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation (Renewable Energy) Amendment Act 2014 which is aimed at reducing regulatory burdens on renewable […]
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have announced $350 million in new funding initiatives to kick start as many […]
The NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has released a Draft Report and Draft Determination following its review of solar feed-in tariffs in 2015-16. IPART’s […]
The Victorian Auditor-General’s Office has released the Unconventional Gas: Managing Risks and Impacts report which examines whether Victoria was well placed to effectively respond to the […]
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will provide $400,000 to Ergon Energy Queensland to explore a new approach for providing solar PV and battery storage systems […]
The final report and recommendations have been released on the GreenPower Program Review. The NSW Trade and Investment (DTI) appointed the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF, […]
The Senate Select Committee on Wind Turbines has released its final report. The report follows the committee’s interim report, tabled on 18 June 2015, which contained […]
The Federal and NSW Governments will invest a total of $3 million in a strategic alliance with CSIRO and industry to expand research on the social […]
Victorian, South Australian and Queensland environment ministers have agreed to collaborate on efforts to combat climate change and reduce emissions. The Ministers met with former US […]
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced 5 priorities for new investment and a new, streamlined funding programme structure. ARENA CEO Ivor Frischknecht also released […]
The SA Government will match Adelaide City Council funding that provides incentive payments to businesses and households that install energy storage and energy efficiency measures. Under […]
Adelaide City Council has announced businesses, schools, residents and community organisations will be offered financial incentives to install solar battery storage systems. The Council said its […]
The International Energy Agency has released the World Energy Outlook Special Report 2015: Energy and Climate Change which claims a peak in global energy-related emissions could […]
Queensland Energy Minister Mark Bailey has released a discussion paper Towards a clean energy economy: achieving a biofuel mandate for Queensland outlining plans for an ethanol mandate […]
Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt has introduced the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2015 to Federal Parliament. The bill makes changes to the Renewable Energy Target […]
Two new methods are now available for use under the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from fertiliser in irrigated cotton allows for abatement […]
The Federal Department of the Environment is calling for comment on the Carbon Farming Initiative project transition into the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). The Emissions Reduction Fund […]
A proposal to change the design of the turbines for Capital 2 Wind Farm north of Bungendore, NSW has been submitted to the Planning Assessment Commission […]
The Clean Energy Regulator has announced that from 12 May 2015 the Renewable Energy Target (RET) website will be combined with the Clean Energy Regulator website […]
A Sydney-based sustainable infrastructure company has developed innovative new solar array technology which is being used to power a wastewater treatment plant at Jamestown, in Adelaide’s […]
A wind farm with the potential to power 75,000 homes a year on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland has received State Government approval with […]
The Queensland Government will look at ways of expanding the state’s biofuels sector and will next month release a discussion paper on biofuels and bio-manufacturing. Energy […]
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced changes to wind farm planning laws including reducing the veto zone for proposed wind farm developments. The veto zone for […]
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $3.3 million in funding for WA power company Synergy to trial a combination of rooftop solar PV and […]
The SA Government has made its submission to the South Australian Parliament’s Natural Resource Committee (NRC) inquiry into unconventional gas (fracking). The submission concludes that “the […]
Wind farms in South Australia and Victoria have been awarded lucrative contracts with the ACT government to provide a third of Canberra’s power within three years. […]
The City of Melbourne has set up a group of large energy users interested in securing a long-term renewable energy supply. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said […]
Queensland’s Co-ordinator General has released a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the proposed expansion of Santos GLNG’s gas field operations in south-east Queensland. The Coordinator-General […]
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October 30, 2026