Victoria starts off an Australia-wide movement to community-owned wind farms
In the United Kingdom and Europe, community-owned projects are commonplace. Denmark alone has over 200,000 investors owning more than 5,500 turbines.
Communities embark on clean energy path — EcoGeneration — January/February 2011 Construction has commenced at Australia’s first community-owned wind farm in Victoria. Going first has meant a long, hard road for the team behind the project, but now many other communities around Australia are asking how it was done. Embark’s Alicia Webb reports. Continue reading
New South Wales solar farm development
100MW Solar Farm For New South Wales : Renewable Energy News , 10 Jan 2011, The New South Wales government has given the nod to Infigen Suntech to develop the state’s first commercial solar farm. The $300 million solar power station will be constructed on 200 hectares at East Nyngan Road and Boundary Street East, Nyngan and will consist of 300,000 solar panels. The Nyngan PV Solar Farm will generate enough renewable energy to provide clean electricity for up to 20,000 homes and will avoid the generation of 150,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year – the equivalent of removing approximately 30,000 cars from Australian roads annually………….100MW Solar Farm For New South Wales : Renewable Energy News :
Australia’s CSIRO a leader in batteries for renewable energy
Better Batteries Coming No Jitter | By Gary Audin, Delphi, Inc. Jan 6, 2011 Batteries will be improving mobile device energy storage soon. These battery improvements will significantly increase the use of and operating life Continue reading
January 1, 2011 Australia’s Renewable Energy Target starts
DIARY – Global Environment | Reuters, 31 Dec 10,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 AUSTRALIA – Australia’s renewable energy target (RET) scheme which has a set a target of 20 percent renewable energy generation by 2020 to help curb the growth in planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions and trim the nation’s reliance on coal and gas for power generation comes into effect………….DIARY – Global Environment | Reuters
Queensland Premier redirects money to solar power
Anna Bligh ….saying it would help develop two new solar plants that power over 50,000 homes.
Anna Bligh culls coal to fund solar Courier Mail Patrick Lion (Qld) December 25, 2010 The Sunday Mail has learnt the Premier recently redirected one-third of the clean coal allocation in the Queensland Future Growth Fund towards the development of two new commercial-scale solar power projects. Continue reading
Variety of renewable energy growing in regional Australia
In the past year, wind power generated almost 5000 GWh of electricity enough to power more than 700,000 homes.
Clean energy powers up in ACT region, waste-management-world, John Thistleton; Business EditorCanberra Times (Australia)December 23, 2010 From mini-hydro power stations on our water storages to $100million wind turbines, the ACT region is making a growing contribution to the nation’s clean energy industry. Continue reading
Rooftop solar power, solar jobs, growing in Australia
The group’s 2010 report also predicted more than 55,000 jobs would be created in the industry by 2020, up from about 8085 now.
Green Australia turns to solar power | The Daily Telegraph, Cameron England , 22 Dec 10, THERE were more than 100,000 solar power systems installed across Australia last year which is more than in the previous decade combined. Continue reading
Renewable energy a more resilient system for Australia’s future
Renewables will need to be a mix of technology and scales, he explained, combining small and medium solar-powered stations with a mix of wind power, biomass and, in the future, geothermal and wave power….“It is a different kind of system and I think it is a system that is more robust and more resilient,”
Nuclear Debate On the Agenda for 2011 | Australia | Epoch Times, By Shar Adams, 22 Dec 10“……….Despite concerns that renewables cannot provide enough consistent energy to meet Australia’s and the world’s needs, Dr Diesendorf said he was confident an energy system built on renewables would not only be sufficient, but would also offer a safer, more reliable energy source. Continue reading
Heart of Australia can develop solar energy
the price of these solar panels is coming within cooee of the cost of gas-fired production,…Alice Springs is very environmentally conscious. If we want to test anything in the environmental area this is where we will test it out.”
Sun shines on nation’s largest solar station, NT News | DAVID WOOD | December 16th, 2010 A NEW solar power station believed to be the biggest in Australia will be built at Alice Springs. The Federal Government will chip in half of the funding for the $6.6 million power station, to be built by Alice Solar City and SunPower Corporation. Continue reading
Dubbo can lead the way for NSW rural solar power
“Dubbo is an excellent location for a number of reasons,” he said.
“It has a very supportive council and local community for renewable electricity, very good sunlight intensity, and our business model is very much building solar power stations in regional australia, particularly regional NSW.”
Dubbo to become renewable energy hub ABC Western Plains NSW – Australian Broadcasting Corporation, December 15, 2010 A solar power station, believed to be the first of its kind in Australia, is being planned for Dubbo in western New South Wales. Continue reading
Eyre Peninsula wants involvement in wind farm planning
EPLGA wants more involvement in planning Rural Report for West Coast: ABC Rural, December 16, 2010, Port Lincoln The Eyre Peninsula Local Government Association is not against any proposed wind farms in the region and has said locals aren’t either.The association wants to pursue more renewable energy options, but they want to be more involved in the planning process. Continue reading
Report highlights Australia’s opportunity for renewable energy
View the full report: Global Clean Power: A $2.3 Trillion Opportunity (PDF)
Time for Australia to integrate smart grids and renewable energy
An emphasis on keeping electricity prices as low as possible led to severe under-investment in the grid and this resulted in the side-lining of issues such as energy efficiency, the integration of renewable energy sources….…
King Island shows the way to 100% renewable energy
Renewable Energy Project Launched on King Island (Tasmania) Continue reading
Smart Grids, Broadband, and Renewable Energy for Australia
Smart grids and the national broadband network
Australia is in a unique position to benefit from two infrastructure projects that are being developed simultaneously…..no matter how one looks at this issue, the overriding solution is to move away from fossil fuels to renewables as quickly as possible.
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7 April – WEBINAR – Australia and the Doomsday Clock – Preventing nuclear war through NoFirstUse and other policies
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15 April – Zoom –Nuclear Power is Not the Solution
Apr 15, 2026 01:00 AM in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
Join the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) on Tuesday, April 14th for a timely webinar exploring the risks associated with nuclear power and challenging the myth that it offers a simple, safe, carbon-free solution to the climate crisis
21 April Webinar: No Nuclear Weapons in Australia
Start: 2026-04-21 18:00:00 UTC Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney (GMT+10:00)
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