The Rudd government has shelved its plans for a national energy policy blueprint for Australia’s energy needs because of uncertainty about the emission trading scheme and the cost to electricity generators of cutting carbon emissions.
The delay adds to uncertainty about the required $100 billion investment necessary to avoid electricity brown-outs, and industry leaders have called [...]
One can presume that as solar technology advances rapidly, the renewable energy options available to Australian households will be vastly different within a decade.
A number of products are in the market, and more are close to commercialization thanks to the work of Australian universities and incubators, who are producing smaller, cheaper and more powerful [...]
Investment in renewables in Australasia has dropped by more than anywhere else in the world, amidst uncertainty over emission trading and the loss of value of renewable energy certificates.
Green deals fell by 59 percent year on year in Australasia, from 29 percent in 2008 to just 12 last year, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ 2009 Renewable Deals review, [...]
The cost of slashing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent on 2000 levels by 2020 is about $1.8 billion, or as little as $185 per household, according to new research by the non-profit outfit ClimateWorks.
Most of the cuts would come from improving energy efficiency in buildings and appliances and growing trees on farms. [...]
Australia is already experiencing climate change, with hotter springs, declining rainfall and sea level rises more than three times the global average in some areas, according to a report released today by the nation’s two leading scientific agencies.
The “State of the Climate” snapshot, drawn together by the CSIRO and the Bureau [...]
Australians will pay up to $100 million to remove foil insulation or install electrical safety switches in 50,000 homes, in further changes to remedy problems caused by the government’s suspected insulation scheme.
The government had earlier committed to test the 50,000 homes for ceilings live with electricity because of poor installation of foil insulation, [...]
On 26 February the government announced a major structural change to the Renewable Energy Target (RET) Scheme, with plans to carve out small-scale renewable technologies into a separate fixed-price scheme. Small-scale technologies will still be able to generate Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), but at a fixed price of $40 per megawatt hour of electricity [...]
The CSIRO Staff Association has accused the Opposition of using Senate estimates to wage a political campaign to discredit the national science agency’s climate change research, the Canberra Times reported today.
”Our scientists are being subjected to inappropriate, politically motivated attacks during these public hearings,” association president Michael Borgas told the newspaper. He also [...]
The Government is delaying by least a month the latest and much-expected vote on its proposed emissions trading scheme (ETS), which was meant to take place next week.
Rudd just last week told the press that he would press on with the proposed emissions trading scheme. Today Climate Change Minister Penny Wong said the delay does [...]
When I was in year seven, the class nerd Shane stood up to do a presentation on why he believed coca cola was bad for you. Shane had compiled a list of stats outlining sugar content, chemicals and additives and other assorted nasties found in a typical can. He was about to put a [...]
