The Driven A new plan to encourage NSW drivers to adopt electric vehicles will soon be released by the NSW Liberal government, according to a tweet by minister for energy and the environment Matt Kean on Thursday evening. In response to an initial enquiry to Kean’s office
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One Step off The Grid Solar owners in smoke affected areas, particularly those who’ve been sheltering in air conditioned homes more than usual, might be wondering how well their rooftop systems are performing under the haze. Solar monitoring company Solar Analytics has found that rooftop PV systems
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One Step off The Grid As we enter the new decade, the devastation of the Australian bushfire season has understandably dominated the news both at home and abroad. This has clearly highlighted the vulnerabilities that Australians face during these times of disaster. One clear area prone to
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The Australian Energy Market Operator has convened a workshop in early February to discuss the system strength issues and network blockages that have affected around 40 large scale wind and solar projects in western Victoria and south-west New South Wales. The meeting called by AEMO follows widespread
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American tech giant Microsoft has made an ambitious pledge to effectively reverse the company’s historical contributions to climate change, and says will remove the entirety of its carbon footprint made since the company’s founding 45 years ago. Microsoft has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2030, and
read now “Predictions are very difficult – especially about the future”, or “Past performance is no guarantee of future returns”. Two well known sayings that remind us that whatever is predicted below may turn out to be wrong. But what is true – on the evidence so far – is
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New data released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance confirms that investment in large scale renewable energy in Australia plunged in 2019 as the federal government turned a blind eye to the needs to continue the clean energy transition, and provided no policy certainty. The 60 per cent
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The ACT has taken another step towards zero net emissions by lifting the mandatory requirement that mains gas infrastructure is rolled out to new housing developments. There has been a long standing requirement under ACT planning laws that all Canberra households must be connected to the mains
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The remote coastal Western Australian town of Denham may become the latest host to a hydrogen production pilot project, as Horizon Power seeks to overhaul the town’s electricity generation system with one of Australia’s first working examples of hydrogen energy storage. The community at Denham, located on
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British naturalist Sir David Attenborough has said the “moment of crisis” has come in the fight against climate change, warning that governments’ targets for decades in the future were not enough to save the planet. He called on China in particular to reduce its carbon emissions, saying that he
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The European Commission has unveiled how the European Union can pay for shifting the region’s economy to net-zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050 while protecting coal-dependent regions from taking the brunt of changes aimed at fighting climate change. The EC detailed its €1 trillion investment plan to put
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The Driven South Korean carmaker Kia will aim to sell one million electrified vehicles annually by 2026, half of which it aims to be all-electric, in a new $29 trillion won ($A36.26 billion) ‘Plan S’ strategy announced today. The “pre-emptive” shift to focus on electric vehicles will
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