Introducing China’s Solar Panda Power Plant
As a bid to get kids interested in clean energy, a Chinese solar power company has just finished the first phase of a 100MW solar power plant... in the shape of a panda! The creative...
Queensland tackles Turnbull over dumping of renewable energy grants
The Queensland Labor government says it plans to tackle the Turnbull Coalition government over plans to remove grant funding for large scale renewable energy investments, saying it threatens to hold back the nascent large scale...
Renewable energy industry told to ‘take it or leave it’ by Government
Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has rejected a recent proposal from the Clean Energy Council for a compromise on the RET In the latest round of talks involving union representatives and other authorities from the...
Emissions decrease direct link to Renewable Energy Target
Data reports by the Department of the Environment has indicated that annual emissions up to June 2014 indicate that it has dropped by 1.4%. This notable decrease was seen within the second full year of the...
Abbott Government’s RET cuts do more damage than good
The negative attitude shown by the Abbott Government towards renewable energy belies its bias for profit and more profit. His policies show that Abbott regards renewable energy as not economically feasible and therefore unnecessary. The...
Clean energy companies push Labor to pursue RET negotiations
For the past few weeks the Labor party has pulled out of all negotiations regarding the Australia Renewable Energy Target for 2020. However, clean energy companies are now urging the party to resume RET talks in hopes...
Senate crossbench proposal may help RET see the light of day
Ever since Tony Abbott became Prime Minister of Australia, the renewable energy industry has suffered and begun going backwards. From the day Prime Minister Abbott was sworn in, he and his party have blocked the RET, previously implemented by...
Labor open to compromise with the Government regarding RET
One of the hottest debates in recent years is the impasse regarding the 2020 Renewable Energy Target and how the Government seems adamant to abandon the initial plans. The debate was stalled last month but...
Climate Change Authority releases RET report
A newly released report and review regarding the Australian Renewable Energy Target was released by the Australian Climate Change Authority. The said report clearly advises against the Federal Government’s move to slash or scale back...
Renewable industry caves in but Government still requests 20% RET
The Labor Party and the Clean Energy Council, the primary organizations that represent the renewable industry sector, have made a last ditch effort to get an agreement regarding the Renewable Energy Target before Christmas last...
The RET is a money spinner for Tasmania claims Senator Lambie
Senator Jacqui Lambie quit the Palmer United Party in late 2014. This party promised earlier this year that it will protect the RET only to renege on this commitment only a few short months later. The senator’s...
Negotiations for Australia’s renewable energy target breaks down
Just a few years ago the two major political parties in Australia agreed on the renewable energy target to optimize renewable energy by the year 2020, hoping that 20% of all household electricity would come...
Labor, Coalition Not Ready to Compromise on RET
It seems that the two major parties, Coalition and Labor, are still no closer to a compromise regarding the future of the Renewable Energy Target. Coalition backbenchers are still pushing for the stripping away of...
The Future Of Commercial Solar Power and the RET
Amidst the Cabinet’s division over what should be done with Australia’s Renewable Energy Target (RET), the Clean Energy Council (CEC) recently claimed that the number of commercial solar power installations has reached 15,000 and “tens...
Silex Solar Dumps Power Plant Due to RET Concerns
Silex Systems has discontinued its plans to build its 100MW Power Station Project after some serious deliberation regarding the RET. This move naturally affects the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s $75 million conditional funding for...
The Future of the RET Uncertain Under Federal Budget
Concerns that the Australian Renewable Energy Target (RET) was under threat under the Coalition government were intensified on Tuesday when the Abbott government released the 2014 federal budget. The renewable energy industry is outraged by...