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Daily update: Hunt commits to coal, renewables despair deepens
RenewEconomy editor@reneweconomy.com.au via mail351.us3.mcdlv.net
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Environment minister sees future in ‘clean coal,’ refuses to back renewables; large-scale renewables projects at a standstill in Australia; AER’s poles and wires crack-down; Macquarie’s retail power play; Geothermal project abandoned due to “lack of oil” Graph of the Day – how many EVs??; Abbott’s systematic solar stamp-out; why we will have to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere; global coal’s water risks; and Germany’s renewables rejig.
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Environment minister sees future in ‘cleaner’ coal, and refuses to endorse renewables. This comes as new data shows large-scale renewable projects at a standstill, and as industry finds doors closed in Canberra. Meanwhile, new data show electricity emissions have fallen 5 per cent in past year.
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Abbott government has brought the large-scale renewable energy industry to a standstill, with no new projects in 2014, and only four in 2013.
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AER cites decreased demand and ‘over-estimated capital expenditure’ in decision to downgrade revenue allowances for NSW electricity distributors.
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Macquarie gains electricity retail licence as it rolls out solar leasing business. Other firms, including Sungevity, are also applying – at least for exemptions.
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New data shows global EV numbers climbed to just over 400,000 on the road in early 2014, and has doubled in each of last two years.
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The solar schools and towns program appear to be latest victims of Abbott’s systematic destruction of Australia’s solar opportunity.
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Climate scientist Malte Meinhausen explains why we will need to use technology to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere.
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Water risks are already impacting the world’s coal industry, but how will these change over time?
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Plans for a 25MW geothermal project in WA set back after partner withdraws because of a “lack of hydrocarbons”.
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Germany moves to contain costs of energiewende, as Spain also considers revisions
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