0 Horizon Power ponders end of centralised generation By Jonathan Gifford on 14 March 2014 In regional and remote WA, utility Horizon Power is increasingly turning to renewable energy plus storage as the cheapest form of secure electricity supply. Proponents of renewable energy have advocated for some time that distributed generation, in particular solar PV Continue Reading →
0 Juice Media satirizes conspiracy theorists, Tony Abbott By Zachary Shahan on 14 March 2014 CleanTechnica I found this quite well done and funny. Just watch it: If you don’t do videos for some reason, here’s the summary: The Rap News crew explains peak oil through rap, especially the increasingly expensive methods, and has a Continue Reading →
0 Mixed Greens: Most German solar installers offer storage By Staff Reporter on 14 March 2014 German solar installers go for storage More than two-thirds of German PV installers are now offering energy storage options to their customers, and British and Italian counterparts are starting to do the same, according to a new report from Continue Reading →
0 Norway’s oil fund may inject $40bn in renewables By Giles Parkinson on 14 March 2014 Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg has confirmed plans to increase the exposure of its $920 billion sovereign wealth fund – the world’s largest – to renewable energy, part of its stated plans to use its vast wealth to combat Continue Reading →
0 India’s likely new PM big fan of solar, not of coal By Giles Parkinson on 14 March 2014 Australian coal producers – in particular the billionaire miners Gina Rinehart and Clive Palmer, – face another major roadblock to their dreams of digging up the Galilee Basin and other coal-rich resources: The likely new prime Continue Reading →
2 14 things we learned – and the Abbott government didn’t By Giles Parkinson on 14 March 2014 Climate change is real, Australia’s policies are a joke, renewable energy investment is leaving Australia, wind and solar do not add costs to the grid, they don’t need new back-up, and they have been reducing prices. So, Continue Reading →