Daily update: Is this the death of Australia’s renewables industry

Is this the death of Australia’s renewable energy industry? Giles Parkinson

The Abbott government says it “supports” renewables, but new data shows investment has ground to a halt, the country’s biggest renewable companies are facing massive write downs, and the world’s biggest investors are preparing to abandon the country.

Most energy analysts think CCS is on death row due to high costs, but the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) have banged the CCS drum once more.

Can Hawaii’s Big Island get all its electricity from renewables? Tam Hunt

HELCO seeks to achieve 92 percent renewable electricity by 2030. Is 100 percent possible?

Why we may not need fossil fuels for grid stability  Zacgary Shahan

Younicos battery storage system is faster and more precise than fossil fuel plant used for frequency regulation. Conventional power plants can block the grid. Batteries match it perfectly.

Oceans getting hotter than anyone realisedJohn Upton

New research finds the upper levels of the planet’s oceans have been warming much faster than previously realised.

As we walked across Victoria we have seen high capacity power lines many times, but not a single utility scale wind turbine.