The mining industry risks wasting millions of dollars if greater scrutiny is not placed on its energy use, according to global non-profit Rocky Mountain Institute-Carbon War Room (RMI-CWR), the goal...
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Sourcing half of our electricity from renewables like wind would create more than 28,000 new Australian jobs, research released today has found. The Renewable Energy: Future Jobs and Growth report...
To have any chance of preventing dangerous climate change, the world needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero or even negative by mid-century. Many experts suggest this means we need to...
Supplying 24-hour access to diesel in remote parts of Western Australia’s Pilbara region has become much more feasible with the construction of what is believed to be the world’s first fully...
The Australian government continues to claim that coal will play a vital role in bringing cheap energy to developing nations. In particular, it’s claimed India’s poor will benefit from the...
A former gold mine site may soon be a world-first generator of clean, green energy and jobs for North Queensland. Minister for State Development and Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dr...
NSW Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy, Anthony Roberts, traveled to Nyngan in regional NSW in late January to mark the official completion of Australia’s two largest solar plants at...
A formidable team of business, energy, and environmental experts will lead the public inquiry into establishing Queensland’s 50 per cent renewable energy target by 2030. Minister for Energy and Water...
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced the short-list of projects invited to progress to the next stage of its $100 million large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) competitive...
Construction has begun on an Australian-first solar power plant at Rio Tinto Alcan’s Weipa bauxite mine in North Queensland. The project involves the construction of a 1.7MW solar farm at a cost of...
