Buzzworthy Solar/Renewable Energy News
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New released statistics shows Australia making a major contribution to the global utility-scale solar PV uptake. |
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Labor leader Michael Daley has pledged to spend $100 million installing solar panels on hundreds of public schools across NSW. |
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2018 was a record year for solar. And now, the storage war has started, as the various technologies – pumped hydro, lithium, hydrogen – battle to top the league table of dispatchability to complement renewables. |
"The sun provides more energy in one hour than all humanity uses, in all forms, in a single year. Sunlight can provide us with its own resolution to our energy problems."
-- David Findley
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As students from around the globe prepare to strike for action on climate change on Friday, a local council in northern Victoria has asked its youth to engage in a different way. Greater Shepparton City Council has called on young people in the municipality to draft a statement, to influence environmental decisions and drive the development of new policies in the region. |
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Take a look at 10 outstanding homes that will inspire you to go off-grid. |
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A group of leading Australian climate scientists, academics and former heads of energy companies have slapped down the federal government for its continued claims that Australia is pulling its weight on climate action, and on track to meet its international obligations. |
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A new trial has been launched to cut power prices and make wind and solar energy more predictable by letting renewable generators forecast their own electricity production. |
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March 21 This year the International Day of Forests promotes education to Learn to Love Forests. It underscores the importance of education at all levels in achieving sustainable forest management and biodiversity conservation. Healthy forests mean healthy, resilient communities and prosperous economies.
March 22 This World Water Day, 22nd March, is about tackling the water crisis by addressing the reasons why so many people are being left behind. |
