Who wants renewable energy?

What do the Australian people want?

A Lowy Institute poll carried out on 1,200 Australian adults on 2018/06/20 showed that 84% of Australians wanted the government to "focus on renewables, even if this means we may need to invest more in infrastructure to make the system more reliable".

Liberal/National Coalition Choosing a Prime Minister who loves coal (Scott Morrison) and an Energy Minister who hates wind power (Angus Taylor) was a great backward step for Australia's and the world's future.

60% of the people polled accepted that "global warming is a serious and pressing problem" and wanted action even at significant costs, only 10% believed that global warming was in doubt.

The Conversation provided a summary of the poll results on renewables and climate change. See the Lowy Institute site for the full results.

According to a fact-check done by The Conversation back in March 2016, 16.5% of Australian householders had gone to the expense of installing solar power. This was probably the highest percentage in the world.

South Australians love renewables

The Australia Institute conducted a poll of a sample of 624 South Australians and released the results in March 2019. The poll asked: Would you support or oppose a Renewable Energy Target of 100% by 2030? At the time more than half of South Australia's power was being generated by renewable energy assets that had been built in the previous 15 years.

This section added 2019/03/30

The overall result of the poll was 69% support, 14% opposed and 17% undecided.

There was strong support for the renewables target even among Liberal/National party voters: 60% support, 25% opposed, 15% undecided. Support from other parties (with the unsurprising exception of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) was significantly higher at 77-79%.

This poll emphasised what I have noted on another page, that South Australia's transition toward renewable energy has been a great success.

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Rise of renewables

At the time of writing, 2018/08/30, there were more than 3,300 MW of wind power capacity under construction in Australia. At the end of 2017 there was 4,800 MW of installed wind capacity in Australia, of which more than half had been built in the previous seven years.

Wikipedia stated that "As of March 2018, Australia had over 7,803 MW of installed photovoltaic (PV) solar power, of which 1,651 MW were installed in the preceding 12 months."

To put this in perspective the Liddell coal-fired power station due for closure in 2022 had a capacity of 2,000 MW, of which 1,680 MW was classed as reliable.

And the boom in renewable energy will only gain pace in future with an article in The Guardian, 2018/08/30, written by Katherine Murphy, forecasting that renewables will halve wholesale energy prices over the coming four years.

Household rooftop solar

A feed-in tariff is the amount being paid for the solar power that householders feed into the grid. See Wattever for the offers that are available in each state.

As mentioned above, in March 2016, 16.5% of Australian householders had installed solar power. With solar feed-in tariffs of 20¢/kWh or even more being offered by a number of electricity retailers around Australia at the time of writing this section (September 2018) this percentage is only going to increase. Just a few years earlier the typical feed-in tariff was 6¢/kWh.

Renewable forecast to halve wholesale power prices

An article by Katherine Murphy headlined "Renewables forecast to halve wholesale energy prices over four years" published by The Guardian on 2018/08/30 reported that:

"The latest renewable energy index compiled by Green Energy Markets confirms analysis by the Energy Security Board that wholesale electricity prices are on the way down because of an addition of 7,200 megawatts of extra large-scale supply from renewable energy."

Tristan Edis from Green Energy Markets says the political debate in Canberra is lagging behind practical developments in the national electricity market. The national energy guarantee was scuppered in part because government conservatives were concerned the mechanism didn’t do enough to reduce power prices, and because of claims that renewables were inflating power bills.

“What I think is extraordinary given recent political events is that we’ve actually turned the corner on wholesale electricity prices and they’re now headed downward and will continue to decline substantially over the next few years,” Edis told Guardian Australia. “This doesn’t seem to have sunken in at all in our political debate.”"

I've written on the cost of wind power and some recent power price agreements in Australia elsewhere on this site.

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The supporters of coal are out of touch with reality

As mentioned elsewhere on this page the Australian people overwhelmingly want more renewable energy, not more coal-fired power. Most also want action on climate change; even among those who aren't convinced about climate change there are many in favour of more renewable energy.

There is absolutely no need for more base load power. Coal power, like nuclear, is base load; that is, it is well suited for providing a continuous rate of generation, it is not at all well suited for filling in the gaps when renewable energy is unavailable.

As the amount of renewable energy in Australia increases, and it is increasing very quickly, there will be a continued need for peaking power which coal cannot provide, at least until we get significant amounts of energy storage such as pumped hydro, batteries and hydrogen.

The coal industry is dying, the sooner its Australian supporters accept that fact the better for them, for Australia and for the world.

Beijing people are reminded of what a clear sky looks like by a big screen Image credit: Feng li/Getty Images

The proponents of more coal-fired power sometimes claim that a coal-fired power station can be clean.

I've shown on another page that in the 35 years from the building of the Liddell power station to the building of the Kogan Creek power station the reduction in emissions intensity in Australia's coal-fired power stations has only been 11%.

The USA Competitive Enterprise Institute, and other investigators, have shown that the economics of carbon capture and storage do not stack up.

The burning of coal is one of the main causes of greenhouse/climate change, ocean acidification and its air pollution kills millions of people world-wide each year.

So I'll waste no more time on the clean coal fantasy.

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The Big Three power retailers

The fast growth of renewables in Australia While grid solar (alternatively utility-scale solar, the red area in the graph) is small up to the end of 2017, it was growing very quickly at the time of writing. In mid 2018 there was a similar amount of utility scale solar power being generated in Queensland as rooftop solar; Queensland had the most rooftop solar of all the states. Graph credit: The Australia Institute

It is well known that AGL has resisted pressure from the Turnbull Government to keep the ageing Liddell coal-fired power station open after 2022. They said that its generation could easily be replaced with renewably generated electricity. Both Energy Australia and Origin also accept that there is no need for keeping old coal-fired power stations open longer than necessary.

AGL: Renewables; "Committed to helping shape a sustainable energy future for Australia."

"We're proud to be the largest ASX-listed investor in renewable energy generation in the country."

Energy Australia: "Supporting renewable energy

"Right now, EnergyAustralia has the rights to more than 490 megawatts of electricity generated by wind farms in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia."

Origin Energy: statement of 25 October 2017:

"Our position on climate change is absolutely clear. We unequivocally support measures to progressively reduce global emissions and acknowledge the role the energy sector needs to play in transitioning to a lower carbon future."

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Who are adopting renewables?

This section aims to list a selection of the many groups and organisations of all types that have recognised that their economic best course, and Australia's future, is in adopting and exploiting renewable energy. In mid 2018 while our federal government was self-destructing over its opposition to renewables, Australia was moving on.

Australian Energy Market Operator

Brown Hill Range Wind Farm Mid North South Australia, 2007/12/12

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) in its Integrated System Plan (ISP) of 2018 recognised that the future lies with renewable energy and that there is no need of new coal-fired power. The ISP places a high priority on minimising cost and maximising reliability.

In the quote below AEMO's representative is writing about what is expected to happen as the coal-fired power stations reach the ends of their economic lives.

The plan stated:

"Within the plan period, under AEMO’s Neutral ISP planning scenario, the analysis projects the lowest cost replacement (based on forecasted costs) for this retiring capacity and energy will be a portfolio of resources, including solar (28 GW), wind (10.5 GW) and storage (17 GW and 90 GWh), complemented by 500 MW of flexible gas plant and transmission investment. This portfolio in total can produce 90 TWh (net) of energy per annum, more than offsetting the energy lost from retiring coal fired generation."

Note that, not only is there no coal in the mix, there is also very little gas (500 MW is 0.5 GW).

States, territories

In mid 2018 both South Australia and Western Australia were looking into creating a renewable energy export industry by using electricity to produce hydrogen and either shipping that overseas as a gas or as ammonia. They have recognised that there is huge potential in this.

Tasmania

Tasmania, at close to 100% hydro and wind power has long led among the states in renewable energy due to it's hydro power. In 2018 the Tasmanian government is intending to make the island state "the battery of the nation" by developing wind power and pumped hydro energy storage.

Steve Davy, CEO of Hydro Tasmania stated "Tasmania is uniquely placed to help lead Australia through its challenging transition towards cleaner sources of energy. Battery of the Nation offers a future that’s clean, reliable and affordable." Fourteen pumped hydro opportunities have been identified with a total of well over 2,500 MW.

South Australia

Wattle Point Wind Farm, Yorke Peninsula A gibbous Moon behind a wind turbine in a multiple-exposure photo

At the time of writing, August 2018, South Australia had over 50% renewable energy; 15 years earlier there was practically none. Contrary to the lies of those who oppose renewable energy this has been a huge success, there have been no power failures due to the variable nature of renewable energy in SA.

The renewable energy had been developed by a series of Labor governments. These were replaced by a Liberal government in March 2018, but surprisingly, the new Liberal government have shown themselves to be positively inclined toward renewables. The Guardian reported on 2018/07/25 that Energy Minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan said that "the state was on track to have 75% of its electricity from renewables by 2025".

The state's adoption of renewable energy, particularly wind power, has been a huge success (in spite of claims to the contrary by opponents of renewable energy; there have been no power failures directly attributable to the variable nature of renewable energy).

In its budget of September 2018 the SA government confirmed $180 million to be spent over four years for energy storage schemes. Most of this is for the roll-out of small-scale battery storage in 40,000 homes but $50 million has been allocated to “facilitate development of new storage technologies to address intermittency within the state’s electricity system” and $30 million has been allocated to demand response. All of this will make the installation of more renewable energy easier.

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Australian Capital Territory

Mugga Lane solar farm Mugga Lane is rated at 13 MW and is one of several solar farms in the ACT

In 2016 the ACT enacted a target of 100% renewable energy by 2020. By the time of writing, August 2018, the territory was well on its way to achieving the target.

The ACT has limited potential for generating its own solar or wind power so it has contracted for most of the needed power to be generated in South Australia or Victoria.

Victoria

Toora Wind Farm, Gippsland, Victoria The cows, like all livestock, quickly become accustomed to nearby wind turbines. It is common to see sheep lying in the shade of a operating wind turbine on a hot day.

An article by Sophie Vorrath, 2017/10/23, in Renew Economy, reported:

"Victoria has become the first state in Australia to have its renewable energy target written into law, after the Labor Andrews government’s Renewable Energy (Jobs & Investment) Bill was passed by Parliament on Friday.

State energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio said on Friday the governments’ VRET of 25 per cent renewable energy by 2020, and 40 per cent by 2025, had passed the Legislative Council with 20 votes to 18, and despite not winning a single vote from the opposition Coalition party."

The emphasis above is mine. Note that the Liberal opposition who usually, outside of SA, oppose renewable energy opposed the targets.

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Queensland

An article in the Australian Financial Review on 2018/01/16 written by Mark Ludlow reported:

"The Palaszczuk government said a strong response to its 400 megawatt "reverse auction" for renewable energy projects showed Queensland was on track to reach its ambitious renewable energy target of 50 per cent by 2030."

The emphasis was mine. Ludlow went on to say that there were growing doubts that the state was going to achieve its target.

Giles Parkinson reported in Renew Economy 2018/08/30 that the Queensland government had created a new renewables generation company called CleanCo. It is to take over 1,000 MW of clean energy assets and will "have some $250 million to invest in new generation, likely wind and solar".

New South Wales

Nyngan Solar Farm, central NSW Even in NSW, with a regressive Liberal government, the value of renewable energy is receiving some recognition.

NSW has a Liberal Government, but still there is government encouragement for renewables. As reported in ESD News, 2018/08/27:

"Regional households in New South Wales will be able to slash their power bills after the state government announced $85 million for clean energy programs. The funding includes a $30 million program to enable communities across the state to build their own local clean energy projects.

Funding will also be available to develop backup power systems for up to 70 communities.

The community projects will reduce pressure on the grid and lower network costs, with each community able to save up to $2750 per site per year on their energy bills.

The funding also includes $55 million to help the private sector develop and accelerate clean energy technology for regional communities, such as pumped hydro."

NSW has a renewable energy target of 100% by 2050, which is so far off into the future as to be quite meaningless.

Western Australia

Denmark Community Wind Farm, south-western WA There has been progress in spite of a long-serving Liberal state government thanks in part to regional groups. Photo credit, Craig Chappelle, Chairman, Denmark Community Windfarm Ltd.

WA had a traditional Liberal Government for eight and a half years to March 2017; there was little action on renewables during that period. Now with a Labor government it looks like things are improving.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported on 2018/08/31 about a Renewable Hydrogen Conference which drew more than 300 national and international delegates. Premier Mark McGowan said:

"This Government is pushing for innovation, diversification and bold new ways to develop clean energies, grow exports and drive new job opportunities across regional WA.

As the world continues to transition to a low-emissions future, it is increasingly apparent that hydrogen can play an important role – and WA can be central to that future."

The SMH article questions whether WA can corner the market in the 'renewable hydrogen revolution'.

Premier McGowan is right that there is an export industry in renewable energy waiting for someone to take it up, but I think he'll find that WA will be competing with SA in seeing who can get there first.

While most of the action around clean energy export relates to hydrogen or ammonia, there is also a proposal for a huge wind/solar farm in the Pilbara region of WA to export power via a pair of undersea cables to Java.

Northern Territory

The NT Roadmap to Renewables documents a target of 50 percent renewable energy by 2030. My own impression is that up to the time of writing the NT has been remarkably slow to take up renewable energy.

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Cities

"Nations talk and cities act"

Adelaide City Council

Adelaide: "The City of Adelaide aspires to be the world’s first carbon neutral city and an international leader in environmental change."

There is also 1 MW of solar panels on the roof of the Goyder Pavillion at the Royal Adelaide Showgrounds.

Melbourne City Council

Melbourne: "The Melbourne Renewable Energy Project (MREP) marks the first time in Australia that a group of local governments, cultural institutions, universities and corporations have collectively purchased renewable energy from a newly built facility." They have produced a guide to help other organisations to buy off-site renewable electricity.

Other participants in the MREP include:

• Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology;
• Australia Post;
• National Australia Bank;
• University of Melbourne;
• data centre operator NEXTDC;
• Zoos Victoria;
• The city of Port Phillip;
• Moreland city council;
• The city of Yarra;
• Citywide;
• Melbourne convention and exhibition centre;
• Bank Australia.

Sydney City Council

The City of Sydney "has set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the entire local area to 70% below 2006 levels by 2030. This includes a target of 50% of electricity demand from renewable sources."

Brisbane City Council

Brisbane City Council "has achieved full carbon neutral status, making it Australia’s largest 100% carbon neutral organisation."

Perth City Council

Perth City Council does have clean energy aspirations but they seem a bit wishy-washy compared to the other state capitals; however the port of Perth, Freemantle has a target of carbon neutrality for corporate emissions by 2020.

Hobart City Council

The City of Hobart "reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 75% from 2000 to 2010". It seems now to be concentrating on reducing energy consumption more than carbon emissions.

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Regional Councils

Googling something like "regional council renewable energy" will give you quite a list. Regional councils that have made commitments include:

• Bundaberg;
• Snowy Monaro;
• Byron Shire Council;
• Indigo Shire Council;
• Cairns Regional Council;
• Gladstone Regional Council;
• Sunshine Coast Council;
• Mackay Regional Council;
• Central Western Queensland: "The seven councils that form the Central Western Queensland Remote Area Planning and Development Board (RAPAD) have a bold plan – to become an energy superpower of the low carbon world." The councils involved are:
  • Barcaldine Regional Council;
  • Barcoo Shire Council;
  • Blacktail-Tambo Regional Council;
  • Longreach Regional Council;
  • Boulia Shire Council;
  • Diamantina Shire Council;
  • Winton Shire Council;

I could have listed many more from Web searching.

Darabin City Council implimented a Climate Emergency Plan in 2017.

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City and country councils for renewables

The Cities Power Partnership "is a free, national program that brings together Australian towns and cities making the switch to clean energy". At the time of writing it included:

• 70 local government areas;
• 250+ towns and cities;
• 8 million people.

"The Cities Power Partnership is a coalition of the willing – made up of mayors, councillors and communities committed to a sustainable, non-polluting energy future. These local heroes are tackling climate change and transforming Australia’s energy landscape from the ground up."

Fossil Free Councils

Go Fossil Free listed 45 councils that had passed divestment motions in Australia as of 2018/09/20. The total of the investments held by these councils was over $7 billion and the number of Australians living within the council districts was more than 2.6 million.

Totally Renewable Yackandandah

ARENA has a page on Totally Renewable Yackandandah (TRY), a citizens' initiated drive to develop a town powered by 100% renewable energy. It all started back in 2014 and by the time of writing (September 2018) the people of Yackandandah are well on the way to achieving their aim. TRY has its own Web page.

Back in June of 2016 the Climate Council listed nine towns that were aiming at 100% renewable energy (including Yackandandah). There would be more by now.

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Businesses

Sundrop Farms, Port Augusta, South Australia
A solar powered greenhouse system using saline water and supplying a large part of Australia's tomato market.

Steel works, energy company

The British billionaire who saved the Whyalla, SA steelworks, Sanjeev Gupta, has plans to spend US$1 billion nationwide on renewable energy in Australia. For details see the article by Rebecca Puddy on ABC on-line news. Quoting from Ms Puddy's article:

... [Mr] Gupta said the investment by his company, SIMEC ZEN Energy, formed part of his firm belief there was a great future for energy-intensive industries through a transition to more renewable energy.

"Solar will be the main base of our ambitions in Australia but we will have some wind and we have lots of storage solutions," Mr Gupta said.

"So together that gives us the ability to offer dispatchable baseload power at prices cheaper than other forms of power."

Mr Gupta was reported to have launched a 1 GW (1,000 MW) renewable plan in August 2018.

A winery at Leasingham, Clare Valley wine region, South Australia. An approximately 120 kW solar PV system

Wineries

The winery on the right is only one of several in just the Clare Valley wine region of SA to install a substantial solar power system.

Yalumba in SA's Barossa Valley installed 1.39 MW of solar power.

Petaluma in the Adelaide Hills installed 82 kW of solar power.

The Lead reported on 2016/12/08 that "wineries with systems in excess of 100 kW include D’Arenberg, Seppeltsfield, Peter Lehmann, Angove, Torbreck, Wirra Wirra, Jim Barry and Gemtree. Many smaller wineries are installing smaller systems."

And that's just a part of what's happened in SA, there are many others in Australia's many wine regions.

Metal smelter

Korean zinc refiner Sun Metals officially opened a 125 MW solar farm on their site south of Townsville, Queensland in August 2018.

Telstra-lead consortium contracts for wind power

A Telstra media release dated 2017/12/20 detailed a power purchase agreement made between a consortium of large energy users including ANZ, Coca-Cola Amatil, Telstra and the University of Melbourne and the 226 MW first stage of the Murra Warra Wind Farm. "Under the agreements the consortium members ... secured long-term supply and price security. In return, Murra Warra Wind Farm secured contracting certainty over output from the first stage of the project and can commence construction."

Businesses in general

Kathryn Diss of ABC on-line reported 2017/09/28 on research from consultancy firm Sunwiz:

"SunWiz has found business solar installations have jumped 60 per cent during the past 18 months to 40,736 systems. It's accelerated significantly in recent years and continues to be a popular investment for businesses wanting to take care of their electricity prices," the company's managing director Warwick Johnston said."

In addition a number of businesses have contracted to buy power from various wind farms.

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Airports

Adelaide Airport rooftop solar This was one of the earliest airport rooftop solar installations at an Australian airport Image source: unknown

Adelaide Airport

The photo on the right shows the 1.17 MW solar power installation at Adelaide Airport.

Brisbane Airport

Brisbane Airport committed to a 6 MW, $11 million solar power installation in September 2017.

Sydney Airport

"Sydney Airport has decided to turn to wind energy to reduce its electricity costs and lower emissions, and has signed a contract with Origin Energy that will result in three-quarters of its electricity supply coming from the Crudine Ridge wind farm in central west NSW." More in an article in Renew Economy by Giles Parkinson.

Darwin Airport

On 2016/08/05 Darwin Airport announced that its 4 MW solar power system had been energised.

Also in the Northern Territory

Minister for resources and northern Australia, Matt Canavan, said on 2018/09/06 that the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund would extend a $150 million loan to:

• the construction of a 40MW solar farm at Darwin International Airport;
• a 10MW array at Alice Springs Airport;
• and another, of an as-yet undisclosed size, at Tennant Creek Airport.

(Considering the anti-renewables bias of the federal government of the time, that must have been difficult for Minister Canavan.) For more information see an article by Sophie Vorrath in One Step off the Grid.

Karratha Airport

Western Australia's second largest airport, Karratha Airport, is to install 1 MW of solar power with the support of ARENA.

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Mines

An article was written in Mining People International about 'How the mining industry is using solar power' discussing a number of mining companies that are developing solar power at remote mine sites in Australia.

ARENA have a Net page on renewable energy in relation to mining providing economic and other data.

Kidston is a combined solar and pumped storage hydro project proposed and, as of the time of writing, June 2018, partly built by Genex Power at the exhausted Kidston Mine in northern Queensland, Australia. I've written more on Kidston in a comparison with the proposed Snowy 2 project.

The company associated with the visionary Sanjeev Gupta, GFG Alliance, announced a 120 MW/600 MWh pumped hydro storage in a disused mining pit of the Iron Duchess Mine in the Middleback Ranges.

ARENA have a Net page about the 10.6 MW solar PV power plant at the DeGrussa Copper Mine in WA.

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Universities

Monash University, one of the biggest in Australia, announced plans to become Australia's first 100% renewable energy powered university on 2017/10/09. At the time it announced a $135 million investment toward achieving this aim. This was not a new thing for the university, they started the process as early as 2005.

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As I was getting close to finishing this page I came across a piece published in Energy Matters on 2018/08/29.

"One of South Australia’s biggest rooftop solar arrays will soon provide 20 per cent of Flinders University’s energy needs. The project will see nearly 6,000 solar panels installed on buildings at Flinders’ Bedford Park Campus. The 1.8 MW rooftop system will cost $4.895 million, and will pay itself off in seven years. The university expects the solar array to generate energy for 25 years."

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A organisation named 100% Renewables have a Net page titled "Universities demonstrating sustainable energy leadership" provides information on many Australian universities in relation to reducing emissions.

Universities installing more than 1 MW of renewable power

These are the universities mentioned at the 100% Renewables Web site that have installed 1 MW or more, a substantial amount, of renewable energy.

University of Queensland, several campuses

4.5 MW

University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba campus

1.09 MW

Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga campus

1.77 MW

The following is a listing the universities mentioned in the 100% Renewables page:

• Charles Sturt University
• Griffith University
• La Trobe University
• Macquarie University
• Melbourne University
• Monash University
• Newcastle University
• Queensland University of Technology
• South Australia University
• Southern Queensland University
• Sunshine Coast University
• Swinburne University
• Sydney University
• Sydney University of Technology
• Tasmania University

External pages

AGL: Renewables; Committed to helping shape a sustainable energy future for Australia. "We're proud to be the largest ASX-listed investor in renewable energy generation in the country."

Australian Farmers for Climate Action on Facebook

Australian National University Australia’s renewable energy industry is delivering rapid and deep emissions cuts; Ken Baldwin, Andrew Blakers and Matthew Stocks; 2018/09/10; pdf;

ARENA: the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

Australia Institute provides the facts on Wind Enegy, Climate and Health

Australian Solar Council

Australian Wind Alliance

CEFC: Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

"Coal is no longer cheaper – and we'll prove it": Sanjeev Gupta, the British billionaire who saved the Whyalla steel industry knows that the future lies with renewables.

The Conversation factcheck, 2017/08/14, concluded that while power from existing coal-fired power stations is cheaper than new-built wind power, "as things stand today – wind power would be cheaper than coal as a new-build source of electricity." Prices for wind and particularly solar PV power continue to fall.

Deloitte Insights: Global renewable energy trends; Solar and wind move from mainstream to preferred. "Technological innovation, cost efficiencies, and increasing consumer demand are driving renewables–particularly wind and solar–to be preferred energy sources. We examine seven trends that are driving this transformation."

Energy Australia: "Right now, EnergyAustralia has the rights to more than 490 megawatts of electricity generated by wind farms in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia."

Guide to green energy and renewable sources, Choose Energy, USA; written by Caitlin Cosper, 2019/09/05. The page contains some interesting graphs and statistics on renewable energy in the USA.

Heroes building Australia's low-carbon economy, by 350 Australia, September 2018. "Despite a lack of federal government leadership, the low-carbon economy is thriving. The stories featured in this report have been chosen by a selection committee incorporating feedback from stakeholders in the low-carbon economy – businesses, community groups, NGOs, researchers, academics, investors and individual experts."

Hydrogen: CSIRO's National Hydrogen Roadmap sketches the opportunities in using hydrogen as a medium for the storing, transporting and consumption of energy.

Origin Energy: 6 Ways Origin is Tackling Climate Change.

Renew Economy home page

Renew Economy: Can Angus Taylor stop the renewables and storage revolution?

SunWiz; an Australian solar consultancy

100 percent Renewables: Universities demonstrating sustainable energy leadership.

Zen Energy: 5 Ways Renewable Energy Benefits All Australians. It's clean, it improves public health, it can reduce future energy prices, can help households gain energy independence and creates more jobs.

CORENA; a fund providing interest-free loans to install solar power or energy saving measures for deserving organisations. The organisations pay off the loans from their financial savings, with the money going back into the fund.

The Conversation reported that "Big firms voice lack of faith in ‘cumbersome’ and ‘impractical’ Emissions Reduction Fund", while Environment Minister Melissa Price wanted to continue with it.

On this site

Australia's energy future

End of coal: why the coal industry has a very limited future.

Ethics: a subject that Energy Minister Taylor would do well to learn about.

Greenhouse/climate change: the greatest threat currently facing mankind.

Power to Gas (P2G, renewable energy used to produced hydrogen gas) in Australia.

Killer coal: how the burning of coal kills millions of people world-wide each year.

Selfishness or altruism?: self or all?

South Australia's success in changing toward renewable energy

Taylor: Australia's gobsmackingly dishonest Energy Minister, Angus Taylor

Which electricity generation method should Australia choose for the future?

Which would you prefer, wind energy or fossil fuels?

Why support wind power

Wind power in Australia

Wind power opposition: almost universally dishonest.

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