Queensland currently gets 7% of it’s electricity from renewable sources - but is aiming for 50% by 2030.
Articles on Wind energy
Displaying 101 - 120 of 146 articles
Australia’s electricity market will be reviewed over the next six months, following South Australia’s state-wide blackout.
South Australia’s wind energy has been caught in a storm since last week’s blackout, but what do we really know?
South Australia’s electricity price shock in July showed that Australia hasn’t worked out how to put large amounts of wind energy into the grid.
We always hear that renewable energy is getting cheaper, but what does that really mean?
The electricity market that covers most of Australia is designed to have periods of high prices, to attract new generators. But there may be better ways to encourage electricity investment.
Photovoltaics and wind energy now have such a large head start that no other low-emission generation technology has a reasonable prospect of catching them.
The federal election campaign has highlighted the very different visions of Australia’s renewable energy future held by the major parties.
Victoria has announced a renewable energy target of 40% by 2025.
The Coalition has asked CSIRO to develop a “roadmap” towards commercialised clean energy. It’s a good idea as long as the plan is clear, and there’s enough money behind it.
Britain’s future could be bright – but first the grid needs a major upgrade.
Catch 22: renewable energy can help fight climate change, but climate change might prove hard on renewable energy.
There’s a wealth of climate policies to choose from this election – but what will they do electricity prices?
We have the technology to phase out fossil fuels, but it will take more than that.
Phasing out fossils fuels would go a long way to stopping dangerous climate change – but it might be harder than we thought.
Renewable energy has had a rough time in Australia. Good climate policy could fix that.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced a new “Clean Energy Innovation Fund”. But will it generate much-needed investment in the sector?
There’s a bunfight about whether local or national government should call the shots when it comes to fracking.
Study shows that many of the utility-scale solar power plants in California have been placed near protected and environmentally sensitive lands.
Renewable energy investment dried up under Tony Abbott’s prime ministership, as he made his antipathy to the industry clear. But Malcolm Turnbull has to do to revive the sector is call a simple truce.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
-
Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW
-
Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
-
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UMass Amherst
-
Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University
-
Distinguished Professor of Industrial Engineering and Faculty Director of The Energy Transition Institute, UMass Amherst
-
Emeritus professor, Australian National University
-
Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
-
Professor of Political Economy, Utah State University
-
ARC Australian Laureate Professor, University of Tasmania
-
Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW
-
Assoc Prof. Renewable Energy, Monash University
-
Professor of Law, Deakin University
-
Lecturer in Environmental planning, Cardiff University
-
Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle