energy

Everybody’s heard about high cost energy costs and high carbon emissions. Matt McDonald looks at one way to deal with these twin problems.

The Tasmanian industrial firms complaining about the RET are wrong and the scheme is actually good for the state, according to a report.

​Schneider Electric has announced that Gareth O’Reilly has been appointed the company’s new Zone President, Australia & New Zealand.

APA Group has stood by its plan to build a natural gas pipeline from the Northern Territory to the eastern states, despite claims that it is not viable.

The government’s plan to cut the Renewable Energy Target could lead to compensation claims from the renewable energy sector, according to a law report.

Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane says the planned cut to the RET will accommodate the renewables sector and provide certainty for the industry.

Australia’s peak renewable energy group will support a plan to exempt the aluminium industry from the Renewable Energy Target.

The installation of grid-connected solar inverters at its manufacturing facility is expected to reduce its energy bills by up to $45,000 a year.

​The Australian Workers Union’s new national secretary has announced plans to campaign for a reservation of 15 – 20 per cent of local gas.

Used-cigarette butts can be converted into material that could be integrated into computers, handheld devices and wind turbines to store energy.

Turck Australia announces the launch of the new NIC contactless inductive coupler series suitable for use in data and energy transmission.

Rising gas prices, if left unchecked, will have a devastating effect on Australian manufacturing. Measures must be taken to achieve both a growing LNG export industry and a diverse industry base.

South Australia’s Tindo Solar is being provided up to $20 million senior debt finance from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to locally manufacture, install and own rooftop solar arrays and sell the power to building occupants under a power purchase agreement (PPA).

GE has put its $1.2 billion Worsley Alumina power plant on the market and is believed to be receiving interest from major infrastructure investors.

The article “Where to now for the RET?”, while welcome discussion, seems a bit confused about what this is all about.

How can your business cut down energy costs in the face of rising gas prices?

CSIRO has made a breakthrough that promises to increase the efficiency and help to lower the cost of solar electricity.

Study says panels made in China have a higher carbon footprint and are likely to use more energy during manufacturing than those made in Europe.

​The Victorian government’s decision to extend a moratorium on fracking for onshore wells has been criticised by some in industry.

The Australian Solar Council has launched the Solar panel trust mark, a system to assure consumers that solar panels are of good quality.