The Clean Energy Council admits regional Australia doesn’t trust renewables, but it’s solution is not likely to fix the problem.
Clean Energy Council
Posted inEnergy, Local News
New England REZ key as batteries and renewables reshape the grid
The New England REZ is on track to be delivered and fully operational in 2034, upgraded to ‘anticipated’ in the national energy roadmap released today.
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Local councils not consulted in Nationals plan to kill New England REZ
In a bizarre backflip, the Coalition has announced that if re-elected next March they would effectively abandon the New England REZ – and they didn’t consult councils before coming up with the destructive policy.
Posted inEnergy, Regional Development, Walcha
Clean Energy Council fails to consult with farmer groups on decommissioning model
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) has unveiled a national model for decommissioning large scale renewable energy projects, but it appears the industry body did not consult any farmer groups while developing the proposal it says is designed to “protect farmers”.
Posted inEnergy
Keeping the lights on during solar, wind droughts
New energy storage to ride out the solar and wind doldrums is the key to the nation’s power needs, not “uneconomic” nuclear reactors, an industry report finds.