Labor’s proposal for 50% renewables demonstrates in spades how poisonous climate change politics has trumped good policy.
Disiplin ilmiah, gaya jurnalistik
Artikel-artikel mengenai Wind energy
Menampilkan 101 - 120 dari 124 artikel
Can the government tell its clean energy finance body what to invest in? Recent news that the Clean Energy Finance Corporation will be banned from investing in wind farms and small-scale solar suggest that the government is trying to do just that.
Wind farms are responsible for a large number of bird deaths. Finding a way to ensure that they can co-exist is vital.
Wind energy is already competitive with fossil fuels, will reduce electricity prices for consumers, and will play a large role in reducing Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions.
One approach that would serve to sidestep the problems of wind farms on land (real or perceived) is to send the turbines offshore.
Wind turbines have got Canberra in a spin this week. But does the industry need more regulation?
Australia, like much of the rest of the world, is in the midst of an energy transition, driven by falling demand and uptake of renewables. Community energy is one way we can mange this transition to the benefit of all Australians.
People are complaining of a range of health related problems and are attributing them to wind turbines. The question is: what is the cause of these health problems?
While Australia has reached a deal on the Renewable Energy Target, there’s no long-term certainty for the sector yet.
Countries will take emissions reduction pledges to international climate talks in Paris at the end of this year. Those pledges should also include funds for low-carbon R&D.
Consumers of wind power pay twice: first via their monthly electricity bill and a second time as taxpayers to finance billions of dollars in subsidies.
Peak fossil fuel and action on climate change will mean we have less energy available to power the future.
There is no direct evidence that wind turbines affect physical or mental health, according to a review of the evidence by the National Health and Medicine Research Council (NHMRC). The review found no…
Mining is the fourth-largest energy consumer in Australia, using roughly 10% of Australia’s total. Some of this comes from the electricity grid — but much is supplied offgrid in the form of diesel and…
Congress passed the wind production tax credit (PTC) more than two decades ago to spur development in an industry still in its infancy. The wind sector has since matured into adulthood, prompting thousands…
No sooner had foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop announced that Australia should take a fresh look at nuclear power than Prime Minister Tony Abbott responded that nuclear power would only be supported…
There is no shortage of shouting and dire warnings about the state of the climate and our need to phase out fossil fuels. But there is a more silent revolution happening too — in micropower. Small-scale…
Less than a week out from Victoria’s state election, both major parties have been largely silent on environmental policy. Neither the Coalition nor Labor has released comprehensive documents. It also seems…
Ten years on from the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, Australia is entering another round of negotiations towards the new and controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership. In this Free Trade Scorecard series…
The Conservative Party apparently plans to introduce a moratorium on future onshore wind farms from 2020, hanging their hat on the growth of offshore wind instead, and following Germany’s lead by expanding…
Kontributor teratas
-
Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
-
Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
-
Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
-
Emeritus professor, Australian National University
-
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, UMass Amherst
-
Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University
-
Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
-
Professor of Industrial Engineering Applied to Energy Policy, UMass Amherst
-
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Energy Engineering, Nottingham Trent University
-
Research Associate, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
-
Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle
-
Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
-
Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
-
Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
-
Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University
