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Showing posts with label electricity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label electricity. Show all posts
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Victoria sets 75-80% emissions reduction target for 2035, Net zero by 2045, New Renewables Targets VRET of 65% by 2030, 95% by 2035.

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The Victorian Labor Premier, Dan Andrews, and Climate Change Minister Lily D'Ambrosio, have  announced the State's 2035 emissions re...
Friday, September 25, 2020

DELWP fails consumer choice on electricity plans and greenhouse gas emissions

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The Victorian Department of Environment Land, Water and Planning provide a website to compare gas and electricity plans. But a problem wit...
Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Thermal, wind and demand forecasting failed in South Australian Heatwave: AEMO

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AEMO have released their preliminary report into the loadshedding and blackout of 90,000 south Australian residents and businesses during t...
Thursday, February 9, 2017

AEMO orders South Australian loadshedding blackout while Gas turbine remains idle #SAheat

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Over 40,000 South Australian households endured a blackout yesterday evening for about half an hour during an extreme heatwave. AEMO order...
Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Renewables firmly favoured by Australian Public says poll

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It should come as no surprise that the Australian public enormously favours development of renewables. This is seen not only in public opi...
Wednesday, January 7, 2015

California targets 50 per cent renewables by 2030 while fracking continues

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California Governor Jerry Brown announced at his inauguration that Climate Change action would be prominent for his next 4 years of his adm...
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Coal emissions rise as Australia experiences hottest October on record

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Emissions from the electricity sector are now showing a clear increasing trend. The latest Pitt and Sherry CEDEX report shows that emissi...
Friday, September 5, 2014

Carbon emissions rise from electricity generation - largest 2 month increase since 2006

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The latest CEDEX assessment by Pitt and Sherry shows an increase in Australian electricity demand in June and July with rising supply from...
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Open letter to Origin Energy on the Renewable Energy Target

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Dear @originenergy , as a customer I have just contributed to put this ad on air in support of the RET in opposition to the submissions you...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Victorian Premier warns 100,000 premises may lose power during extreme heatwave

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Original story by me at Climate Action Moreland The Premier Denis Napthine warned Victorians that 100,000 premises may lose power during...
Friday, December 28, 2012

Gas fired power stations for NSW and Victoria placed on hold

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EnergyAustralia has announced shelving plans for construction of a 1000MW gas fired power station in the Latrobe Valley at it's Yallourn...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Coal protest: activists scale Yallourn power station Cooling Tower

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Four days ago two intrepid climate change activists scaled one of the cooling towers at Yallourn coal fired power station in Victoria's...

Electricity Demand Falling in Eastern Australia according to CEDEX

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New research on energy demand in the National Energy Market (NEM) by Pitt and Sherry's carbon emissions Index (CEDEX) shows demand fo...
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Federal Funding for new Victorian coal fired power station withdrawn

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Yesterday the Federal Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson, announced withdrawal of $100 million funding for the HRL propose...
Thursday, February 9, 2012

Alcoa to review Point Henry smelter at Anglesea

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Alcoa have announced a review of the future of Point Henry Smelter near Anglesea in a press release to the Australian Stock Exchange. The s...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Rally says no to HRL coal power station in Victoria

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About 400 people gathered in the sun, on the steps of the Victorian parliament for a weekday lunchtime protest to say no new coal fired p...
Monday, January 30, 2012

Critical time for stopping the HRL Coal fired power station in Victoria

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Victorian residents are fighting to stop the construction of a new 600MW coal fired power station at Morwell in the La Trobe valley. The H...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Climate study: Australia falling behind in indirect carbon pricing

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A report commissioned by the Climate Institute has analysed the indirect carbon price in the electricity generation sectors of six countries...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Victorian Premier announces generous feed-in tariff for large scale solar power

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While most people were watching the Federal political sphere, John Brumby, the Victorian Premier, surprised many with a major announcement ...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

Bayswater carbon pollution under legal challenge by NSW climate activists

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Two members of Newcastle climate protest group Rising Tide are challenging in the NSW Land and Environment Court the amount of carbon pollu...