Victoria’s very large wind farm will be operational in early 2013
AGL readies biggest wind farm in southern hemisphere November 23, 2012 – AGL Energy, Australia’s largest operator of renewable energy projects, expects its $1 billion Macarthur wind farm to be...
View ArticleWoodend Integrated Sustainable Energy sets the pace for Victorian community...
Insight: How communities can take lead in green energy REneweconomy, By Giles Parkinson 30 November 2012 This is the second in a series looking more deeply into issues which affect the development of...
View Article25 anniversary of Australia’s oldest operating wind turbine, and still going...
These days, the wind turbine that could delivers around 80,000kWh a year to the grid, with an estimated 90-95 per cent availability Blow out the candles: Australia’s oldest wind turbine turns 25...
View ArticleSouth Melbourne’s community owned large solar project
Community solar projects allow people who cannot install solar panels on their own homes for whatever reason to directly participate in the solar revolution. Community funded solar projects have...
View ArticleKerang, Victoria, getting two solar farms in 2013
Another 30 MW Solar Farm For Victoria http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=3530, 27 Dec 12, Gannawarra Shire Council last week approved plans for another 30MW...
View ArticleNew fossil fuel plant shelved, as Victorians use less electricity, (and more...
Solar Helps Delay Power Station Construction http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=3532 28 Dec 12, In another example of solar power helping to stave off...
View ArticleVictoria’s Baillieu government is making the State’s climate problem worse
Environment Victoria chief executive Kelly O’Shanassy accused the Baillieu government of neglecting efforts to reduce Victoria’s greenhouse gas emissions – such as by dumping the state’s emissions...
View ArticleSolar photovoltaic plant for Mildura region, in Victoria
Green light for solar farm near Koorlong http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-24/green-light-for-solar-farm-near-koorlong/4481736 Jan 24, 2013 A planning application has been approved for another solar...
View ArticleFor 75% of breast cancer patients, genetics is not a factor. Environmental...
This is a very important research finding. For decades, Australian women have been fed stories on how breast cancer is probably genetically caused. Each women is advised to look into the cancer...
View ArticleMildura area(Victoria) to get revolutionary new solar spin cell project
Solar Spin Cells To Be Manufactured Near Mildura http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=3609, 25 Feb 13, A major solar project has been announced for...
View ArticleGood riddance to Ted Baillieu, Victoria’s anti renewable energy Premier
The anti-wind campaign was viewed very much as “Ted’s show”, to the point where other government ministers would pass off their responsibility: It’s not my call, it’s Ted’s” New Premier Dennis Napthine...
View ArticleVictoria’s Premier Napthine hypocritically toes the fossil fuel line on wind...
I love them, but we can’t have them everywhere: Premier on wind farms, The Age, Tom Arup, 13 April 13, Premier Denis Napthine has declared his personal love for wind turbines, but says his...
View ArticleSouthern hemisphere’s biggest wind farm opened in Victoria
Australia’s biggest wind farm – the vital statisticshttp://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/australias-biggest-wind-farm-the-vital-statistics-35976 By Giles Parkinson 12 April 2013 Macarthur wind farm – the...
View ArticleClean Technology Investment Program funds Bendigo solar system
Australian Vaccine Manufacturer Going Solar http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=3720, 3 May 13 Veterinary vaccine manufacturer, MSD Animal Health, has been...
View ArticleBusting the anecdotal “evidence” of the Waubra anti wind energy campaign
Anti-wind groups and others hostile to renewable technology wish to deem anecdotal evidence inscrutable – consequently, they must accept all claims of health effects, no matter how improbable. If those...
View ArticleAustralian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) funds Victoria’s revolutionary...
The Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium is a collaborative effort between CSIRO, The University of Melbourne, Monash University, BlueScope Steel, Robert Bosch SEA, Innovia Films and Innovia...
View ArticleCommunity solar energy gathering pace in Australia
Community solar may be next big thing in Australia renewables REneweconomy. By Giles Parkinson 22 May 2013 The momentum for a big push into community solar projects appears to be gathering pace, with...
View ArticlePort Fairy, Victoria, vulnerable to sea level rise
Report says hundreds of buildings vulnerable to flooding from rising sea levels at Port Fairy...
View Article23 per cent of Victorian voters likely to vote for Julian Assange
New poll reveals that Julian Assange could win senate seat in Australian elections, TNT 29th May 2013 By Emma Featherstone Assange’s bid for a senate seat was seen by many as a stunt, but a poll has...
View ArticleVictorian government decides that climate change is a low priority
THE Victorian Government has abandoned key agricultural climate change programs. Weekly Times, 5 June 13 It comes as environment groups this week claimed rural communities were being left to “fend for...
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