Reports

The Australian Energy Market Operator's (AEMO) latest quarterly report shows renewables in Australia are continuing their record-breaking streak. In the final quarter of 2022, green power overtook black coal's output across its east-coast electricity mix for the first time. While renewable energy generation hit a record high – supplying 40 per cent of the grid's power during the quarter – fossil fuels fell to their lowest-ever levels. Future electricity prices for the remainder of 2023 year have also fallen sharply [...]

Many of Australia's big climate polluters are buying Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) to continue enabling them to pollute as usual, says the Climate Council. For many businesses, they have become the first and only course of action rather than a last resort. Moreover, many of these carbon offset schemes do not represent any actual or additional emissions reductions and are therefore no substitute for genuine abatement. Now, as the government prepares to strengthen the law that regulates emissions from [...]

Australia can slash its total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by over 80 per cent in five years using existing clean technology, a report has found. This is almost double the Federal Government’s current target of 43 per cent from 2005 levels. The report, Deploy – Ambitious cleantech rollout to cut emissions and build a prosperous Australian economy, published by think tank Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE), outlines the steps Australia can take to get there. Just six existing technologies do the [...]

An investigation has revealed the vast scale of sponsorships linked to fossil fuel corporations in Australian arts, sports, education and community organisations. The list was compiled by author Penny Tangey and expanded by the climate group 350.org. Guardian Australia verified and reported the results. The survey found 535 sponsorship deals for community organisations from fossil fuel-related companies. Fossil fuel giant Woodside Energy had the most known signings with 56 deals. BHP had 44 and had links to another seven through [...]

Australia will install eight grid-scale batteries to store renewable energy around the country, boosting the main grid storage capacity tenfold.  Minister for Climate Change & Energy Chris Bowen announced the developments would receive AUD $176 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency's (ARENA) Large Scale Battery Storage funding round. This initial government funding will open up almost AUD $3 billion of investment across the country, he said.  "Renewable energy is the cheapest form of energy. The more renewable energy we have in [...]

Australia will bring the world's environment leaders together at a major environment summit in 2024. The global Positive Nature Summit aims to secure billions of dollars in investment to protect and replenish the natural world. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek made the announcement while attending the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal. Australia will host the summit to "supercharge private investment in protecting and repairing our environment", she said. The summit will focus on how to encourage private finance for "on-the-ground nature repair [...]