Converting landfills into solar farms, renewable energy record year of growth, NSW breaks 2GW barrier twice this week & food giant Nestle Australia switches to 100% renewable power: this week in #renewables (06/12/21 edition)

We’ve scoured all four corners of the internet for all the latest #renewables news (to save you a bit of time). Grab a coffee, here’s the gist (06/12/21 edition): It has been another record year for renewable energy, despite Covid-19 and rising costs for raw materials, according to the International Energy Agency (via The Guardian).…

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SA smashing more renewable records, Shell purchases NZ’s largest renewable company, Queensland drops $145M on three renewable energy zones & Australia greenlights coastal turbines

We’ve scoured all four corners of the internet for all the latest #renewables news (to save you a bit of time). Grab a coffee, here’s the gist (29/11/21 edition): Last Sunday SA became the first gigawatt scale grid in the world to reach zero demand however solar generators are essentially being penalised to store their…

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Renewables keeping interest rates lower, solar powering fossil fuel production to reduce carbon emissions & labour supply could affect the renewable energy revolution

We’ve scoured all four corners of the internet for all the latest #renewables news (to save you a bit of time). Grab a coffee, here’s the gist (22/11/21 edition): Powering the production of gas with solar electricity could dramatically reduce Australia’s carbon footprint (via Renew Economy). New technologies that allow hydrogen to be produced from…

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