The 2024-25 annual national accounts from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that the total value of residential land increased by 7.0% over the financial year to a record $8.3 trillion. Total residential land values in Australia have risen from 1.1 times GDP in 1989 to 3.0 times GDP in 2024–25. Land now accounts
CS Energy is using its coal plant byproducts quite literally to build a bridge between its traditional fossil generation business and its renewable energy future.
The post How Queensland coal plant waste is helping to build a (concrete) bridge to renewables appeared first on Renew Economy.
Hydro Tasmania has successfully delivered replacement turbine blades to one of Australia’s oldest continuously working wind farms.
The post Replacement turbine blades arrive at one of Australia’s oldest wind farms appeared first on Renew Economy.
They like the bedtime story: Europe was peacefully humming along in its post-history spa — open borders, cheap energy, NATO as a charity, Russia as a gas station with a flag… and then, one day, the barbarian kicked the door in for no reason at all.
Another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please.
New Zealand gentailer woos investors from home and across the ditch to help fund its ambitious renewable energy development plans.
The post Major capital raise seeks $450 million to “lead New Zealand’s renewable energy future” appeared first on Renew Economy.
Solar and battery project proposed for central northern Victoria gets EPBC all-clear just four months after joining the queue.
The post Solar-battery hybrid and CIS winner gets super quick federal green tick appeared first on Renew Economy.
Nothing says election year like a big new push for division around renewables. In Victoria, the opposition Coalition and One Nation are getting busy courting votes.
The post State LNP promises “strict new audits” of solar and wind, Barnaby promises a big new coal plant appeared first on Renew Economy.
UNITED STATES Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave the green light to European leaders for a new era of colonialism.
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Mr Rubio offered partnership between the US and Europe to recolonise the global South.
Rubio gives green light to new era of US-European colonialism
With less than five weeks to go until the South Australian election, the Opposition Liberal Party has announced a stamp duty concession to help older homeowners downsize. It is not a full exemption but a one‑off $15,000 discount on stamp duty for eligible buyers. The concessions would be available to South Australians aged 55 and
Australia is experiencing a major economic shift driven by a decade-long surge in federal and state government spending: Economists claim government spending is now structurally reshaping the economy in a way comparable to the early‑2000s mining boom. Alex Joiner, chief economist at IFM Investors, clearly illustrates the shift from the mining boom to the government-spending
Iron ore giant Fortescue has just four years left to meet its real zero emissions by 2030 target, a mammoth task that will require it to fundamentally change how it operates. So can it be done?
The post “We don’t doubt ourselves:” Fortescue’s race to real zero – and the radical rethink behind it appeared first on Renew Economy.
A new white paper examines how Australia can ensure electricity system security in the transition from baseload generators and spinning machines to a grid dominated by inverter-based resources.
Apparently, Lenore Taylor, editor at the fake left Guardian, has jumped off the ship. Guardian Australia editor Lenore Taylor’s decision to step down this week after almost 10 years in the job wasn’t a shock. But the timing sure was. Announcing it at 5.30pm on a Tuesday? Leaving the business the following day? And staff hearing