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Major capital raise seeks $450 million to “lead New Zealand’s renewable energy future”
New Zealand gentailer woos investors from home and across the ditch to help fund its ambitious renewable energy development plans.
Solar-battery hybrid and CIS winner gets super quick federal green tick
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.
State LNP promises “strict new audits” of solar and wind, Barnaby promises a big new coal plant
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.
when slavery was a good deed to lower unemployment....
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.
Australia replaced the mining boom with a government spending boom
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
“We don’t doubt ourselves:” Fortescue’s race to real zero – and the radical rethink behind it
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?
Can inverter-based technologies do the system security job of big spinning machines?
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.
Guardian editor shoved for growing One Nation?
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
First home buyers sweat on future rate hikes
The Australian Treasury set aside $35.7 million in contingent liabilities for defaults under the federal government’s 5% deposit scheme for home buyers in the mid-year budget update in December. Under this scheme, the Treasury guarantees 15% of first-home buyer mortgages, allowing homes to be purchased with only a 5% deposit without requiring lenders’ mortgage insurance.