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What Role Should Governments Play in the rEVolution?

November 18, 2024 admin Australia, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, policy & politics, Queensland

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:53:45 +0000

We all know the story about Norway and the massive government incentives to increase the uptake of electric vehicles in that country. We now see the start of a trade war between China and the west over China’s exports of subsidised EVs. The USA is talking about higher and higher … [continued]

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Renewables Gallop Ahead Down Under — A Queensland Sample

November 13, 2024 admin Australia, australia wind energy, australia wind farms, clean power, Queensland, Solar energy, Uncategorized, wind energy

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 22:58:54 +0000

As I sit at my computer tapping out this article, the sun is shining in beautiful Brisbane, capital of Queensland, Australia. We are moving into summer and the sun is up long before I am. When I awake, the house battery is filling up and charging the car. Soon, the … [continued]

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MacIntyre Wind Farm Exports Power!

October 10, 2024 admin acciona, Australia, clean power, onshore wind farms, Queensland, wind energy

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2024 18:58:18 +0000

Queensland is known in Australia as the Sunshine State, and rightly so. At this time, on a Sunday afternoon, the state is producing about 50% of its electricity from sunshine — pure yellow stuff. Where it has fallen down in the renewable transition is the use of its vast land … [continued]

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GE Vernova Integrating Energy Storage for Australia Data Center Complex

September 16, 2024 admin Australia, data center, Energy Storage, ge vernova, news, power, Queensland, quinbrook infrastructure partners

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:10:42 +0000

GE Vernova said it has been chosen by investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners to integrate 250 MW/1,000 MWh of battery energy storage into a major data center complex in Queensland, […]

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Aussie Hydrogen Leader Cutting Jobs, Moving Production Target

July 21, 2024 admin Arizona, Australia, buckeye, Business, fortescue, green hydrogen, hydrogen, International, job cuts, news, power, Queensland, restructuring

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 14:48:34 +0000

An Australian company at the forefront of the global push to utilize hydrogen has reduced its workforce and cut its production targets, citing high costs for power needed to produce […]

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Communities & Governments Striving to Combat Climate Change in Australia

July 7, 2024 admin Australia, biogas, clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Queensland, Solar energy

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:49 +0000

Not only can individuals fight climate change by their actions, so can communities, councils, and states. One such community is the semi-rural town of Dayboro situated about one hour north of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. Here in the idyllic surroundings (and busy coffee shops), we met with Brian Porter to … [continued]

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Please Turn Off “Fart Mode” When Exiting The Vehicle

June 30, 2024 admin Australia, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, hospitals, Queensland, tesla, tesla model y

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:40:16 +0000

Believe it or not, this instruction is included in the “Key Tips” section of the South West Health Service newsletter sharing the deployment of two Tesla Model Y SUVs for use in the town of Roma, Queensland, Australia. The town is situated 6 hours’ drive southwest of Brisbane and can … [continued]

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ELu Gathers Electric Vehicles, Sporting Greats, & Good Food

March 5, 2024 admin Australia, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, Queensland

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2024 12:01:03 +0000

Doug Fraser, Queensland Director of eLu , certainly pulled out all the stops when he marshalled a range of players … [continued]

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Olympic Games Supercharge Tactical Plan For EV Uptake In Australia

June 3, 2023 admin Australia, Brisbane, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, hybrid electric cars, market research, olympics, phev, Queensland, research

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 23:03:57 +0000

Brisbane, Queensland, has won the bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic games. These games are the first required to be “climate positive.” In their latest Network Electric Vehicles Tactical Plan, Energex, which operates the electricity distribution network in and around Brisbane, and Ergon Energy Network, which operates the network in regional Queensland, detail their […]