Energy Efficient Communities Program – High Energy Using Business Grants The Australian Government has launched the Energy Efficient Communities Program – High Energy Using Business Grants to help facilitate energy efficient practices for businesses. This provides...
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One million species under threat of extinction
One million of the world's species are now under threat of extinction, according to a recent report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). According to the IPBES, nature is declining globally at rates...
Golf Management Australia – PV Magazine Media Feature
Energy-management company AEES to green golf clubs’ energy use Australia’s more than 1,300 golf clubs can each spend upwards of $100,000 a year on electricity bills in the process of managing their greens and running their clubhouses. Today AEES Group announced an...
Community Renewable Energy Scheme
A community energy project based on the south-west coast of Western Australia is offering households an opportunity to become 90 per cent renewable “for the price of a coffee a day” as part of a privately funded, potentially 6.5MW Virtual Power Plant (VPP). The...
On-farm energy grants
Agriculture Victoria has rolled out the first and second actions in the Victorian Government's $30 million Agriculture Energy Investment Plan: free on-farm energy assessments and on-farm energy grants. What’s an on-farm energy tier 1 grant? These provide support to...
Cleaning up Our Backyard
Today, by and large and large the residential and commercial adoption of renewable of energy efficiency technologies is mainly about energy cost reduction. In the longer term however it can be argued that its about establishing a roadmap towards sustainability... The...
Lowy Institute Poll – Climate change and renewables
In 2018, 59% of Australians (up five points) say ‘global warming is a serious and pressing problem’ about which ‘we should begin taking steps now even if this involves significant costs’. Almost all Australians (84%, up three points) say ‘the government should focus...
How to reduce your energy bill
In Victoria, there are many licensed energy providers offering a range of energy contracts and plans. Their role is to sell you power and bill you for your energy usage. You do have the choice to choose your energy provider based on the price and service that best...