The attack on renewable energy initiatives and climate policies has taken a new shape: having abolished nearly all the effective policies at the federal level, the focus is now turning to the state-based targets, using the usual argument of higher costs and insignificant diminution as the basis for the assault.
The announcement regarding the closure of Hazelwood Power Station has finally been made, and just as expected, opinions differ about the effect of its cessation on electricity prices in NSW, Victoria and South Australia.
Australian policy debates are so loaded with dreadful scenarios you would think it’s a drunken mob fighting over a spilt pint. Even before SA’s lights shine bright, the culture warriors are already putting blame on wind turbines for causing the raging storms.
New figures show the amount of renewable energy in the U.S. continues to rise, growing to 16.4 percent of total installed capacity and 13.8 percent of overall electricity supply during 2015.