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Replacing Liddell with Renewables Cheaper and Less Polluting than Gas
Greenpeace launches the report: Scenarios for the Replacement of the Liddell Power Station Report The cheapest and lowest emissions option to replace the Liddell coal-burning power station in the New South Wales Hunter Valley is clean energy backed up by batteries, according to a new report by energy analytics firm RepuTex. ||| New modelling undertaken…
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Replacing Liddell with renewables cheaper and less polluting than fossil gas: RepuTex
SYDNEY, Nov 27 2020 – The cheapest and lowest emissions option to replace the Liddell coal-burning power station in the New South Wales Hunter Valley is clean energy backed up by storage, according to a new report by energy analytics firm RepuTex.The report, commissioned by Greenpeace Australia Pacific, shows that replacing the ageing and unreliable…
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Fortescue sees the light: Miner unveils plan to produce five times the current capacity of Australian energy market with renewables
SYDNEY, Nov 11 2020 – Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced plans to become a global clean energy giant by targeting 235GW of renewable energy production each year.The announcement was delivered earlier today by Fortescue CEO Andrew Forrest, who appeared via videolink at the Perth-based company’s Annual General Meeting. “With Australia’s major trading…
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The Fresh Energy People: shoppers applaud Woolworths’ commitment to 100% renewable electricity by 2025
SYDNEY, Nov 11 2020: Woolworths, Australia’s largest supermarket chain and the country’s sixth largest electricity user, has made the latest move in the retail race to renewables, announcing that it will commit to source 100% of its electricity from new-build wind and solar by 2025.The announcement today, which gives Woolworths the energy edge on rival…
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Morrison Government should support Climate Change Bill in light of NSW, global developments
SYDNEY, Nov 9 2020 – This morning Independent MP’s Zali Steggall tabled the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020 which targets net-zero emissions by 2050.Greenpeace Australia Pacific spokesperson Jonathan Moylan said the move highlighted the need for the Morrison Government to act when it comes to fighting…
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Roadmap to put NSW on the path to becoming a clean energy superpower
SYDNEY, Nov 9 2020 – Greenpeace welcomes the announcement of the New South Wales Government’s plan to help deliver regional jobs and more cheap and reliable renewable energy through the Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap.“This plan will help make New South Wales a renewable energy superpower, deliver jobs for regional communities and provide more cheap and reliable…
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Time for Coles to go all the way on energy: Greenpeace
SYDNEY, Thursday 5th November 2020 – Greenpeace is calling on Coles to commit to 100% renewable electricity by 2025 at the supermarket giant’s AGM held today.As the country’s 12th largest energy consumer with over 2500 stores around the country, pursuing a nation-wide transition to 100% renewable electricity would prevent over 1.5 million tonnes of carbon…
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The real life monsters behind the Amazon’s deforestation
The story behind Greenpeace’s latest animated film ‘There’s a Monster in My Kitchen’. Jag-wah’s forest home is being burnt down to grow animal feed for meat. If we don’t act, more precious habitats will be ruined, Indigenous Peoples could lose their homes, and we’ll lose the fight against climate change. Watch the film. A farmer…
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Bushfire Royal Commission missed opportunity to make polluters pay for climate damage like the 2019-20 bushfires
The New South Wales ‘Mega’ fire, which measures 1.5 million acres, burns on the outskirts of the small town of Tumbarumba in the Snowy Mountains, NSW. Since blazes broke out in September, Australia has seen unprecedented bushfires destroying nearly 11 million hectares with at least 29 people loosing their lives. It is estimated that more…
