Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2018

An economically-sustainable hydrogen industry in Australia could soon be on the cards according to a blueprint released by CSIRO, the national science agency, which found that cost-competitiveness is firmly on the horizon. Source: CSIRO.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2020

The Western Australia Government of Premier Mark McGowan will bring forward the Western Australian Renewable Hydrogen Strategy targets by a decade and invest $22 million to develop hydrogen supply, meet growing demand for the clean fuel and create jobs. The McGowan Government has committed $5.7

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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Electrek

JULY 13, 2021

A site the size of greater Sydney may host a $100 billion project to convert wind and solar into green hydrogen in Western Australia. If built, it will become the world’s largest clean energy hub. more… The post Western Australia plans to build world’s largest clean energy hub appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

He told me recently about how he convinced his strata block to install solar. We have met Robert Nicol and his car Scarlet before. I asked him to write me some notes and, wonderfully, he has written the whole article. There are some good lessons in this for those still.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 26, 2024

In solar news, a ramp-up of solar module production. continued] The post New Battery Center in South Carolina, Athens Wants Electric Taxis, Solar Cleans Up Wine Country in Australia — News Roundup appeared first on CleanTechnica. There are currently 13,661 taxis in Athens, and only 100 of them are electric.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2020

The A$300 million (US$193 million) Advancing Hydrogen Fund will be administered by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). Hydrogen has the potential to make a substantial contribution to our clean energy transition, reducing emissions across the economy while underpinning the development of an important domestic and export industry.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Australia has the world’s highest uptake of rooftop solar, but it also has a huge dependency on coal. And the country just threw open the door to another clean energy source: offshore wind. more… The post Australia, which won COP26’s booby prize, greenlights offshore wind appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2011

Australia’s per capita CO 2 emissions are higher than those of the US due to an emissions-intensive energy sector. Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled Australia’s carbon pricing plan—a core element in a new clean energy plan—in a short address to the nation. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2021

million feasibility study, equally funded with ARENA through a $580,000 grant, into using clean hydrogen to replace natural gas in the calcination stage of producing alumina at the Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone. Exploring these new clean energy technologies and methods is a crucial step towards producing green aluminum.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

While the students from the University of New South Wales wait for the ratification of their recent Guinness World Record attempt for the fastest solar electric car over a distance of 1000 km (620 miles), let’s have a look at the background. The Sunswift 7 car was the culmination of thousands of hours of work […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 29, 2022

The Northern Territory of Australia has long been associated with the biennial World Solar Car Challenge. Solar cars are lightweight EVs powered solely by solar power. “The World Solar Car Challenge traverses Australia from Darwin to Adelaide and attracts global expertise in solar and EV technology […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2023

of new cars sold in Australia in April 2023 were fitted with a plug. That means all those Australians with solar on the roof can operate their cars for zero dollars, saving money, having fun, and being kind […] Great news: 9.5% We are close to 10% penetration! The growth appears to mainly be in PHEVs.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

What is the best way to field test printed solar panels? After 20 years in development in the lab at the University of Newcastle, it was decided to invite Stuart McBain to drive 18,000 km around the coast of Australia for 3 months and really put them to the test. Stuart was the obvious choice […].

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The carbon-free rigs will pack 50 kilos of hydrogen zapped from water using electricity from the refinery’s dedicated solar power plant. Welcome to Australia, where a green-hydrogen boom is in full swing. And while coal plants still supplied over half of Australia’s power in 2021, change is afoot. Why a hydrogen truck?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2019

Despite those periods of excess wind and solar power, because the ability to store electricity for more than a few hours is lacking, dispatchable power from the combustion of fossil fuels continues to bridge gaps in supply. At peak times, some US states and countries already have more renewable power than their grids can handle.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Australia is a top source of lithium for EV batteries. Now we’ve got news of a major lithium mine in Australia using batteries as well as solar and wind energy in order to mine more cleanly and — importantly for the miners — […]. Much of the world’s lithium used for such purposes comes from there.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Neoen’s Victoria Big Battery (VBB), powered by Tesla’s Megapacks, has gone live and is ready for the summer in Australia. The Victoria Big Battery can supply 450 MWh of power to prevent blackouts, specifically during heatwaves when the market is particularly reliant on solar and wind energy. . million) in Neoen’s VBB.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2021

Renewable hydrogen is an energy carrier produced from renewable sources such as wind and solar and can be used to replace fossil-based hydrogen for industrial processes or as alternative fuel in the transport sector, especially in heavy-duty and long-distance trucks, buses, ships and planes. Background.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2021

Lynas Corporation of Australia, currently the world’s largest non-Chinese producer, last year produced around 4,700 tonnes of magnet metal oxides from its facility in Malaysia. trillion on wind and solar up to 2050, raising concerns that it will need all of its current magnet production and more to meet its internal targets.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In an attempt to solve the conundrum of installing solar panels on strata title unit blocks for the benefit of all, Solar Citizens Australia has launched a pilot project in inner urban Sydney, Australia.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 17, 2025

The trials are over and more green buses are on order for Australia! We’ll look at the progress in three states South Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland. continued] The post More Green Buses for Australia appeared first on CleanTechnica. Then, we’ll look at the newest offerings from bus companies.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2023

Just 17 days after Solar Citizens were driving Canberra politicians around the federal parliament in the LDV eT60 electric ute, progress on fuel efficiency standards has been announced!

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Believe it or not, all available evidence suggests Australia should be a world leader in electric vehicles, so why are we constantly assailed by news coverage – and portly politicians – suggesting EVs just don’t, and won’t ever, fit with our way of life? And he didn’t even talk about the EVs all that power could charge.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Now a larger winery is going 100% solar. Treasury wine estates, which produces the premium brands Penfolds, Wolf Blass, Pepperjack and Wynns has pledged to source its electricity needs from 100% solar by 2024. Barossa Valley wineries have already achieved 100% renewable energy by installing a 3MW solar system.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Significant cost reductions can be achieved by front-loading the deployment of renewables, mainly wind and solar photovoltaic, and by utilizing the technologies needed to balance their inherent intermittency, such as energy storage and thermal balancing power plants.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2019

Researchers at UNSW Sydney (Australia), with partner H2Store , an Australian start-up, have received a $3.5-million Professor Aguey-Zinsou believes that his invention would offer significant advantages over current power storage solutions for home solar systems, such as the Tesla Powerwall battery.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2022

One of the big problems with solar vehicles is that there’s just not much room on a car to make that much power. With a super efficient car like an Aptera, you can get a meaningful amount of power from solar panels, mostly because the car doesn’t use that much power. But, if you don’t […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 3, 2024

One such community is the semi-rural town of Dayboro situated about one hour north of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. continued] The post Communities & Governments Striving to Combat Climate Change in Australia appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 12, 2022

Australia is finally getting on the electric bus. Martin Hall, general manager at Bus Stop Sales, is astounded at the number of electric buses coming into Australia at the moment. “We It’s like Australia has just woken up to electric buses.” Martin and I were both exhibiting at the Solar […].

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Sourcing aluminum produced using solar power for our in-house component production lowers our CO 2 emissions significantly. The light metal foundry began sourcing aluminum produced using solar power in 2021. The decisive factor here is clean separation of aluminum residues.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 3, 2021

A little bit of background: the Northern Territory covers almost one and a half million square kilometres (or 520,902 square miles), and has a population of only 246,500. 49% of the land in the Northern Territory is owned by the indigenous population. The economy is based largely on mining and petroleum. Most of the population […].

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Cars That Think

JULY 15, 2021

A novel project in Australia aims to harness the sun’s energy in two different ways: by storing it and by using it to produce green hydrogen. Dozens of solar farms in the country’s southeastern region are slated to use “ hydrogen batteries ” in coming years. All together they’ll represent a 300-megawatt solar installation.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Green hydrogen is produced by using renewable energy (wind and solar) to power electrolysis that splits water into its constituent parts. Green ammonia, a derivative of green hydrogen, is also being tested to displace fossil fuels in thermal power generation, greatly decreasing the emissions intensity of existing energy infrastructure.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 16, 2022

Adventure awaits for hundreds of bright international minds when the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge makes its return next year. A new generation of solar cars will travel 3000 kilometres between the Australian cities of Darwin and Adelaide from 20–27 October 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2021

billion in new renewable energy capacity in 2020, up 2% on the year, helped by the biggest-ever build-out of solar projects and a $50-billion surge for offshore wind. Clean power generation and electric transport are seeing heavy inflows, but need to see further increases in spending as costs fall. billion, Vietnam 89% higher at $7.4

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Tesla nickel supplier BHP announced that construction on one of the world’s largest off-grid mining solar and battery energy storage systems has started. BHP, a world-leading resources company in Australia, is working with TransAlta to shift its mines from fossil fuels to renewable energy. MW solar farm at Mt.

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