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Wednesday, September 27, 2023 7:30pm – 9:00pm Location: Balwyn Park Centre, 206A Whitehorse Road, Balwyn Event held by: Lighter Footprints Logging is ending in Victoria in 2023. This is undoubtedly positive news, but many of Victoria’s forests continue to be at risk. The speakers at this community event: combined their scientific expertise and experiential knowledge… Continue reading Victoria’s Native Forests – State of Play
The last operating unit (LD01) of the Liddell Power station in the Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia was turned off on 28 April 2023 after 52 years of operation. The closure of Liddell Power Station in New South Wales in April marks major progress in the state’s plan to move away from polluting coal to clean,… Continue reading Liddell Power Station closes in Hunter Valley
The Victorian Big Battery (300 MW) is Australia’s largest lithium-ion battery. Its located at the Moorabool Terminal Station outside Geelong. The Tesla battery is owned and operated by renewable energy specialist Neoen. It can store enough energy to power more than one million Victorian homes for 30 minutes. External links
Big batteries provides essential grid-support services (activities grid operators perform) including: Big batteries strengthen energy reliability, drive down electricity prices, and support the transition to renewable energy and net-zero emissions. Big batteries in Australia External links
The Hornsdale Power Reserve is the world’s first big battery. It provides essential grid-support services (activities grid operators perform) including: The 150 MW grid-connected energy storage system is owned by Neoen and co-located with the Hornsdale Wind Farm in the Mid North region of South Australia. The first 100MW/129MWh was completed by Tesla in November… Continue reading Hornsdale Power Reserve big battery
Blade Electric Vehicle (circa 2008) The Blade Electric Vehicle was an electric car conversion for new and used Hyundai Getz cars commenced production during 2008. It is no longer available. Mitsubishi iMiEV The iMiEV electric car (Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle) was available in some countries late in 2009 or early in 2010. It was expensive, not popular and… Continue reading History of electric vehicles in Australia
TravelSmart maps provide information about traveling by bicycle, public transport and on foot within regions – often based on local government boundaries. Unfortunately there is no central website for accessing these maps across Australia. http://www.travelsmart.gov.au/ is no longer available. Rail Trails Australia Rail Trails Australia has information and maps for cycling or walking Australia’s wonderful rail… Continue reading Travel smart maps
Submission: Oil and gas exploration and production in the Beetaloo Basin From: Peter Campbell Terms of reference: Oil and gas exploration and production in the Beetaloo Basin, with particular reference to the Industry Research and Development (Beetaloo Cooperative Drilling Program) Instrument 2021, which provides public money for oil and gas corporations. While the terms of… Continue reading Beetaloo Basin submission
The Peoples Climate Marches were held during November 2015 across the world just before the Paris Climate Change Conference 2015 COP21 started. There were 2300+ events in 175+ countries involving 785,000+ people. Australia More than 150,000 Australians sent an unambiguous message to politicians and to Paris: do a lot more on climate change, and do it urgently. Peoples Climate… Continue reading Peoples Climate Marches November 2015
The Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan has been produced by Beyond Zero Emissions, a non-profit, independent climate change solutions research and advocacy group as part of the Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Project (ZCA2020). It provides a ten year roadmap for a transition to 100% renewable energy in Australia with baseload energy supplied by renewable sources. The stationary energy sector… Continue reading Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan
