“Nothing matches the passion of a patriotic Aussie battler from the bush, and Lynette LaBlack is the perfect exemple. Speaking at a public hearing of the Independent Planning Commission regarding the development approval of a solar farm project in the fertile Riverina region of New South Wales, LaBlack destroyed the myth that solar energy … [Read more…]
“The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has instituted proceedings in the federal court against Neoen’s 150 MW/194 MWh Hornsdale Big Battery (HPR) – widely known as the Tesla big battery – for alleged breaches of the National Electricity Rules, saying the South Australian facility did not provide the frequency control services it was paid for. … [Read more…]
“Plans to establish a renewable hydrogen hub in South Australia’s Whyalla region, and power it with more than a gigawatt of solar and storage, gained ground this week with a site locked in for the first of three solar and big battery projects. Canadian outfit Amp Energy said on Wednesday that land had been … [Read more…]
“The independent senator Rex Patrick has called for the resignation of the bureaucrat in charge of the federal government’s $250m program of water buybacks after it was revealed the department of agriculture may have misinterpreted a valuation and paid $13m too much for one purchase. Labor has also demanded an explanation from the government … [Read more…]
“A New Zealand-born entrepreneur formerly of Woollahra in Sydney who now lives in the Swiss Alps, and a person called Lord Roborough — understood to be an Eton-educated British baron — are among the directors of the Cayman Islands company at the heart of the water buybacks furore. There were at least three directors … [Read more…]
“Lynette LaBlack: If the city-centric Department and government really want all these solar panels, why aren’t they covering all their own buildings and all of the contaminated land in the 10 city areas? I’m actually told that there’s a lot of vacant contaminated land even in Albury where solar panels are allowed to go. … [Read more…]
“Barnaby Joyce is under fire because of an $80m deal he approved as water minister in 2017. The company that received the payment, Eastern Australia Agriculture (EAA), booked a $52m profit on the deal, much of which appears to have been transferred to its parent company in the Cayman Islands. That company was co-founded … [Read more…]