“In the year to October 2011, just under 10 per cent of Australia’s electricity came from renewable energy. This represents a large rise on previous years due to a resurgent hydro sector and more power generated by the country’s wind farms. “ This is the information highlighted in NewEnergyNews from the December report by the… [Read more…]
January 18, 2012
by Ben Courtice
Woodend Integrated Sustainable Energy group (WISE) have proceeded to instal a wind measuring mast near Woodend to measure the potential for their proposed community wind farm (which is prevented from going ahead by the state government’s 2011 anti-wind laws). You can now view the real-time data from the wind mast on their website (and, soon,… [Read more…]
January 17, 2012
by Ben Courtice
Friends of the Earth’s Yes2Renewables campaign has welcomed today’s polling results that show rural residents remain overwhelmingly supportive of wind energy. The survey, commissioned by wind farm developer Pacific Hydro, polled residents in areas where wind farms had been built. The results show 83% of respondents across three states support building wind turbines as a… [Read more…]
January 17, 2012
by Ben Courtice
Media release from Pacific Hydro, January 17th 2011 Pacific Hydro has today released the results of its latest community polling, which indicates overwhelming support for the construction of wind farms. The telephone survey, conducted by independent research company QDos, interviewed residents in ten wind farm communities across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. The… [Read more…]
January 16, 2012
by Ben Courtice
The following news from October just came to our attention. It is from www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk Leicester Mercury Monday, October 31, 2011 When they first heard there were going to be four giant wind turbines on their doorsteps, villagers feared the worst. But now even some of the most hardened protesters have admitted fears over the noise… [Read more…]
January 12, 2012
by Ben Courtice
International Community Power Conference Set for 3-5 July in Bonn, Germany; 51% of German Renewables Now Owned by Citizens By Paul Gipe January 5, 2012 (reprinted from wind-works.org) Germany, a country where 51% of the renewable energy generation is owned by its own citizens, will be hosting an international conference on community power 3-5 July,… [Read more…]
January 9, 2012
by Ben Courtice
The new NSW planning regime for wind farms has come under fire from campaigners against coal seam gas. The following quotes are from an article in the Daily Examiner which circulates in the Clarence valley area. Northern Rivers Guardian spokesperson and Lock the Gate Alliance management committee member Michael McNamara said wind farms were more… [Read more…]
January 5, 2012
by Ben Courtice
The following article is by Matthew Nott of Clean Energy for Eternity and has been published in the December 23 Bega District News. It follows up on our previous post on the community debate around Epuron’s proposed wind farm at Eden in southern NSW. ACCORDING to the Wind Energy Association, there are no Australian studies… [Read more…]
December 23, 2011
by Cam Walker
media release. Friends of the Earth. December 23, 2011 NSW follows Victoria’s backwards move on wind energy The O’Farrell government has today released its much anticipated changes to wind farm planning guidelines. “We welcome the NSW governments confirmation of the 20% renewables target by 2020 and commitment that wind will be a major energy generator… [Read more…]
December 22, 2011
by Ben Courtice
So we’re approaching the end of the year, and for what we expect will be our last post until 2012, we thought we’d share a story about solar powered brewing. Of course we only ever drink responsibly: extra-responsibly, when we can get hold of solar brewed beer! There’s many ways to utilise direct solar heat… [Read more…]
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January 16, 2012
by Ben Courtice
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