Author: CleanTechnica

Can Project Symphony Put the Duck to Sleep?

Almost 2 years ago, I alerted the CleanTechnica community to Project Symphony in Western Australia. It’s time for an encore, but first, a reprise. Project Symphony is the brainchild of Dr Andrew Mears. Its aim is to bring energy security to the edges of the grid. It uses a distributed energy management technology platform to […]

5 Countries Taking Action to Reach Net-Zero Targets

To date, over 90 countries have set net-zero emissions targets, committing to help prevent the most harmful impacts from climate change. But questions remain around the credibility of many of these pledges and whether these goals will be met. Together, countries with net-zero targets — which include China, the United States and India — are […]

Australia Nudges 10% Electric Vehicle Penetration

The June figures have been released and Australia is nudging 10% EV penetration. We are now where I was expecting us to be at the end of last year. The Tesla Model Y and the refreshed MG ZS EV arrived in November and boosted the figures, but the 10% bar seemed elusive. The first 5 […]

Australian State Encourages Miners to Move Away from Fossil Fuels

How do you encourage vested interests to move away from fossil fuels and into future-facing mining activities? That is, away from coal mining and into mining the resources to make batteries. The Queensland Labour government is trying to strike the right balance. The Labour Party receives the majority of support from the union movement. One […]