Concentrating Solar Power Research Showcase – ACT

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Jun 202012
 

12.30pm – 4.30pm, Monday, 16 July 2012
Australian National University.

This is an event in the Australian Solar Institute’s Knowledge Sharing Series.  The event features the findings of an ASI commissioned report, Realising the Potential of Concentrating Solar Power in Australia, undertaken by IT Power.  Lead author Keith Lovegrove will present on the report’s aims, approach and findings as well as field questions from the audience.

Other speakers: Wes Stein (CSIRO), Daniel Macdonald (ANU), Andrew Want (Vast Solar)

Places are limited.  To register for this free event, RSVP by 6 July 2012 to events@australiansolarinstitute.com.ay

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Big Solar is Coming

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Jun 182012
 

7.00 pm, Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Moonshine Bar, Steyne Hotel, Manly

This is a special event to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit and to launch the United Nations International Year of Sustainable Energy for All.

Speakers: Mark Ogge (BZE), Mark Diesendorf (UNSW), Warren Yates (Clean Energy for Eternity)

Free and open to the public, but bookings are essential.

To confirm seating, please RSVP to Manly Environment Centre, (02) 9976 2842 (business hours).
Further information: Jodi Adams 0402 577 690

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Energy myths exposed: King Coal or King Solar?

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Jun 162012
 
Great article on The Conversation which shows trends suggest renewable energy has reached its tipping point of adoption.
Energy myths exposed: King Coal or King Solar?
In our Conversation article, King Coal dethroned, we suggested that renewable energy investment was now outstripping fossil fuel power investment. Many welcomed the news that the future was arriving sooner than they had expected. A few responses suggested the data was not right.
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BIG SOLAR IS COMING FOR THE FUTURE, Event Wednesday June 20th

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Jun 132012
 

Some say: So solar and other sustainable energy sources will never replace our present coal-reliant energy system, as they will never be able to provide big-scale energy supplies to feed our energy-hungry communities?

Don’t believe it – big solar is coming, and is already operating abroad. So why not in Australia?

To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit, and to launch the United Nation’s International Year of Sustainable Energy for all, a unique event will be taking place in Manly next week.

Three experts in various areas of sustainable energy will be arguing that – despite the hype saying otherwise – sustainable energy can and will ultimately provide a solution to Australia’s energy needs and, at the same time, help rapidly reduce climate change-causing carbon emissions.

The speakers are:

  • Mark Ogge, a director and co-founder of the Beyond Zero Emissions group, who will outline their campaign for changed attitudes, including Repowering Port Augusta, a proposal to replace that SA industrial city’s coal generators with baseload solar thermal supported by solar PV and wind.

 

  • Dr Mark Diesendorf, Associate Professor and Deputy Director of UNSW’s Institute of Environmental Studies. He will present a talk on ‘A Sustainable Electricity Future for Australia’.

 

  • Warren Yates from Clean Energy for Eternity, who will tell the story of how a community on the NSW far South Coast became committed to a plan to cut their energy use by 50%, and have renewable sources to provide 50% of the remaining energy needs by 2020. A key element of the plan was the building of a large community-owned solar farm at Bega.

The event is being hosted by the Friends of the Manly Environment Group (FoMEC), whose co-founder, Jodi Adams, says that “since the 1970s, I have been watching Australia fall further and further behind in the use of sustainable energy, while our experts in the field are increasingly forced to work overseas, where their skills and knowledge are respected and utilised.  This cannot be allowed to continue!”

The launch will take place from 7pm on Wednesday June 20th at the Steyne Hotel’s Moonshine Bar. It is free and open to the public but bookings are essential. To book, ring the Manly Environment Centre on 9976 2842 during business hours.

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Clean Energy Finance Corporation legislation welcomed

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May 252012
 
Clean Energy Finance Corporation legislation welcomed

The Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES) has welcomed the introduction to Parliament of legislation to establish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. “The $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation will supercharge solar throughout Australia”, said AuSES Chief Executive, John Grimes. “The CEFC will help unlock substantial investment in community, commercial-scale and Big Solar.”

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