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Climate Council: Renewables suburbs an electrifying plan to cut costs and climate pollution

28 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

The Climate Council Media Release THE CLIMATE COUNCIL has welcomed moves to extend trials aimed at getting more Aussie suburbs off polluting gas and onto cheaper power bills through upgraded appliances, rooftop solar and batteries. […]

Coal plant with smoke and environmental message.

New research reveals our ageing coal fleet is unreliable and risks energy security

23 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

Climate Council Media Release AUSTRALIA’S COAL-FIRED POWER stations are outdated, unreliable and must be replaced soon, with over sixty per cent of generating capacity more than 40 years old and prone to breaking down when […]

Environment

Local Energy Hubs can help fill the public information gap on renewable energy

16 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

RE-Alliance Media Release The findings in the Climate Council’s report Electric Shock! Australia’s Lightbulb Moment, released today, confirm the huge information gap that exists among communities when it comes to renewable energy – most Australians […]

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Electric Shock: Aussies in the dark on renewable energy progress, knowledge gap risks slowing the switch

16 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

Climate Council Media Release Australians are underestimating the speed and scale of our switch to renewable power. Fourth-fifths of our electricity is set to come from renewables by 2030, and all of our ageing coal-fired […]

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Climate Council: Renewables suburbs an electrifying plan to cut costs and climate pollution

New research reveals our ageing coal fleet is unreliable and risks energy security

Local Energy Hubs can help fill the public information gap on renewable energy

Electric Shock: Aussies in the dark on renewable energy progress, knowledge gap risks slowing the switch