Amalyah Hart

3 days ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Giles Parkinson |Amalyah Hart

Sussan Ley will lead the Liberal Party to the next federal election, after beating rival Angus Taylor for the leadership of the opposition, to become the first female leader of the federal Liberals. The former Liberal deputy defeated ex-shadow treasurer and former energy minister Angus Taylor by 29 votes to 25 in a party-room ballot of 54 members on Tuesday in Canberra following the crushing election defeat that saw former leader Peter Dutton lose his seat.

1 week ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Giles Parkinson |Amalyah Hart

The biggest wind farm to be built so far in New South Wales has been officially opened, on the edge of the Southern Tablelands, although it will soon enough be dwarfed by projects nearly four times its size. The 396 megawatt (MW) Rye Park wind farm, owned by Tilt Renewables, was officially opened on Friday by state energy and climate minister Penny Sharpe (pictured above). The project features some of the biggest turbines in the state.

2 weeks ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Amalyah Hart

Current global climate policy is likely to trigger multiple climate “tipping points,” with major consequences for the Earth as a whole.

1 month ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Amalyah Hart

In October 2018, severe winds hit the Oakey 2 solar farm, which was still under construction in the Darling Downs region of southeast Queensland. The storm damaged 2,000 of the site’s modules, delaying its completion. Then, in January 2020, the same site was hit by yet another severe storm, which exacerbated delays and led to a  of the project’s value, to the tune of A$12.5 million. This was not the only time severe weather has damaged infrastructure at a renewable asset in Australia.

1 month ago | thedriven.io | Amalyah Hart

New research out of Stanford University in the US shows that fears of EV battery degradation and lifespans – a common concern for doubtful consumers – are overblown. It turns out that – in real-world driving conditions – EV batteries may last nearly 40 per cent longer than previously thought, amounting to an extra 300,000 kilometres.