Good News June 28, 2024

Forget Exxon & Shell – seven Chinese solar companies already produce more useful energy than those oil dinosaurs! Endangered species can be saved by conserving just a tiny fraction of the planet’s land. And it’s bye-bye to plastic party crap for Byron 🙂 

Australia’s first renewable energy zone gets planning approval (Renew Economy)

Solar giants produce more useful energy than Big Oil, and fossil fuel spending is going to waste (Renew Economy)

Community battery switches on to help power CBD apartments with excess rooftop solar (Renew Economy)

Rare and threatened species are on the brink of a mass extinction, but protecting just one per cent of our planet could prevent it (9 News)

Single use balloons, tinsel, streamers banned by Byron Bay Council (9 News)

“Resilient” renewable micro-grid to power bushfire-threatened town for up to five days (One step off the Grid)

AEMO locks in renewables and storage to replace coal, as Australia urged to go faster (Renew Economy)

Households to be “driving force” of energy transition with solar, batteries and EVs (Renew Economy)

BHP rejects hydrogen and hybrids, will go straight to electric for giant haul trucks (The Driven)

AGL plans huge solar recycling plant at retired coal site that Dutton wants for nuclear (Renew Economy)

Google and CSIRO team up to solve solar duck dilemma with tougher, smarter inverters (Renew Economy)

Governments tip $63 million into electrification, efficiency for thousands in WA social housing (One step off the grid)

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