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Over four weekends in March and April, volunteers from Darebin Climate Action Now (DCAN) and Yarra Climate Action Now (YCAN) spoke to over 500 people from Reservoir, Preston, Northcote, Fairfield, Alphington and Clifton Hill about their views on the development and funding of large scale solar power in Australia.
We found overwhelming support (87%) for the construction of big solar in Australia.
Tell your MP you want big solar for Australia by sending him/her a specially designed card. Details in this post.
We have until December 8 to send a picture submission to the expert review panel designing the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Let’s ask them to build big baseload solar plants in the sunniest country in the world. Simple instructions to follow in this post.
With the horrific disaster at the Fukishima nuclear plant still underway, the nuclear lobby has one card left to play here in Australia now that safety is obviously not a strength – TINA – there is no alternative. Fortunately this is not true, zero emissions baseload solar thermal can replace fossil fuels without the need for nuclear power.
Brought to you by the young people at The Inquiry TV and SYN FM Radio
The Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy Plan was launched to a packed out auditorium at the University of Melbourne on Wednesday.
Wednesday 14 July 2010
6.00pm to 8.00pm
Basement theatre, The Spot, 198 Berkeley St, Carlton
Climate solutions research group Beyond Zero Emissions has just released a preview executive summary to their Zero Carbon Australia 2020 electricity (Stationary Energy) plan. The Zero Carbon Australia 2020 (ZCA2020) Stationary Energy Plan is a detailed, costed blueprint demonstrating how Australia can reach zero emissions electricity by 2020 using proven, existing, commercialised technology. The report [...]
Originally published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 3 Feb. Renewable energy is the fastest growing power source in the world, and already generates baseload electricity on the scale of utilities. Large solar thermal plants with heat storage can dispatch power around the clock every day of the week regardless of whether the sun is [...]
Yarra Climate Action Now is made up of people who want to see much stronger action on climate change. We are an independent community group based in the inner Melbourne suburbs of the City of Yarra. Find out more about YCAN…
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