Tag: Australia

bp to lead and operate one of the world’s largest renewables and green hydrogen energy hubs based in western Australia

Stuart Mitchell

bp has agreed to acquire a 40.5 per cent equity stake in and to become operator of the Asian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH), which has the potential to be one of the largest renewables and green hydrogen hubs in the world. Based on the development of world-scale renewable power generation, AREH, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, intends to supply renewable power to local customers in the largest mining region in the world and also produce green hydrogen and green ammonia for the domestic Australian market and export to…

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Regional Plastics Pact for Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island Nations

Stuart Mitchell

The Plastics Pact network will expand to include Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Island nations. The ANZPAC Plastics Pact was announced by The Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO) at the Federal Government’s National Plastics Summit in Canberra, Australia on 2nd March. A first in the Pacific region, the ANZPAC Plastics Pact will work with businesses, governments, and NGOs from across the plastics value chain towards a circular economy for plastic, in which it never becomes waste or pollution. APCO will lead the development of the ANZPAC Plastics Pact towards…

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SunPower Partners with innogy and BELECTRIC on Australia’s Largest Solar Power Plant near Balranald, New South Wales

Stuart Mitchell

SunPower has announced that it is supplying 349 megawatts of SunPower high efficiency solar panels for the Limondale solar power plant, Australia’s largest solar project to date. “We commend innogy and BELECTRIC for this milestone project, and for using high-performance SunPower® technology to ensure long-term value,” said SunPower Executive Vice President Peter Aschenbrenner. “Customers worldwide rely on SunPower solar panels for proven performance and reliability.” SunPower is supplying its Performance Series (P-Series) solar panels for the project, which is expected to be fully operational in mid-2020. The company’s 19 percent efficient…

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Australians Call For Tools To Challenge Sexism And Disrespect

Stuart Mitchell

Sexist jokes, objectifying women, off-colour comments; most people hate these all too common signs of disrespect towards women, but too often they just go along with them, or don’t feel comfortable voicing their disapproval. Australia’s national body for the prevention of violence against women, Our Watch, has today launched an interactive online video campaign to help Australians do something when they witness disrespect towards women.  The campaign, Doing nothing does harm, was developed in response to new research that revealed four in five Australians (79 per cent) want practical tips…

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Thinkerbell and Our Watch Encourage Australians to Do Something When They Witness Sexist Behaviour

Stuart Mitchell

Sexist jokes, objectifying women, off-colour comments; most people hate these all too common signs of disrespect towards women, but often they just go along with it, or don’t feel comfortable voicing their disapproval. Australia’s national body for the prevention of violence against women, Our Watch, has today launched an interactive campaign to help Australians do something when they witness disrespect towards women.   The campaign, Doing nothing does harm, was developed in conjunction with Thinkerbell in response to new research that revealed four in five Australians (79 per cent) want guidance on how to take positive…

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