The Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2009 prohibits the combustion of native forest biomaterials for electricity generation with several exemptions. On 7 March 2014, the Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Amendment (Native Forest Bio-material) Regulation 2013 amended the original Regulation to permit the combustion of four additional types of native forest biomaterials...

This research analysed findings from global transport stakeholder organisations and modelled the energy consumption of electric vehicles under Samoan conditions. Abstract The identification of alternative transport modes is urgently required as fuel price inflation is adversely affecting Samoa’s energy security and increasingly its economic and social well-being. The Samoan government has recognised the society-wide implications...

Access to electricity is one of the tangible approaches to improving the social and economic level of citizens the world over. Elevating living standards through electricity access for rural areas in developing countries encounters, however, a severe fiscal barrier as developing countries, do not often have the financial capacity to enable that development from either...

Solar airconditioning is an emerging renewable energy technology that is technically proven and suitable for wide scale deployment. Unfortunately, solar airconditioning cannot compete on a level playing field with other renewable energy technologies because it is not eligible for government rebates such as those awarded to solar photovoltaic electricity or solar hot water systems.

This paper details how the Victorian Government will implement the recommendations of the Bushfires Royal Commission. To honour this commitment, approximately $700 million in additional investment will be made over the next decade in changes to its electricity networks, in addition to the $50 million already committed in the 2011- 12 Budget. This includes an...