As the COVID-19 situation changes on an almost hourly basis, RenewEconomy and its sister sites One Step Off The Grid and The Driven will do our best to keep our readers up to date on the impact of the novel Coronavirus on the renewable energy industry in Australia and around the world.

Monday, April 6: In the wake of the economic fall-out triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, vehicle sales have crashed; except for EVs and hybrid vehicles. As reported in The Driven , electric vehicle sales bucked the trend, with private electric and PHEV passenger sales (excluding Tesla sales data) have almost double what they were 12-months prior. Meanwhile, the FCAI said overall car and SUV sales fell 17.9 per cent when compared to March 2019.

Monday, April 6: Former leader of the federal Liberal party, turned climate change campaigner John Hewson has penned a strongly worded opinion piece , warning climate change deniers that the current Covid-19 crisis only makes the need to act on climate change even more urgent. “Sorry to be the harbinger of denier disappointment, but there is every reason to expect that the virus crisis will strengthen and accelerate the imperative to transition to a low-carbon world by mid-century,” Hewson writes.

Monday, April 6: Some of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies have […]