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Rio Tinto to power mine with solar thermal technology backed by Bill Gates
Heliogen says its technology can reach temperatures of more than 1000 celsius, which it claims is a game changer for the niche form of solar power.
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Is rooftop solar really causing a network bottleneck?
Has the AEMC been gullible in accepting frivolous claims about bottlenecks associated with the connection of rooftop solar?
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Modelling: How the proposed rooftop solar tax will affect solar households
What would the implementation of a solar tax mean for rooftop solar returns? We look at the AEMC modelling.
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Taylor requests yet another review of future grid needs, to deal with “intermittents”
The Morrison government instigates yet another inquiry into the energy system, and it has already backed coal and sidelined renewables before it even started.
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Energy Renaissance, CSIRO join forces on “defence grade” battery management system
Company behind Australian battery giga-factory has joined forces with the CSIRO and IMCRC to develop a home gown, “defence grade” battery management system.
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Australia’s first mass-made electric trucks go into production
SEA Electric announces launch of first locally-assembled volume-produced electric trucks, the SEA 300 and SEA 500.
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Bowen pitches Labor’s new gas-friendly climate platform, and an end to “toxic politics”
Chris Bowen tells forum in Canberra that Labor is the only one capable of taking Australia to zero net emissions, and sees important role for gas.
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CP Daily: Wednesday March 24, 2021
'Still far too low': Australia's electric vehicle industry says fourfold imports jump not enough
Latest EV results welcomed as signal of growing demand and recovering economy but growth achieved off very low base
Australia has recorded the largest bump ever in electric vehicle imports over the first two months of the year but industry figures say the result is still not good enough.
Import figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday show the dollar value of electric vehicle (EV) imports has grown $104m to $125m in the first two months of 2021, representing an increase of 485% on figures recorded at the same time last year.
Continue reading...NSW floods bring chaos and destruction – in pictures
Guardian Australia photographer Mike Bowers has spent the week documenting one of the state’s worst-hit areas, the mid-north coast. The deluge and its aftermath have been horrific, particularly for farmers. WARNING: this gallery contains images of dead animals
- Weather eases but major flooding still occurring across state
- ‘Couldn’t get out’: man who drowned in car stayed on the phone to emergency services for 40 minutes
Why cutting down trees can be good for the climate
Australians could be charged for exporting energy from rooftop solar panels to the grid
Proposed changes to the national energy market rules aims to prevent ‘traffic jams’ of electricity on sunny days
Australian households with rooftop solar panels could be charged for exporting electricity into the power grid at times when it is not needed under proposed changes to the national electricity market.
The recommendation is included in a draft deliberation by the Australian Energy Market Commission that is designed to prevent “traffic jams” of electricity at sunny times that could destabilise the network.
Continue reading...Australia’s big four banks drag heels on fossil fuel finance: new report
A new report on the global supply of finance to fossil fuel companies shows Australia's big four banks are doing terribly.
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Labour to outline plan to spark electric car 'revolution' across UK
Ed Miliband says party would provide interest-free government loans for up to 1m households
Interest-free government loans should be made available to help up to a million households buy electric cars over the next two years, the shadow business secretary, Ed Miliband, is to argue.
In a speech on Thursday, Miliband will set out Labour’s plans for an “electric vehicle revolution” to promote a rapid increase in the take-up of electric cars as the UK moves towards net zero carbon.
Continue reading...Moody’s to explicitly delineate climate risk in all credit ratings
Solar tax: Networks to charge households to export solar power to grid
Households may soon be taxed for solar exports sent back to the grid, but the rule maker promises this will eliminate current constraints on exports and make the system fairer.
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