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PowerLink signs 500MW solar project, sees 30GW in pipeline
Queensland transmission company signs connection deal for first stage of 500MW solar project, and sees 30GW pipeline of renewables in the state.
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Solar and battery microgrid nears completion at NT Air Force site
Carnegie Clean Energy says Delamere Air Weapons Range solar and storage microgrid is nearly complete, and ready to cut the facility’s diesel use by 61%.
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One down, five to go: Cook Islands begins shift to 100% solar and storage
Melbourne company Entura leads project to take six of Cook Islands’ 12 inhabited islands from diesel to 100% solar and battery storage.
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ACT to change law to drop gas and pave way for all-electric suburbs
ACT takes next step in trial of gas-free suburban living, with a proposed repeal of planning laws that have made gas connection mandatory to all new housing divisions in the Territory.
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Mackay council goes solar – and saves big – with city-wide rollout
Mackay Council awards tender to install solar PV on 21 local government facilities, saving nearly 10 times its outlay over 20 years. But the bid price stuns rivals.
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NAB, CBA to provide $80m finance for Crowlands wind farm
Pacific Hydro's 80MW Crowlands wind farm in regional Victoria has reached financial close, with backing from two of the Big Four banks.
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Australia’s biggest wind farm project lands connection deal
Goldwind signs deal for $140m of new network infrastructure to service what will be Australia's largest, and lowest cost, wind farm.
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How physics gender gap starts in the classroom
Some progress has been made in encouraging girls to study A-level physics, but not enough, says report.
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How physics gender gap starts in the classroom
Some progress has been made in encouraging girls to study A-level physics, but not enough, says report.
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Talga claims “significant breakthrough” in li-ion battery race
Perth company says its graphite anode help delivered 20% higher capacity and 20% higher power in lithium-ion battery cell tests, against the industry standard.
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BMW takes EV sales total to 250,000 after bumper April
BMW says sales of electric BMW and Minis soared 52% in April; company secures autonomous driving road test licence in China.
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CP Daily: Wednesday May 16, 2018
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
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Utah legal challenge over California cap-and-trade temporarily suspended
Utah’s state-sponsored lawsuit challenging California’s carbon market and coal power restrictions will advance until the new fiscal year, the lawmaker spearheading the initiative told Carbon Pulse.
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What happens to small towns whose water becomes big business for bottled brands?
Residents of a small Victorian town realised that delicious water can be a curse as well as a blessing, when they lost a legal battle to stop a local farmer shipping groundwater to a nearby bottling plant.
Emma Kathryn White, PhD Candidate, Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne
Rebecca Louise Nelson, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Melbourne
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ACT brings forward zero emissions target to 2045
ACT government brings forward its zero emissions target to 2045, turning its focus to transport and gas, and laying down the gauntlet for other states and Canberra to follow.
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Mysterious rise in emissions of ozone-damaging chemical
Researchers discover an unexplained rise in a compound that is highly destructive to the ozone layer.
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Mysterious rise in emissions of ozone-damaging chemical
Researchers discover an unexplained rise in a compound that is highly destructive to the ozone layer.
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Nordic nations float ITMO trade model with Peru
Carbon-cutting activities in Peru’s waste sector could be developed using international emissions trade in a way that resolves many concerns over how carbon markets can contribute to the Paris Agreement, according to an initial draft of study commissioned by Nordic countries.
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Washington DC to formally propose carbon tax legislation next month
A Washington DC lawmaker will introduce a carbon fee and rebate bill in early June that would see the US capital implement the highest carbon price of all sub-national proposals put forth throughout the country this year.
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New York proposes new CO2 standards for older coal plants
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) published new draft rules on Tuesday that would set CO2 standards for the few remaining coal plants in the state’s fleet, helping the state phase out the fossil fuel entirely by 2020.
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