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Epho and Solgen: Is this the solar market consolidation Australia had to have?

Wed, 2021-03-10 13:26

AGL's purchase of Epho and Solgen is a major endorsement of the booming market and the latest sign of a period of consolidation.

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ACT flooded by proposals as suppliers jostle for role in electric bus fleet

Wed, 2021-03-10 13:26

ACT receives more than 100 expressions of interests from a range of suppliers to help deliver its 90 electric buses.

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Australia’s big fossil fuel generators are being replaced by big batteries

Wed, 2021-03-10 13:21

AGL Loy Yang big batteryAustralia's ageing fleet of coal and gas generators are being replaced by big batteries.

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JinkoSolar Recognized as a ´TOP BRAND PV Australia Seal 2021` by EuPD Research

Wed, 2021-03-10 12:27

Jinko Solar was awarded the ‘Top Brand PV Australia 2021’ by EuPD Research, a highly specialized European research firm.

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Storms, delays, constraints and low prices batter UK fund’s Australian solar portfolio

Wed, 2021-03-10 12:02

Foresight Solar fund hit by storms, delays, network constraints, falling power prices and poor sunshine at its Australian solar farms.

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Hungary to install solar at site of last coal plant as it fast-tracks coal exit

Wed, 2021-03-10 11:28

Hungary brings forward coal phase-out to 2025, and will replace its last coal plant with a solar farm and a gas generator.

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EnergyAustralia to close Yallourn coal plant in 2028, to build massive big battery

Wed, 2021-03-10 09:34

EnergyAustralia will close the Yallourn power station four years early, announcing one of Australia's dirtiest power stations will be shuttered in mid-2028.

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Ten years on from Fukushima, nuclear power continues to struggle with deeper problems

Wed, 2021-03-10 07:17

Ten years on from Fukushima, the problem with new nuclear remains economic: it costs too much to build.

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Snowy signs up new 90MW solar farm as part of retailing deal with BP

Wed, 2021-03-10 07:12

Snowy Hydro signs 15-year contract with Lightsource bp for a new solar farm that will help deliver 100 per cent renewable energy to the oil giant's retail outlets in NSW.

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Neoen adds huge Thunderbolt project to massive wind and solar pipeline in New England

Tue, 2021-03-09 14:55

Neoen Australia is proposing to build a 500MW wind, solar and battery hub in the NSW New England REZ – adding to huge pipeline in Barnaby Joyce’s electorate.

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Morrison finally realises momentum has shifted on climate geopolitics, still promises nothing

Tue, 2021-03-09 14:28

Prime minister Scott Morrison at the AFR Business Summit in Monday. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins)Scott Morrison says he knows the world has shifted on climate change, but still refuses to strengthen his own policies and targets.

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AGL has second crack at rooftop solar market in bid to catch up with energy transition

Tue, 2021-03-09 11:35

AGL Energy makes move to become largest commercial solar provider in Australia, with acquisition of two major market players, Epho and Solgen Energy Group.

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Tesla’s secret big battery revealed in Texas

Tue, 2021-03-09 07:16

Tesla might be planning another post-blackout battery launch, but unlike South Australia in 2016, Texas is already on the pathway to more storage.

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China’s Five Year Plan disappoints with “baby steps” on climate policy

Mon, 2021-03-08 14:27

President Xi offers no "big bang" to get to carbon neutrality, but others say China's massive renewables pipeline - more than 1,200 gigawatts - is cause for hope.

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Video: Gas and CCS? Australia needs to move on, and quickly

Mon, 2021-03-08 14:25

Australia’s major political parties are stuck with old energy technologies. We need them to catch up, and soon.

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Could an Australian billionaire unravel Sanjeev Gupta’s green industry vision?

Mon, 2021-03-08 13:47

The collapse of an Australian's investment empire could see Sanjeev Gupta lose a favoured financial backer, complicating his push into green steelmaking.

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Electrification: Australia is heading in the wrong direction

Mon, 2021-03-08 13:27

mg zs evThere is no single energy significant industry where electricity has gained market share in the past decade.

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NSW targets industrial emitters with $750 million decarbonisation push

Mon, 2021-03-08 08:11

investors matt matthew kean NSW energy minister clean energy summit IGCC investors - optimisedNSW government offers $750m to shift heavy industry onto clean technologies, investing in new innovations to slash emissions and grow jobs creation.

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Transcript: The Green’s Adam Bandt interview on the Energy Insiders podcast

Mon, 2021-03-08 07:11

Adam Bandt Larissa Waters Australian Greens coal mines ban adani clive palmer carmichael - optimisedHere is a very lightly edited transcript of the recent interview with the Greens leader Adam Bandt on the Energy Insiders podcast.

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Australia achieves record large solar energy output on Friday

Sun, 2021-03-07 20:12

Utility scale solar output its hits record level in Australia's main grid on Friday, although it was still just half that of rooftop solar on households and business.

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