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Westpac becomes 4th Australian company – 3rd major bank – to sign up to global RE100 movement, starting with major solar offtake deal with 120MW Bomen Solar Farm.

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US analysis suggests total cost of ownership of Tesla Model 3 over three years less than that of the very popular (and cheaper upfront) Toyota Camry.

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Clean Energy Council reveals which Australian suburbs are embracing rooftop solar the most enthusiastically, while a separate report reminds us that apartment dwellers are still missing the party.

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Aston Martin unveils the fully electric Rapide E sports car at the Shanghai Motor Show, ready to start its production.

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Led by wind power, renewable energy sources generated around 33% of Great Britain’s electricity over the first quarter of 2019, while coal power hit a new low.

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Works begin on University of Queensland-owned solar farm that will make UQ world's first major university to offset 100% of its electricity through its own renewables assets.

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Australia can do much better on EVs – mass popularity is likely to take years. And that's a shame, because in economic terms, EVs beat ICE cars hands down.

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Solar industry confronts Queensland government over new installation rules, with warnings that it could threaten state's 50% renewables target.

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Jinko Solar has won the 5th All Quality Matters Award for PV Module Energy Yield Simulation

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Senvion signs EUR 100m loan agreement with its lenders and main bond holders.

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Booming national markets – including Australia's – helped deliver nearly 100GW of new PV installations in 2018, and took the global total past the 500GW mark.

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Independent Senator Tim Storer has decided not to nominate for re-election, citing consideration of his young family.

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UNSW researchers are combining desalination technology with solar, targeting those in need of secure supplies of fresh water who are also disconnected from electricity grids.

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Report into Victoria load-shedding in January highlights failure of brown coal generators, and how renewables performed better than forecast.

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Creditors of embattled wave power company Carnegie Clean Energy vote unanimously to accept restructuring plan to save the company and re-list it on the ASX.

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The irony. Adani, fighting protests over its huge Queensland coal mine, opposes Gupta solar farm in South Australia because of concerns about grass wrens and thornbills.

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Battery costs will amount to a quarter of the total cost of making an electric car within 6 years, BloombergNEF analysis says.

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Jimmy Barnes drives a Tesla on holidays and says he can’t wait to make the switch to electric cars, joining other notable Australians.

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Tesla says grid blue-print should reflect lower costs for batteries, as well as longer life-span and greater efficiencies.

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Full time jobs in renewable energy increased across the board in 2016-17, led by industry growth in two of Australia’s most coal-dependent states, NSW and Queensland.

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