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The Bioenergy Australia board appointed Dr John Hewson as a Director and on 9 January 2019 has elected Dr John Hewson as new Chair, replacing outgoing chair Clean Energy Finance Corporations Chief Investment Officer Paul McCartney whose term as chair concluded.   

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The worm is starting to turn, as wind and solar power become widely acknowledged as the forthcoming mainstream suppliers of energy into the NEM. But can governments and regulators keep pace?

The post Know your NEM: Looking forward, after looking back appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Terregra Renewables has appointed Balance Utility Solutions as the EPC contractor for the 5MW Mobilong Solar Farm.

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Texas electric utility announces winning bids for its 2017 request for proposals, including a total of 200MW of utility-scale solar and 100MW of battery storage.

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Hawaii utility announces seven grid-scale solar-plus-storage projects to add approximately 262MW of solar energy and 1,048MWh of energy storage to the islands.

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300MW solar and battery-ready Mannum Solar Farm set to be built by Canadian Solar, help power Mid-Murray region agribusinesses, including major wine maker Pernod Ricard.

The post Canadian Solar buys up S.A. solar farm, confirms PPA with Flow Power appeared first on RenewEconomy.

First instalment of three-part series looking back at what the past year of energy policy turmoil has meant for the National Electricity Market (NEM).

The post National Electricity Market year in review: Wholesale electricity prices appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A new regulation has highlighted that consumers who used comparison sites typically paid 5-12% more than the lowest possible offer.

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Reach Solar's 900MW Yarrabee Solar Farm, approved for construction in NSW Riverina, will have capacity to power a city nearly twice the size of Newcastle.

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The first of its kind, this integrating technology means that consumers can now tell their Google Assistant to start and stop charging of their electric vehicle.

The post SolarEdge teams with Google to integrate automated EV Charging appeared first on RenewEconomy.

New research reveals the United States sits on the precipice of what could be a monumental solar boom set to play out over the next five years.

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Solar's record-breaking 2018 is expected to continue into 2019, with forecasts of another 3GW-plus to be added in utility-scale solar alone, putting solar PV on track to deliver 10% of NEM demand by 2020.

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WestWind Energy's plans to build an 800MW wind farm in Victoria – potentially the largest in the Southern Hemisphere – win state government planning approval.

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The sustainable finance market surged in 2018, with a record $247 billion worth of sustainability-themed debt instruments raised during the year, according to research company BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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The ACT’s highly successful Energy Efficiency Improvement Scheme will be expanded to include several new programs and will be extended to 2030, Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury announced today.

The post New Energy Efficiency Scheme to address climate change and reduce energy bills appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Greens call out federal Coalition's "dodgy accounting" efforts to minimise emissions targets, as government says heatwaves and droughts will reduce abatement because it is killing crops.

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The ACT Government continues to be recognised internationally for its leadership on zero emissions transport, committing to the Driving Change Together – Katowice Partnership for Electro-mobility declaration, which was launched at the COP24 United Nations climate change summit in Poland last week.

The post ACT joins global partnership to drive change for e-mobility appeared first on RenewEconomy.

There are some simple, cheap and equitable solutions to some of the concerns raised about cross-subsidies to and from rooftop solar.

The post Cross about subsidies: The equity implications of rooftop solar in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The performance of the Tesla big battery helped redefine the debate around the clean energy transition in Australia last year. But it wasn't the only big thing that happened.

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