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A re-elected Andrews Labor Government will create up to 50 new jobs in the Latrobe Valley with a new government agency, Solar Victoria, to be based in Morwell.

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Between 2010 and June 2018, India’s coal-fired power station pipeline saw shelved and cancelled projects totalling a staggering 573GW.

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PRESS RELEASE JA Solar announced that it has supplied 3.2MW of mono PERC modules for Aramex‘s solar plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This plant represents the largest single-rooftop solar project in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to date. Located in Dubai Logistics City, the rooftop project was constructed on a turnkey...

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We need genuinely dispatchable power stations to complement the growing capacity of wind and solar PV. Coal and other baseload power stations cannot fill that role.

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Trump's own EPA says his climate plan will worsen health of millions of kids, cost $US50 billion

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Evergen, the provider of Australia’s only CSIRO developed intelligent energy management system, has announced that it has commenced a process to secure a new majority shareholder to drive the continued success and expansion of the business in the rapidly evolving energy sector.

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Two small wind farms in Victoria have had the highest capacity factors in the country, and more than 60% in the last two months.

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Sydney Airport signs innovative deal with Origin to supply 75 per cent of its electricity needs through a wind farm in western NSW.

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GM Holden will hire 150 new engineers at its Port Melbourne plant, to fast-track the development of 20 new EVs by 2023, and an AV by 2019.

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Thousands of reservation holders invited to inspect "mass market" Tesla Model 3 EV in Australia for first time. They will have to wait at least another year for delivery.

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The first wind turbine in what will be world’s first utility-scale, on-grid wind, solar and battery energy storage project has been installed.

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Ratch Australia begins electrification of its 180MW Mount Emerald wind farm, says full operation expected to commence in November this year.

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Berri Barmera Council issues tender to build and operate 10MW solar farm in South Australia Riverland region.

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Darren Miller, the co-founder of electricity retailer Mojo Power has been named as the new chief executive of ARENA.

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Malcolm Turnbull gets to continue as PM – at the cost of his credibility and at the behest of the party’s ring wing. Australia will now be looking for leadership. But they won’t expect it to come from the federal Coalition.

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The Saudi Arabian fund that has had its eye on Tesla is now in talks with EV rival Lucid Motors

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So the NEG is dead – where to now? It’s time for politics to adopt the renewables model: a decentralised and distributed framework.

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Tesla CEO says the company could "maybe ... in about three years" deliver an EV for a price tag of just $US25,000 – but it won't be easy.

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COAG energy council member and ACT climate minister Shane Rattenbury declares the NEG "dead," killed off by Turnbull's complete capitulation on emissions and climate.

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There are many sections of industry and the public that can see the benefits of electric transportation; unfortunately we have a small group of politicians that believe otherwise.

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