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Presented by the EEC and now in its seventh year running, the National Energy Efficiency Awards are s a fantastic opportunity to be recognised for your efforts and celebrate your commitment to energy efficiency. 

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Origin Energy profit surges 110% in FY 2018, as orgy of money-making by Australia’s big three gen-tailers continues, fed by high power prices.

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Gupta says the proposed government underwriting of a new "dispatchable power plant, will favour solar and could help bring solar costs down to half current market costs, even with back-up.

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Anything deviating from transitioning to a reliable, firmed renewable grid will end up costing Australians and Australian business more in the long run.

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Apple signals push into electric vehicles, as Australian buyers surveyed on whether buying an EV from software giants would appeal.

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The future of solar rebates is up in the air as the ACCC pushes for government to adopt its “complete package.” We talk with Sunwiz’ Warwick Johnston about the implications and state of commercial solar.

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Australia’s first Council-led Climate Emergency Conference.

The post City of Darebin: We’re in a state of emergency appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Next time you visit London, you could be crossing London Bridge in an electric double-decker bus.

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Sustainability Victoria is leading a national project to examine photovoltaic systems and assess possible options for stewardship programs to potentially manage the products at end-of-life.

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The NEG may have gone through Coalition party room, but the ESB wants to make significant changes to the nature of the reliability option - in case a coal generator fails.

The post ESB proposes major changes to reliability framework of NEG appeared first on RenewEconomy.

AEMO says it had to intervene more than 60% of time in April/May, mostly because gas generators were absent due to repairs.

The post Intervention in South Australia jumps as gas shuts down appeared first on RenewEconomy.

More competition emerging in the electric ute market, this time from Ohio-based auto maker Workhorse.

The post Workhorse planning all electric ute to take on Tesla appeared first on RenewEconomy.

It will likely be another 6 weeks before the NEG is decided, but Coalition is refusing to cede any ground on flexibility to the Labor states.

The post NEG to stew for another six weeks, as states demand “flexibility” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Tesla tells Senate inquiry it would consider making EVs in Australia - if the market was big enough.

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AEMO report notes that more renewables in the second quarter meant lower gas and coal output, lower prices, and lower emissions.

The post Hydro, wind and solar output rises as gas generation slumps appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Infratil Limited and Mercury NZ Limited have today announced their intention to make a full takeover offer for Tilt Renewables Limited, Infratil and Mercury already respectively hold or control 51.04% and 19.99% of the Tilt Renewables shares.

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Scottish researches claim breakthrough in flow battery technology that could see electric vehicles being charged in a fraction of the time of current standards.

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Infigen Energy to install 25MW/52MWh Tesla Powerpack battery storage system at its Lake Bonney wind farm in South Australia.

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Gupta confirms plans for 1GW of dispatchable renewables at ground-breaking ceremony at new Cultana solar project, a day after Coalition agree to NEG policy that models zero new investment in large-scale renewables and storage over next decade.

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Construction of the 48-turbine Cattle Hill Wind Farm commenced recently, with the project aiming to be fully operational in 2019. The project is expected to have up to 150 jobs on site during construction peaks on site and employ up to 10 permanent staff when operational.

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