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Confused about energy? How business can take the power back
New report aims to cut through noise on Australia's energy market transformation and give business leaders up-to-date, accessible information.
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Honda, Enel X to reward EV drivers for balancing grid
Italian energy giant teams with Honda in US to offer EV drivers incentives to recharge during times of low electricity demand.
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Who bought Tesla electric cars and where? A postcode guide
Sydney and the Gold Coast emerge as hot spots for Tesla electric vehicle purchases, with NSW accounting for 2/3 of all Tesla sales.
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Where’s Waldo? The wobbly assumptions underpinning the NEG
ESB price assumptions don't make sense, and no company would make such a crucial decision based on such flimsy evidence.
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Modelling to show wind and solar at standstill from 2022 with NEG
Modelling to be released in support of National Energy Guarantee will show that wind and solar developments at a standstill for most of next decade.
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‘Peak coal’ is getting closer, latest figures show
In the first half of 2018, retired capacity has nearly matched newly operating plants and the global pipeline for proposed coal is quickly eroding.
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What’s wrong with big solar in cities? Nothing, if it’s done right
Suburban solar farm opposition suggests they don't belong in residential areas. But what are the planning issues? And are there possible negative impacts?
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Volkswagen threatens recall of 124,000 electric cars
German automaker warns it may be forced to recall 124,000 electric and hybrid vehicles, due to traces of cadmium in chargers.
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GreenSync calls on energy industry to collaborate
The energy industry to collaborate more on the things required to prepare the grid for renewable energy being the dominant source of energy generation.
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Tesla opens new supercharger station on NSW south coast
The new station at Narooma Plaza on the NSW South Coast is equipped with four charging bays which are available to use 24/7.
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Clean Energy awards highlight innovative and engaging projects in regional Australia
The winners of the 2018 Clean Energy Council Awards shine the spotlight on the innovative and engaging projects which are putting regional Australia at the forefront of a technology revolution, along with a pioneer of the solar industry.
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WA govt considers home battery incentives, in solar tariff review
WA energy minister flags review of state's solar tariffs, and possible incentives to boost battery uptake, as the rooftop PV market continues to boom.
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NEG in the air as Nationals go for coal, and Barnaby goes nuts
Frydenberg says final agreement on NEG may be more than a month away, as Labor watches Coalition in-fighting, with Nationals digging in for coal and Barnaby Joyce saying any shift of emissions burden to the rural sector would be the final straw.
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CEFC welcomes opening of new fuel-from-waste plant to transform industrial and commercial waste
A new resource recovery facility at Wetherill Park in western Sydney is transforming commercial and industrial waste into an alternative renewable fuel source.
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Carnegie inks $1.6m deal to boost CETO wave power technology
Enel Green Power to invest €1 million in R&D for Carnegie's CETO wave power technology, and collaborate in its deployment "across a number of milestones."
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Shhh: Harley-Davidson confirms ‘twist and go’ electric motorcycle for 2019
Iconic US motorcycle maker reaches out to new generation of riders with electric LiveWire motorcycle, with a view to release it as early as next year.
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Open letter to energy ministers: Release NEG modelling in full
A group of 23 energy researchers from 11 institutions have called for the full release of National Energy Guarantee modelling.
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AEMO’s Zibelman admits “hiccup” in new solar and wind connections
AEMO's Audrey Zibelman concedes there is a “hiccup” in connection of new solar and wind projects to the grid, caused by overwhelming volume, and as the speed of new projects overtakes the ability of the grid to adapt.
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Australia renewables boom rolls on, but NEG shadow looms
CEC details jaw-dropping scale of Australian renewables boom, but survey says investor confidence shaky, summed up in two words: "policy uncertainty."
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US wind continues record growth despite Trump’s coal fetish
Trump may be promising to bring back jobs for the coal industry, but it’s the country’s wind energy industry which is making the strongest headway.
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