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Why car dealers don’t want to sell electric vehicles
New study pin-points yet another barrier to the global shift to EVs – and it's coming up at the point of sale. The research adds a new party to the list of incumbent industry groups whose business case is being threatened by EVs: car dealers.
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Australia on cusp of new mining boom, driven by electric vehicles
We might not be driving them, but soaring global electric vehicle demand puts Australia in the front seat for a new mining boom, says BNEF.
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Unions support Liddell’s clean energy transition
Unions welcome transition of Liddell site from coal to clean energy, as Coalition government lurches from worst of Trump's America and Maduro's Venezuela.
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Electric rally car lines up for Finke Desert Race
An all electric rally car - the first to finish in the famous Dakar race - will compete in this year’s Finke Desert Race in its first Australian visit.
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Know your NEM: California leads way with cleaner grid, lower bills
Data from California Public Utilities Commission clearly shows that energy efficiency and decarbonisation don’t have to mean higher consumer costs. You pay more, use less, and end up better off.
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GoodWe awarded EuPD Research Top Brand PV Seal for the Netherlands
GoodWe has been awarded the 2018 Top Brand PV seal for the second consecutive year, as announced by German independent market research specialist EuPD Research.
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Victron Energy aims for large-scale storage projects with new MultiPlus-II battery inverter-charger
Global energy system specialist Victron Energy this week unveils its latest battery inverter-charger, the MultiPlus-II, at the Australian Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition in Adelaide.
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Mayor Khan out to make London greenest city in the world
London Mayor presented his Environment Strategy last week, setting out his vision to make it the greenest city in the world.
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RES plans 176MW solar and battery plant near Adelaide
RES Australia proposes 176MW solar farm plus lithium-ion battery bank for Pallamana, 60km south-east of Adelaide.
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Neoen wins approval for huge wind and battery plant near Cairns
Neoen wins approval for huge wind and battery storage project in north Queensland that could see largest turbines in Australia.
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Neoen wins council approval for 500MW solar farm and storage
Neoen gains council planning approval for a 500MW solar farm and large battery storage facility in south-west Queensland.
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Video of the Day: Prince Harry and his all-electric Jaguar e-Type
Did you see the car the newlyweds left Windsor Castle in on Saturday? It was a 1968 e-Type Jaguar with an electrifying twist.
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Picture (tease) of the Day: BMW’s next-gen EV
BMW offers first glimpse of "new technology flagship" – a pure electric car incorporating all the "major strategic areas of innovation in a road-ready vehicle."
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AGL rejects Alinta bid to buy Liddell coal power station
Despite intense pressure from Turnbull government, AGL rejects bid for Liddell power station, saying the "highly conditional" did not reflect the value of the site. Abbott and Joyce are apoplectic and call for forced sale.
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Finkel: overcoming our mistrust of robots in our homes and workplaces
What is it about AI that unnerves us? Alan Finkel suspects it’s a combination of things.
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Elvis, aliens and solar power
How a remote Australian town found itself at the vanguard of a global revolution.
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Why Narrabri should choose wind, solar over CSG
Report finds Narrabri has “enormous potential” for renewables, with scope for between 1GW and 4.5GW of large-scale solar and wind, that would create 500-2,600 permanent local jobs.
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Nissan drives into home solar and battery storage market
Automaker behind world's best selling EV unveils Nissan Energy Solar – a home solar, storage, smart control package – including 2nd-hand EV batteries.
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Picture (tease) of the Day: BMW’s next-gen EV
BMW offers first glimpse of "new technology flagship" – a pure electric car incorporating all the "major strategic areas of innovation in a road-ready vehicle."
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Electric rally car lines up for Finke Desert Race
The only zero-emissions race car to complete the Dakar Rally is in Australia to compete in the annual Finke Desert Race.
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