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Australia’s 2017 solar PV installation tally already eclipsed – in July

Thu, 2018-08-02 15:24
The amount of solar PV installed in Australia so far in 2018 has already surpassed the combined total of all installations for the whole of 2017.
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Ssangyong hints at all-electric ute for Australia

Thu, 2018-08-02 15:22
South Korean car maker joins race to bring first all-electric 4WD utility to market, with unveiling of concept e-SIV.
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America’s first big offshore wind farm sets record low price of 6.5c/kWh

Thu, 2018-08-02 15:19
First commercial-scale offshore wind farm in US expected to save electricity consumers around $1.4bn over 20 years, by supplying power 18% cheaper than alternative sources.
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ACT lays out conditions for NEG – and it won’t please Coalition party room

Thu, 2018-08-02 15:17
ACT lays out conditions for approval of the controversial policy platform, and they won't please the climate deniers in the Coalition party room.
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Full absurdity of National Energy Guarantee laid bare

Thu, 2018-08-02 15:04
The NEG is looking more and more like a fraud. It is one thing to have a policy that proudly boasts it will do nothing on emissions, but to produce a document that pretends to be able to halt the pace of technology change is barking mad.
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Confused about energy? How business can take the power back

Thu, 2018-08-02 13:25
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

Thu, 2018-08-02 12:48
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

Thu, 2018-08-02 10:29
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

Thu, 2018-08-02 06:16
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

Wed, 2018-08-01 15:09
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

Wed, 2018-08-01 13:42
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

Wed, 2018-08-01 13:39
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

Wed, 2018-08-01 13:31
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

Wed, 2018-08-01 13:09
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

Wed, 2018-08-01 13:00
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

Wed, 2018-08-01 11:24
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

Wed, 2018-08-01 10:55
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

Wed, 2018-08-01 09:38
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

Tue, 2018-07-31 15:35
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

Tue, 2018-07-31 15:24
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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