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Brewer CUB contracts 112MW solar farm, on way to 100% renewables

Tue, 2018-03-20 10:04
Australia's biggest brewer, CUB, signs deal with new 112MW solar farm near Mildura as part of its plans to go 100% renewables, saying it will lower and lock in electricity costs. The shift to renewables by Australia's manufacturing base is accelerating.
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Carnegie wins grant to power offshore gas platform with solar

Mon, 2018-03-19 14:27
Carnegie wins NERA funding to integrate solar PV and storage at the Blacktip Wellhead Platform in the Southern Bonaparte Basin.
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UK wind farms deliver record 37% of nation’s electricity

Mon, 2018-03-19 14:26
Strong winds and offshore wind farms helped deliver record 39.6% of UK electricity on Sunday morning.
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Jupiter wind farm plans abandoned in face of community opposition

Mon, 2018-03-19 14:04
EPYC withdraws application to develop 54 turbine wind farm in NSW, after two planning department rejections and 400 community objections.
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Speed of Australia’s energy transition hostage to Marshall law

Mon, 2018-03-19 12:59
Election of Steve Marshall – and expectation he will be a vassal of Coalition in Canberra – likely to do more damage to country's renewable energy transition than that of his state. Jay Weatherill will be missed, but he leaves SA with huge momentum.
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Journey to zero emissions electricity: What happens when sun don’t shine, wind don’t blow?

Mon, 2018-03-19 10:18
In part two of three-part series, we consider the question of firming variable renewable generation.
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Marshall’s first promise as SA premier: Kill Tesla battery plan

Mon, 2018-03-19 09:19
New SA Premier Steven Marshall vows to scrap Tesla's plans for world's biggest virtual power plant targeting low income households, in favour of a $100 million subsidy for those homes already with solar.
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New analysis shows NEG is worse than doing nothing

Sun, 2018-03-18 23:10
New analysis suggests the targets contained in the National Energy Guarantee are actually worse than if the government did nothing.
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Hyundai Ioniq trialled as electric fleet car, ahead of full Australian launch

Fri, 2018-03-16 14:00
A version of Hyundai's Ioniq electric sedan has been rolled out across various Australian fleets, before the full suite of EVs arrives in Australia in late 2018.
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Journey to zero emissions electricity: BAU could deliver more than NEG

Fri, 2018-03-16 12:53
First of three-part series examining the evolution of Australia’s electricity system to 2050, and the role of policy-makers along the way.
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AusNet takes suburban street off-grid for almost 24 hours

Fri, 2018-03-16 12:48
AusNet Services has, for the third time, taken part of a Melbourne street completely off grid – this time for 21 hours.
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New Kimberley charging stations powering our driving future

Fri, 2018-03-16 12:42
Electric vehicles can now travel across WA’s Kimberley region, thanks to three new charging stations servicing the 900km stretch of Northern Highway between Kununurra and Derby.
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Three reasons why coal power won’t make a comeback in Australia

Fri, 2018-03-16 12:41
Despite what the Turnbull government says, coal has no place in Australia's future energy mix – for three basic reasons.
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Emperor with no clothes: NEG could kill investment in storage

Fri, 2018-03-16 10:00
If the NEG could get one thing right, you might think it would be a signal for new investment in "dispatchable" capacity. But Tesla and Genex, the leading developers of battery storage and pumped hydro projects, say it could do the opposite.
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Gupta gets $10 million SA loan to trump Tesla’s big battery

Fri, 2018-03-16 02:42
$10 million loan from SA Government to help Sanjeev Gupta steal crown of "world's biggest lithium ion battery" from Tesla's Elon Musk.
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Tesla says Energy Security Board needs to catch up with battery technology

Thu, 2018-03-15 20:42
Tesla says National Energy Guarantee needs to be much more ambitious, and the Energy Security Board needs to catch up with technologies like battery storage.
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Electrolux seeks to power Adelaide factory with solar and battery storage

Thu, 2018-03-15 16:17
Electrolux wants to power its only remaining Australian factory with a combination of 2.5MW of solar PV and 500kW battery storage.
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CEFC backs push for solar and storage in all new-build homes

Thu, 2018-03-15 14:57
CEFC commits $90m debt finance to Mirvac plan to build more than 300 family homes, each with built-in solar and battery storage.
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Six months overdue, Victoria battery storage tender announcement still “imminent”

Thu, 2018-03-15 14:46
Victorian government says winners of 100MWh energy storage auction to be announced "very, very soon."
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Trump’s new economics director is climate denier who thinks animals can ‘snuggle’ under pipelines

Thu, 2018-03-15 14:44
President Donald Trump names CNBC host Larry Kudlow as new director of the National Economic Council, adding yet another climate science denier to the White House.
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