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Office and tourism sectors join climate change battle

Thu, 2018-03-08 12:30
Following its success with Sydney’s major commercial landlords, the City is now enlisting the office, accommodation and entertainment sectors in the battle to slash carbon emissions.
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Clean energy leader, Chloe Munro, to chair impact investment group’s solar boards

Thu, 2018-03-08 12:24
Leading Australian Impact Funds Manager, Impact Investment Group, today announced that Chloe Munro AO, will chair the board of directors for the company's solar energy investment funds.
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Australian homes, business installed 6.5 solar panels per minute in 2017

Thu, 2018-03-08 11:52
It’s official: CER data says Australian homes and businesses installed record total of 1057MW of solar, mostly on rooftops, in 2017.
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City of Sydney buys into Ausgrid network’s push for more solar

Thu, 2018-03-08 11:37
City of Sydney add funds to help Ausgrid's push for more rooftop solar in Australia's biggest city to avoid costly grid upgrades.
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CEFC tips in $6.5 million loan for Newcastle solar farm

Wed, 2018-03-07 13:23
CEFC provides loan to finance most of 5MW solar farm to be built on former colliery site near Newcastle, paving the way for batteries and electric trucks.
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Solar farm forums shine a light on new planning guidelines

Wed, 2018-03-07 13:09
New planning and community engagement guidelines are in development to guide Queensland’s solar farm boom.
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Corbell slams NEG as “neither ambitious, nor transparent”

Wed, 2018-03-07 13:06
Architect of Australia’s most successful renewables policies says proposed National Energy Guarantee lacks ambition, transparency, and won't hit climate targets.
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Victoria sees huge interest, low prices in renewable auction

Wed, 2018-03-07 13:02
Victoria says response to Australia's largest renewable energy auction has been extremely strong and expects prices to be "very competitive".
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Seventh Emissions Reduction Fund auction announced

Wed, 2018-03-07 10:41
From this auction, the agency will be able to purchase between 25 and 100 per cent below the benchmark price.
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Adelaide Uni to add 2MWh vanadium battery system, 1.2MW solar

Wed, 2018-03-07 09:55
University to install 1.2MW of solar and a 0.5MW/2MWh vanadium flow redox battery system, cut its grid electricity consumption by 40%.
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Neoen plans world’s biggest solar + wind powered hydrogen hub in S.A.

Wed, 2018-03-07 09:54
EXCLUSIVE: Neoen, operator of the Tesla big battery, now plan a "hydrogen superb" in South Australia with 150MW of solar, 150MW of wind, a 50MW hydrogen electrolyser and up to 400MWh of battery storage.
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New scenarios show how the world could limit warming to 1.5C in 2100

Wed, 2018-03-07 08:46
A paper in Nature Climate Change presents the results from a new modelling exercise using six different “integrated assessment models” (IAMs) to limit global temperatures in 2100 to below 1.5C.
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Graph of the Day: And the states with the lowest emissions are …

Wed, 2018-03-07 06:48
South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory contribute a combined total of just 6.3% to the nation's total scope 1 emissions. Can you guess the common denominator?
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Regulator pushes for household battery storage register to remove “blind spot”

Wed, 2018-03-07 06:45
Bational register of Australia’s home battery installations would cost around $10m, but would remove potential huge "blind spot" and could improve power system security.
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The myth about South Australia’s high electricity prices

Tue, 2018-03-06 14:09
The myth that SA renewables are responsible for their high electricity prices keeps on keeping on. So here's another reason why it should be debunked.
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Australia’s large scale solar ranking worse than Winter Olympics

Tue, 2018-03-06 14:02
Australia has a natural advantage in solar, but its global ranking in utility-scale solar is worse than its Winter Olympics medal tally.
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A 2GW solar farm – for farmers: India launches “world’s largest” solar park

Tue, 2018-03-06 12:37
India's newly inaugurated Pavagada Solar Park looks at farmers as key partners, and also key beneficiaries of the world-leading 2GW project.
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5 quick fixes for Turnbull and Frydenberg to change energy debate

Tue, 2018-03-06 12:32
A series of 28 consecutive News Polls show the Coalition is trailing Labor. So perhaps it's time to dump the right wing policies on energy and climate Turnbull promised to cherish, and set a new path. Here are some quick and easy fixes, offered free, and without retainer.
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Canberra arboretum goes green-er, ditching diesel for solar and storage

Mon, 2018-03-05 13:54
ACT's National Arboretum has replaced its diesel generator for 100% solar and battery storage – a shift that will pay for itself within 8 years.
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Solar PPA partners named in potential 10MW NSW PV rollout

Mon, 2018-03-05 13:49
NSW govt set to roll out solar across its buildings and infrastructure after selection of five “prequalified, carefully vetted” solar PPA suppliers.
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