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Renault ZOE named Best Green Car at FirstCar Awards 2018
All-electric Renault ZOE judged ‘Best Green Car’ at the inaugural FirstCar Awards 2018 in London.
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Latrobe Valley dairy farms to share energy via blockchain micro-grid
First blockchain virtual micro-grid in Australia will use solar and storage to allow 200 dairy farms, 100 households and 20 businesses to share energy.
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Big Queensland business first to use Tesla Powerpack to go off-grid
An increasing number of Australian small and medium businesses are using solar and battery storage to go off-grid. But is it worth it? Here's what one Queensland company has found.
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Redflow seeks $18 million to scale up flow battery production
Redflow seeks new funds to scale up production and target markets in Australia and overseas. It is also contemplating move into China.
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Who’s missing out on Australia’s rooftop solar boom?
Report identifies four key markets that have so far been overlooked in Australia's rooftop solar boom – a 7GW gap that could be worth nearly $9bn to the (so far) very small number of canny start-ups that are working to find their way around the barriers.
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Changes to Horizon power board
Horizon Power welcomes the appointment of Stephen Edwell as the new chairman of Horizon Power and Kylie Chamberlain as a Non-Executive Director.
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Ben & Jerry’s and 350.org Australia launch campaign to put a freeze on fossil fuels
Legendary ice cream makers Ben & Jerry’s and climate activism group 350.org Australia, have today launched a campaign to freeze fossil fuels by encouraging Australians to lobby their local Councils to divest from coal, oil and gas.
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State street global advisors creates low carbon, high ESG index fund for Australian institutions
In response to growing demand from Australian institutional investors for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment options, State Street Global Advisors, the asset management arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), in partnership with MSCI, has created a low carbon, high ESG international equities fund.
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Goldwind’s Moorabool North Wind Farm set to progress towards construction
Goldwind Australia today announced it has made another step forward towards construction of the 150 megawatt (MW) Moorabool North Wind Farm (The Project), located in Victoria. Moorabool North Wind Farm project is the northern section of the 321 MW Moorabool Wind Farm.
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Ferrari tests silent hybrid sports car, in first signs of shift to electric
Staunch combustion engine purist Ferrari is changing its tune, testing a hyrbid sports EV, and promising a "world's fastest" hybrid SUV in 2020.
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LONGi Solar half-cut monocrystalline PERC module breaks 360W, sets a new world record
This achieves a new world record for the highest power 120-cell half-cut monocrystalline PERC module, adding to LONGi's world record for 60-cell monocrystalline PERC module for power and conversion efficiency.
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Westpac joins growing corporate push into wind and solar
Westpac joins growing corporate push into wind and solar with a tender for 150GWh of renewable energy. It's cleaner, and cheaper!
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Biggest winners, and biggest losers, of network monopoly game
For a Queensland household electricity bill with network charges of $1,000, the Queensland government profits from the networks amounts to $470.
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20MW solar farm to power crypto-currency mining in Collie
20MW solar farm that will produce power for crypto-currencies approved for the coal town of Collie in Western Australia.
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The Victoria mansion leading the exodus off the grid
Ever get the idea that the quitting the grid was reserved for low energy users, austere consumers or those unable to connect? Think again.
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Angry and frustrated, more customers are quitting the grid
Industry reports suggest more and more Australian households are choosing to quit the grid, and they're doing so for a mixed bag of reasons.
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Nissan Leaf EV sales near 55,000 as new model takes off
Nissan sells 54,451 Leaf EVs as customers "embrace" the new model – but not in Australia, just yet.
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ABB launches world’s fastest e-vehicle charger at Hannover Messe
Commercial launch of the Terra HP fast charger places ABB at the forefront of EV-charging technology.
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Households can hold grid together when big coal units fail
Last week, Australia’s largest generation unit tripped, sending frequency out of its normal band. What happened next explains why the smart grid has arrived.
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Huawei launched the FusionHome smart energy solution in Australia
Steven Zhou, General Manager for Huawei Smart PV Business Residential Solution, brought a new product launch to show the brilliant experience on residential PV solution to Australian solar market.
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