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EOI open for NQ Clean Energy Hub

Fri, 2017-08-11 13:00
A key part of the $386 million Powering North Queensland Plan will commence today.
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Australia’s biggest wind farm is also its least productive

Fri, 2017-08-11 12:32
What's wrong with Australia's biggest wind farm? Victoria's 420MW Macarthur facility was supposed to produce 50% more power than it did last year.
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Another solar farm planned for Collinsville, as Blackrock buys in

Fri, 2017-08-11 12:29
New 50MW Hayman solar farm to go merchant, as US investor BlackRock makes first big move into renewables with two solar farm investments.
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Australia’s first battery “giga-factory” set for development in Darwin

Fri, 2017-08-11 12:22
Australian company Energy Renaissance says it has "sealed deal" with NT government, locking in Darwin as preferred site for 1GWh lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant.
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The crazy climate records from 2016 you haven’t heard much about

Fri, 2017-08-11 12:18
Here are other climate change-related records that have flown more under the radar, reported in the annual State of the Climate report.
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New rules for retailers, but don’t sit there waiting for your electricity bill to go down

Fri, 2017-08-11 12:17
A call to retailers; Information about discounts will be simpler, but you’ll still have to do the legwork to shop around.
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Scientists develop spit-powered battery

Fri, 2017-08-11 12:16
You can make a battery out of a lemon, a tomato, an orange or a stack of pennies. And now you can make a battery using spit.
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RCR awarded $315M for Daydream and Hayman solar farm projects

Fri, 2017-08-11 11:07
RCR Tomlinson Ltd is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two contracts for the 150MWac Daydream Solar Farm and the 50MWac Hayman Solar Farm, developed and maintained by Edify Energy Pty Ltd.
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AGL says solar, wind, storage cheapest way to replace coal

Thu, 2017-08-10 13:54
AGL says new coal plants not economically rational; facilities like Liddell will be replaced by wind, solar, batteries, pumped hydro and other firming capacity.
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Origin signs PPA for new 150MW solar farm in north Queensland

Thu, 2017-08-10 13:40
Origin signs 13-year PPA for output of edify Energy's 150MW Daydream Solar Farm in Queensland – one of the state's biggest.
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AEMO set to trial wind farm’s ability to stabilise S.A. grid

Thu, 2017-08-10 13:19
ARENA, AEMO trial testing 100MW Hornsdale 2 wind farm capability to supply grid stabilising services to NEM slated for October.
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Tesla adds Brisbane store and service centre – its first in Queensland

Thu, 2017-08-10 13:16
US EV and battery maker opens new retail store at Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley, with show room, service centre and four EV super-charging bays.
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AGL cashes in on coal splurge, renewable investment drought

Thu, 2017-08-10 12:27
AGL's multi-billion investment in coal generators, and the recent investment drought in new wind and solar plants, have delivered windfall gains to the country's biggest generator. It also increased its margins from consumers, despite its offer of discounts.
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“Ice battery” air-con technology set to cool Australian homes – and peak power demand

Thu, 2017-08-10 11:04
Solar hot water company Apricus inks distribution deal for US “ice battery” + air-con technology that could cool Australian homes, and cut power bills.
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6.5% of global GDP spent subsidising fossil fuels, or $12m every minute

Thu, 2017-08-10 10:07
IMF says subsidies to global fossil fuel industry reached $A6.7 trillion in 2015 - or $A18 billion a day, or $A12 million a minute.
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New CEO for Green Energy Trading

Thu, 2017-08-10 09:59
Green Energy Trading, Australia’s leading environmental certificate creator, is delighted to announce the appointment of current General Manager, Luke Konynenburg, as Chief Executive Officer.
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Nuclear not the answer, as consumers pay for abandoned reactors

Wed, 2017-08-09 15:07
The nuclear "renaissance" in the US is now over, after another two reactors abandoned, leaving consumers holding the bill.
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Turnbull “eyeballs” energy bosses, kids himself on solution

Wed, 2017-08-09 15:03
Big energy retailers didn’t so much blink, as wink in face of Turnbull’s “eyeballing” episode. Here’s why they will be high fiving each other in the Qantas lounge at Canberra airport.
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Turnbull has failed to axe Australia’s power price “laziness” tax

Wed, 2017-08-09 15:02
The PM only had to push energy reforms slightly further to make a world of difference, and protect consumers from the "laziness tax" exploited by utilities.
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Energy storage start-up targets Australia, promises compressed air technology “half the cost” of batteries

Wed, 2017-08-09 14:40
Canadian start-up claims it can deliver lowest installed cost per kWh for bulk energy storage with compressed air technology.
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