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APA takes step closer to big wind-solar energy park in W.A.
APA gets approval for new 130MW wind farm which will form part of major wind-solar renewable energy hub 200kms north of Perth.
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Victoria agribusiness turns to 196MW wind farm with 20MW storage
Victoria hydroponics vegetable producer turns to 100% renewable strategy for country's biggest glass-house after nearly abandoning project due to gas prices. A 196MW wind farm and 20MW of battery storage will be built - separate to the Victoria battery storage tender.
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CEFC invests in lithium mine to help make Australia storage powerhouse
CEFC makes first investment in mining operation, as Australia seeks to grab lion's share of lithium supply to the global battery storage market.
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Know your NEM: Queensland jaw-boning pushes prices down
Queensland government edict pushes wholesale prices down; solar costs fall again; Infigen's lousy wind quarter; aspect of limited merits review decision.
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S.A. to announce storage winner, delays EST mechanism
Results for South Australia's battery storage tender expected in next week, as state government delays introduction of energy security target and may drop it altogether. Meanwhile, Victoria reports "strong" response for its battery storage tender.
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Bills have become centre of the energy discourse galaxy in Australia
Reality is boring: new technology gets cheap, simple and, increasingly, fit for purpose. There’s nothing magical, mystical or fantastical about this.
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Our love affair with digging holes is only just getting started
Australia is the only country that you could throw a wall around and still have all the materials you need – cobalt and graphite and lithium – for battery storage.
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Devil’s in detail, but Finkel may have gotten it just about right
Let's forget about coal: Finkel's Clean Energy Target should be designed to encourage a good mix of zero emissions dispatchable solutions including solar thermal and biomass.
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Solar accounts for 2.2 per cent of US electricity generation in April
Solar power accounts for 2.2 per cent of total generation in the US in April, a jump of 63% over the previous year.
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A beacon of hope: 100,000 vulnerable Indians reached by a small Australian Social Enterprise with big business goals
Pollinate Energy is celebrating its most significant milestone to date: having reached 100,000 of India’s most vulnerable people.
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Sunraysia solar farm, largest in NSW, gets planning approval
A 200MW solar fram near Balranald in western NSW will be largest, and one of 27 large scale solar projects planned or under construction in the state.
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The Swiss company hoping to capture 1% of global CO2 emissions by 2025
On the roof of a waste incinerator outside Zurich, the Swiss firm Climeworks has built world’s first commercial plant to suck CO2 directly from the air.
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IPART bumps up benchmark range for NSW solar tariffs
Regulator further lifts benchmark for NSW solar tariffs - well above AGL's proposed tariff - but rejects notion rooftop solar and storage have network benefits.
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$9 million to begin hydrogen roadmap
The South Australian Government is continuing to support the transition to a low- carbon economy through a $9 million commitment to begin hydrogen roadmap.
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Battery storage “gigafactory” planned for Darwin for 2018
Energy Renaissance, backed by engineering group UGL, plans a gigawatt-scale battery storage factory in Darwin, that it says will begin production in late 2018.
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NSW follows Victoria, South Australia in major push to demand management
Households and businesses in NSW will get paid for reducing loads during critical peaks, as governments and institutions decide to circumvent objections by fossil fuel lobby with smarter, cleaner and cheaper alternatives.
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Trump bashes wind energy in state that gets a third of its power from wind
Trump rants against wind energy, warning of lights going out and "birds falling to the ground".
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$53.8 million for Stanwell Power Station
$53.8 million will be invested for a series of major projects at Stanwell Power Station west of Rockhampton, over the next year.
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Trump’s far-fetched solar wall idea sparks surge in US solar stocks
Trump's planned "solar wall" might take a century to generate enough power to pay for itself, but the fact that Trump said the word "solar" is lighting a fire under solar stocks.
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Inertia in power system: We don’t actually need that much
We don't need as much inertia in the power system as many think, and with a few simple changes we won’t need to mandate inertia limits either. Here's why.
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