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Tesla seeks $1.5bn bond offering while shifting solar strategy
Tesla is emphasising profitability from its solar business, which has undergone significant transformation since the company bought SolarCity.
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Tesla Powerpack battery added to wind turbine at NZ salt factory
In “Australasian first”, 250kW Tesla Powerpack added to 660kw wind turbine, to provide 75 per cent of energy for NZ salt manufacturer.
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Moreland Council launches hydrogen-powered garbage truck scheme
Moreland Council and the Victorian State Government announce $1m spending on commercial-scale hydrogen refueling station for garbage trucks.
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Queensland opens registrations for 100MW energy storage auction
Queensland govt opens registrations for reverse auction, with aim of installing 100MW of energy storage before 2020, alongside 400MW new solar and wind.
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New coal plant may be Coalition price for clean energy target
There is increased speculation that the Coalition government is prepared to spend taxpayers money on a new clean/cleaner/cleanish/not-quite-so-dirty coal plant in an effort to get conservative support for a clean energy target and even to appease potential One Nation voters.
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WA leads the world in embracing electric vehicles
For the second time running, Quit Targa West will feature an Electric Vehicle in its line up, as part of a global movement to adopt this game changing technology.
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Making the energy transition more equitable and inclusive
The transition to a clean, affordable and equitable supply of energy is finely on the agenda in Australia, compounded by soaring electricity prices and the mostly favourable response to the Finkel review.
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SA’s energy policy: five steps forward, two steps back
South Australia's energy security target could increase electricity prices while providing an incentive for power companies to pump out more carbon emissions.
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Queenslanders blame something they don’t have – renewables – for rising energy bills
Queenslanders apparently blame renewables for price rises, even though they have any. But don't get between a poll and a Murdoch campaign.
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Poles and wires: Consumers using less, paying more
Malcolm Turnbull should have a word with network owners and regulators this week, as well as the gentailers. Network charges per unit of electricity have more than doubled.
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Equis plans 1,000MW solar farm in heart of Queensland’s gas country
Equis to build 1000MW solar farm in heart of Qld coal and gas country, looking for more opportunities in NSW, South Australia.
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Trump files notice to withdraw from Paris deal, plans instead to promote fossil fuels
The notice has no legal weight and does not begin the process of departure from the landmark climate agreement.
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Poor households are locked out of green energy, unless governments help
It’s time for governments to get serious about helping everyone to join the energy transition, not just the most affluent.
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Rooftop solar continues record year, even as STC price fall kicks in
With another 93MW solar added to Australian homes and business in July, Sunwiz declares market to be “level – at exceptionally high levels.”
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Penny drops for Turnbull: Consumers are being gouged on energy
It may finally be dawning on the PM that it's not wind and solar pushing up cost of electricity, but profiteering of incumbent utilities.
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Cheap coal power? Only in an imaginary world
Attempts to suggest coal power is cheaper than the plummeting cost of renewables look increasingly ridiculous and desperate.
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GE, Engie to build 119MW wind farm in South Australia
Engie and GE commit to 119MW wind farm in South Australia, taking confirmed new wind and solar projects in that state to more than 600MW.
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Coal lobby hits peak denial on battery storage, renewables
Australia's biggest coal miner and leading research organisation come up with ridiculous claims on battery storage in attempts to justify new coal plants and CCS.
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The death of “alternative energy”
Once, alternative energy meant "clean coal" and "fracking." Today, renewables have left those "alternatives" for dead, and not even Trump can save them.
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Alphabet (Google) turns to molten salt to store clean energy
Google's parent company has joined Tesla and other smaller companies, developing ways to store wind and solar affordably.
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