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Al Gore launches Vic renewables plan
The Andrews Labor Government has released Victoria's Renewable Energy Action Plan, backed by $146 million in funding to deliver more renewable, affordable and reliable energy for Victoria.
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Cutting Edge grid controls could kill need for coal
One of the fiercest defenders of brown coal generators now says they can be replaced with wide adoption of voltage regulation technologies that can make there grid more efficient.
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Finkel: Let’s not be railroaded into a bad deal on clean energy
It is particularly important that State and Federal Energy Ministers, meeting tomorrow, do not lock in poor climate change and energy outcomes.
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Clouds over America’s Sunshine State
Florida power utilities are are trying to stymie rooftop solar. Tea Party conservatives are trying to save it.
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Canergie’s Grant funding update on wave, microgrid projects
Over the past weeks, Carnegie received approximately $850,000 of grant funding from ARENA and the European Regional Development Fund.
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States threaten to go it alone on clean energy as Coalition loses plot
States threaten to go it alone on clean energy target as influential Coalition MP warns "people will die" because of renewable energy, and conservatives harden opposition to wind and solar and demand Australia returns to 19th century technologies.
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Clean Energy Award finalists leading change in the energy sector
A community mini grid in Victoria which helped customers to halve their power bills over summer, an innovative approach to project finance, and electricity billing based on mobile phone plans are some of the finalists announced today in the 2017 Clean Energy Council Awards.
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Unlocking the potential of Australia’s tidal energy
Australia’s tidal energy resource will be mapped in unprecedented detail in a new study funded by the Commonwealth Government through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
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Musk bags first Model 3, as Australia implodes over car emission standards
As Tesla prepares to deliver its potentially game-changing mass market EV, Australia goes into meltdown about the very idea of improving vehicle efficiency.
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Australia needs to cut electricity sector emissions by 60% by 2030
Renewables must play key role in ramping up the abatement from the electricity sector in Australia.
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AEMO: Politics needs to catch up with falling cost of wind, solar, storage
AEMO chief Audrey Zibelman says politics needs to deal with falling cost of wind, solar and batteries, and customer preference around rooftop solar.
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AES, Siemens combine to tackle Tesla, dominate battery storage market
Two of biggest energy companies in the world join forces to dominate global battery storage market, at least at grid scale. Australia is high on their list of targets, with a series of projects that could dwarf Tesla's newly announced project.
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Genex solar/storage project shortlisted for funds from NAIF
Solar PV and pumped hydro project proposed for abandoned gold mine in north Queensland shortlisted for funding by Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility.
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Frydenberg says storage ratio for wind/solar to be decided by AEMO
Federal energy minister says AEMO is best placed to assess what storage levels are needed to stabilise Australia's grid.
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New Energy Security Taskforce prepares Queensland for summer
Securing Queensland’s future energy supply was the number one agenda item when the newly commissioned Queensland Energy Security Taskforce met for the first time today.
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Conservative billionaire building biggest wind farm in heart of coal country
A conservative billionaire is building the country’s largest wind farm. Republican lawmakers want to raise the tax on wind.
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Clean energy spending hits 43% share of total supply investment
Global spending on energy fall by 12% overall in 2016 but clean energy spending is on the up.
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AEMO cautious about over-loading storage on wind, solar farms
AEMO boss Audrey Zibelman cautious about level of storage required for new wind and solar farms, but keen to push forward with energy market reforms. "We don't want to waste this crisis," she said.
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Barnaby gets a spade and starts digging for White Rock solar farm
Acting prime minister Barnaby Joyce begins construction of 20MW White Rock solar farm, as first turbines from neighbouring 175MW wind farm starts production.
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Game changer: Cheap renewables are causing rethink on markets
Fossil fuels once had little to fear from renewable energy, but that’s no longer the case.
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