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Domino effect: Turkey won’t ratify Paris climate accord, citing Trump’s exit

Tue, 2017-07-11 12:42
Erdoğan says other G20 countries have a “problem” with Paris and “are not renewing their full support.”
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Battery storage just part of smart demand response to grid problems

Tue, 2017-07-11 11:47
It is amazing how much is happening, even in Australia. There may yet be hope for Australia to become a low-carbon, successful 21st century economy!
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South Australia machine turns waste plastic into energy

Tue, 2017-07-11 11:13
South Australia company develops systems to use anaerobic digestion technology to turn waste plastics into energy and fertiliser.
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Queensland commits to zero net emissions by 2050

Tue, 2017-07-11 11:12
Queensland becomes latest states to commit to target of zero net emissions by 2050, putting further pressure on federal government’s unambitious climate goals.
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Conservatives go completely nuts over battery storage

Tue, 2017-07-11 11:01
The Tesla big battery storage array in South Australia signals a major pivot point for Australia's energy future, but the response of conservatives shows they are not having a bar of it, and their renewable energy target remains 100 per cent ignorance.
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Can Elon Musk’s battery storage plant smash Australia’s gas cartel?

Mon, 2017-07-10 14:43
Elon Musk and Tesla's big battery is breaking open the gas cartel. New analysis shows margins for the big utilities will jump $2 billion over next three years because they control market bidding. Battery storage developers like Tesla and Sonnen will change that.
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Know your NEM: Turnbull, Tesla and falling energy prices

Mon, 2017-07-10 14:38
Turnbull reinforces Paris commitment, along with G19, what Tesla's battery storage means, and Victoria energy prices now higher than South Australia.
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Community retailer Enova lifts solar tariff to 16c/kWh

Mon, 2017-07-10 14:12
NSW community-owned power retailer offers solar feed-in tariff of 16c/kWh – a 33% increase on its former FiT, and higher than most competing offers.
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It’s economics, stupid! Days of “baseload only” power over

Mon, 2017-07-10 13:17
RepuTex report affirms renewables a ‘lay down misere’ to out-compete, and replace, traditional fossil-fuel sources in Australia.
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Investors pour $1.5bn into Australian solar and wind energy in Q2

Mon, 2017-07-10 12:56
Investment in wind and solar energy in Australia jumped 77 per cent, year-on-year, as part of a major global recovery, says BNEF.
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$60M FNQ biorefinery to create 130 jobs

Mon, 2017-07-10 11:33
The Palaszczuk Government is throwing its support behind a new $60 million Atherton Tableland biorefinery that could generate 130 regional jobs and encourage diverse cropping in the region.
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Explainer: What the Tesla big battery can and cannot do

Mon, 2017-07-10 10:17
Details of how the Tesla storage array is configured, what it will do and won't do, and what it will cost.
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Record half year for rooftop solar after another bumper month

Mon, 2017-07-10 10:11
Australia records highest installation rate for rooftop solar in six months to June, as homes and businesses prepare for soaring grid charges.
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If Volvo wanted to be revolutionary, it would drop diesel altogether

Mon, 2017-07-10 08:00
Volvo Cars has been in the news recently in relation to their announcement this Wednesday on their decision to leave the internal combustion engine only based automotive industry.
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PV plant built on nuke site as renewables surpass nuclear

Mon, 2017-07-10 07:57
A 1MW plant on the site of half-built nuclear power plant in Tennessee is a harbinger of things to come in the US and global electricity mixes.
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Musk praises SA’s “gumption” for building global example of energy future

Fri, 2017-07-07 14:42
Elon Musk says Earth can be "powered with solar and battery," praises South Australia for its "gumption" in leading the way.
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Energy Locals defies industry and cuts consumer electricity rates

Fri, 2017-07-07 13:59
Energy Locals announces cut to electricity tariffs, and a jump in solar tariffs as rest of industry lifts rates by nearly 20%.
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Tesla Powerpack to enable large scale sustainable energy to South Australia

Fri, 2017-07-07 13:53
The Tesla Powerpack system will further transform the state’s movement towards renewable energy and see an advancement of a resilient and modern grid.
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Cheap wind and solar mean US will meet beat Paris targets despite Trump

Fri, 2017-07-07 13:52
Morgan Stanley says renewables will be cheapest new generation almost everywhere by 2020, helping many countries exceed their Paris goals – even Trump's America.
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Melbourne-ANU to lead new Energy transition hub

Fri, 2017-07-07 13:17
The Energy Transition Hub will generate collaborative and world-leading research to help the technical, economic and social transition to new energy systems and a low emissions economy.
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