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Dutch team Nuon Solar wins Australia solar car race

Fri, 2017-10-13 13:43
The famous World Solar Challenge was won for the seventh time by the Netherlands’ Nuon Solar team.
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UK sets out clean growth strategy and major renewable energy auction

Fri, 2017-10-13 12:30
The UK Government has announced an ambitious new Clean Growth Strategy to drastically cut carbon emissions and combat climate change.
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UK solar fund buys stakes in three Queensland projects

Fri, 2017-10-13 12:18
UK-based Foresight Solar Fund Limited continues Australian buying spree, taking shares in three Queensland projects under development.
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Don’t waste time on CET – there are other options for renewables, efficiency

Fri, 2017-10-13 12:05
We will never have an effective broad-based emission reduction policy – no matter who is in government. Best to look at alternatives, like reverse auctions.
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NSW network to trial 1MWh grid support battery, as new suburbs boom

Fri, 2017-10-13 12:00
MPower tapped by Endeavour Energy to install 1MWh battery on network in NSW, in a trial hoped to save $1m a year on grid costs.
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Storage on hold as Victoria still reviewing battery tender

Fri, 2017-10-13 10:48
Clock ticks down on Victoria government's plans to have two large scale battery storage projects in place by January 1, with the winners still not known.
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China halts more than 150 coal-fired power plants

Fri, 2017-10-13 10:43
China is to stop or delay work on 151 planned and under-construction coal plants as Beijing struggles to respond to a flat-lining of demand for coal power.
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Shark Tank’s Steve Baxter joins climate science deniers and islamophobes for Australian LibertyFest

Fri, 2017-10-13 10:28
What do you get when you bring together some of Australia’s most fervent climate science deniers with anti-Islam activists, fledgling right-wing political groups, and an American “free market” Libertarian?
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Voters demand better policy response than baseload

Fri, 2017-10-13 10:01
New polling shows two thirds of voters would prefer to see governments increasing energy conservation rather than building new power stations.
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Victoria attracts another wind farm proposal

Thu, 2017-10-12 14:06
Australian outfit Synergy Wind has proposed building a 34 turbine wind farm in Victoria's south-east.
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Politics be damned – consumers jump aboard the energy revolution

Thu, 2017-10-12 14:05
Australian energy politics might have reached peak stupid, but Australia’s energy revolution – led by innovators and incumbents alike, all focused on delivering smarter, cheaper power – is just hitting its stride. And consumers are getting into it.
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Solar park to drive plastic heliostat development

Thu, 2017-10-12 13:42
A field trial to develop highly efficient solar energy heliostats made from plastic has opened in South Australia.
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Smart grid, dumb grid: Conservatives hit peak stupid over demand response

Thu, 2017-10-12 11:05
Technology troglodytes in conservative media have collective meltdown over "demand response" – a new initiative to encourage consumers, particularly industry, to shift loads to help manage demand peaks and moderate prices.
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Award winners light the way for booming solar industry

Thu, 2017-10-12 10:56
The Clean Energy Council congratulates the winners of the 2017 Solar Design and Installation Awards, which were announced yesterday at the All-Energy Australia Exhibition and Conference in Melbourne.
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Carnegie Clean Energy Board of Directors Update

Thu, 2017-10-12 10:54
Carnegie is pleased to announce the appointment to its Board of Directors of two new, non-executive directors
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Qld renewables tender swamped by 115 projects, 6,000MW of storage

Thu, 2017-10-12 05:45
Queensland renewables and storage tender attracts proposals amounting to 9,000MW of wind, solar and biomass, and 6000MW of storage.
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Darius Salgo joins Wattwatchers team to drive business growth

Wed, 2017-10-11 13:51
'New energy sector' innovator Darius Salgo is joining Wattwatchers in a part-time business development role with a focus on Australian and international market opportunities.
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Telstra unveils its big battery – it’s nearly 10 times bigger than Tesla’s

Wed, 2017-10-11 13:28
Never mind Tesla's big battery in SA, Telstra has 1GWh of battery storage in its current fleet, and plans to put it to use on the energy market.
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SolarEdge presenting large-capacity commercial inverters at Australia’s All Energy

Wed, 2017-10-11 12:40
SolarEdge is presenting its new large-capacity commercial inverters at All Energy.
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600MW pumped hydro project proposed for northern NSW

Wed, 2017-10-11 11:03
A 600MW pumped hydro facility with six hours storage - a $1 billion project - proposed to tap into renewable energy hub in northern NSW,
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