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Tesla opens first Adelaide store
Tesla is bringing scalable energy products and services including the award-winning Powerwall to customers with the opening of its first store in Adelaide at Westfield Marion.
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How lakes can generate electricity
Scientists develop new ways to harness energy from evaporation.
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Perry proposes law to force Americans to buy dirtier, costlier power
Energy Secretary ignores his own grid study to make good on his threats to punish renewables.
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A year since the SA blackout, who’s winning the high-wattage power play?
It’s a year to the day since the entire state of South Australia was plunged into darkness. And what a year it’s been, for energy policy geeks and political tragics alike.
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Future shock: Faster we get there the better, says Tesla’s Musk
Tesla's big battery - already half complete - signals the speed of the energy transition. “This is what the future will look like,” Musk says. "And the faster we get there the better." The contrast with the Federal government, brandishing lumps of coal, could not be greater.
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Musk gets connection deal for Tesla big battery, and then switches it on
Tesla signs connection agreement for world's biggest lithium battery" in South Australia, triggering 100-day countdown. But much of it is already in place and was providing the power for a night-time launch party at the Hornsdale wind farm.
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Queensland council saves $1.9m in grid costs from single Tesla Powerpack
A Queensland local government council has installed what is believed to be Australia’s first off-grid solar and battery storage system to use a Tesla Powerpack, to maintain local drinking water quality around the clock.
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UK solar fund buys up 110MW PV project that will power Melbourne trams
UK solar fund buys major stake in 110MW Bannerton solar farm as part of plan to grow investments in "attractive" geographies.
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Renewables experts advise on the project financing of the Lilyvale Solar Farm
Herbert Smith Freehills’ full service project finance team has advised on the project financing of the Lilyvale Solar Farm, located 50km north east of Emerald in the Central Highlands region of Queensland.
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Barnaby and Kelly’s constituents want a Clean Energy Target, not more coal
Polling of over 1,000 voters in the Deputy Prime Minister’s electorate of New England shows strong support for renewable energy investment over coal.
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Tesla big battery will be on time, but households need to wait
Tesla's big battery will be delivered on time, or even ahead of schedule, but overwhelming demand and diversions to hurricane-affected areas mean households will have to wait for their battery storage.
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Time for old coal to hang up the boots
At this time of year, football matters, but in the case of Australia’s energy system, the stakes are much higher and it affects us all.
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Regulator cracks down on double dipping for replacing “dodgy” rooftop solar
Clean Energy Regulator says new rule will make replacement rooftop solar panels ineligible for the government rebate, in an effort to boost the standard of installs.
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South Australia leads again as saltwater pumped hydro storage takes shape
South Australia is ready to lead again, this time with saltwater pumped hydro storage. Here's an inside look at what is planned.
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Graph of the Day: Australia’s surging fossil fuel emissions
Australia's fossil fuel emissions have hit record levels, and there is no federal policy in place to address them.
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The Pears Report: Summertime, and the living ain’t easy
With summer approaching, there’s a flurry of activity to ensure reliable energy generation under peak loads.
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Trump officials have no clue how to rebuild Puerto Rico’s grid. But we do.
Florida and Japan show clean energy is fastest, cheapest way to restore power. Too bad Trump's administration hates it.
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EasyJet eyes battery-powered short haul flights within decade
EasyJet believes it could operate electric flights under two hours in duration within the decade.
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More wind and solar – the answer to all Turnbull’s energy problems
Barnaby Joyce may well want to paint racing stripes down the side of the Liddell coal generator, and hang dice from its smoke stacks, but the answer to Turnbull’s energy dilemma is exactly what he doesn’t want it to be: more wind and solar.
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FRV reaches financial close on 100MW Lilyvale solar farm
FRV reaches financial close on 100MW Lilyvale solar farm in central Queensland.
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