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Crisis, what crisis? How smart solar can protect our vulnerable power grids

Wed, 2017-02-08 11:50
The massive potential for local generation to actually improve the quality of our power, rather than hinder it is not properly understood.
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Report shows France will triple storage capacity by 2020

Wed, 2017-02-08 11:50
A new report from Clean Horizon points to France becoming Europe’s next big market for storage.
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Debunking Daily Mail’s ‘astonishing evidence’ about global temperature rise

Tue, 2017-02-07 14:11
Article claims world leaders "duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data”. Proves nothing.
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Redflow thinks big again on batteries, targets Asia telco market

Tue, 2017-02-07 14:06
Australian battery maker Redflow shifts its attention back to commercial-scale applications, with a focus on Asian telco market.
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Like Trump, Turnbull’s energy policy is based on “alternative facts”

Tue, 2017-02-07 13:49
Wholesale prices for so-called "cheap" coal and gas power in Queensland have average more than $220/MWh this year. It is insane. But you won't hear the Coalition complaining about this, because it does not fit the alternative facts being pushed to support their absurd energy policy.
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Australia market review for 2016: Renewables up, emissions down

Tue, 2017-02-07 13:17
A detailed review of Australia's National Electricity Market in 2016 - with focus on solar, large scale renewables, energy efficiency, fossil fuel generation, emissions, and prices.
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ABB microgrid to bring clean energy and power reliability to Alaska community

Tue, 2017-02-07 13:14
Innovative solution integrates renewables and improves reliability of power supply to Anchorage.
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Australian solar monitoring duo crack US, Canada market

Tue, 2017-02-07 13:12
Australian solar monitoring start-ups Solar Analytics and WattWatchers approved for installation in US and Canada.
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Rocky start to 2017 for LGCs as Abbott strikes, ERM demurs

Tue, 2017-02-07 13:11
A late 2016 recovery in Australia’s large-scale renewable market has been followed by yet another series of troubling events.
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A gentle reminder: CST power plants with 10+ hours of built in storage are available now

Tue, 2017-02-07 13:09
Solar thermal (CST) is a mature and available technology that possesses precisely the attributes that people are arguing need to be added or retained in our electricity system.
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The winter of blazing discontent continues in the Arctic

Tue, 2017-02-07 13:02
Weird. Strange. Extreme. Unprecedented. These are some of the words that describe what’s been happening in the Arctic over the past year.
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Australia’s leading innovation district now officially known as Tonsley

Tue, 2017-02-07 11:09
The suburb of Tonsley has officially been created, including the 61 hectare former Mitsubishi Motors site which is now home to Australia’s leading innovation district.
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Big Oil’s new fashion accessory: “green gas” plants

Mon, 2017-02-06 13:51
Big Oil appears to have come up with a new fashion item to hide their fossil fuel addiction: "green gas plants". Most people call them solar plants.
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AEMO says wind farm changes mean SA blackout won’t be repeated

Mon, 2017-02-06 13:40
AEMO says basic changes to ride-through settings on wind farms will be enough to prevent a repeat of the "system black" experienced in South Australia last September. But will the Coalition tone down its scare campaign about renewables?
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Know your NEM: Policy uncertainty is costing us billions

Mon, 2017-02-06 13:25
When the Prime Minister announces things, they have to be taken seriously. So Turnbull has certainly succeeded in producing Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD). Congratulations.
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Nuclear industry in crisis

Mon, 2017-02-06 13:21
Nuclear utilities are in crisis, and no major commodity had a worse 2016 than uranium.
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CER issues warning on RET after ERM chooses penalties over projects

Mon, 2017-02-06 13:19
Clean Energy Regulator warns electricity retailers intentional failure to meet 2016 RET obligations will result in investigation, audit, embarrassment.
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EnergyAustralia signs PPA for 142MW solar farm in Queensland

Mon, 2017-02-06 11:52
EnergyAustralia signs country's largest PPA for a solar farm, as CEFC makes first equity investment in a solar project to speed up development.
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WA grid could be 100% renewable by 2030, say Greens

Mon, 2017-02-06 11:30
Greens say WA's SWIS grid could shift to 100% renewables by 2030 for cheaper than business as usual.
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Tesla drops ‘Motors’ from name in bid for clean energy supremacy

Mon, 2017-02-06 11:24
Elon Musk is now at sweet spot of 3 big trillion-dollar energy ‘tsunamis’ that team Trump hopes to stop.
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