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How Tesla became the world’s top owner of solar assets

Mon, 2017-05-22 12:43
After a record-breaking year for the solar market, the total global installed base of operational PV systems surpassed 300 gigawatts.
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Redflow says can’t compete with lithium batteries on price in home market

Mon, 2017-05-22 12:42
Flow battery storage manufacturer Redflow abandons bulk home battery market due to price issues, to focus on bigger installations in commercial, industrial and off-grid sector.
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Electric vehicles: Big energy join big auto to drive Aus EV uptake

Mon, 2017-05-22 10:45
AGL Energy, Trasngrid among energy majors to join auto companies and others to form Electric Vehicle Council, as pressure mounts for better policy support for EV uptake.
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Energy market in crisis: We need a plan, and new rules

Mon, 2017-05-22 09:32
Rule changes are needed to ensure there can be quick and efficient responses if there are shortages in generation.
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Ignorant and petulant politicians are leading us to climate disaster

Fri, 2017-05-19 13:07
We deserve better leaders. If the incumbency is not prepared to act on Adani, the community need to take matters into their own hands.
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Leading investor for sustainable energies in Australia

Fri, 2017-05-19 13:05
WIRSOL opens office in Sydney and plans to expand its activities.
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AEMO looks at smarter ways to deal with extreme peaks and heatwaves

Fri, 2017-05-19 12:36
In what's being called a "breakthrough moment", AEMO and ARENA team up to provide 100MW demand response capacity to meet next summer's critical peaks. The program will focus on technologies like solar and storage in a way previously ignored by policy makers.
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France names ex Greens candidate and solar advocate as energy minister

Fri, 2017-05-19 12:35
France's new energy minister says nuclear industry business model belongs to the past. His appointment expected to hasten transition away towards renewables.
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A Sunshine State with wind in its sights?

Fri, 2017-05-19 12:25
Queensland enjoys favourable sunshine hours that support both domestic and large-scale solar assets - but what about wind?
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Why more gas supply won’t reduce gas prices

Fri, 2017-05-19 12:12
Most of the gas that is ‘cheap’ to extract has been or is being extracted, so ensuring more supply won't bring the price of gas down.
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The case for modernising the Victorian budget

Fri, 2017-05-19 12:03
The Federal Coalition's refusal to tackle climate change means we need to see more political leadership from state governments such as Victoria. 
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Australia’s first large-scale solar farm to quadruple in size

Fri, 2017-05-19 11:57
Greenough River, the first large-scale solar farm to be built in Australia, is going ahead with plans to quadruple in size.
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Rooftop solar: Sydney and other CBDs have barely tapped ‘solar goldmines’

Thu, 2017-05-18 14:48
Sydney's CBD has huge untapped rooftop solar potential that could save businesses and homes $70m a year on power costs, according to new study that has lessons for all Australia's capital cities.
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Time for the climate policy review we had to have

Thu, 2017-05-18 14:11
It’s time to get serious about climate policy, and set Australia up to make the most of the zero carbon transition that is undoubtedly underway.
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Coal plants failed in Queensland heatwave on day of record demand

Thu, 2017-05-18 13:46
Are Australia's coal and gas generators able to power Australia through next summer's heatwaves? The evidence of last summer suggests they cannot be relied upon, with a new report showing how coal plants melted in the Queensland heat on a day of record demand.
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Kangaroo Is. loses challenge to network plan that threatens renewables

Thu, 2017-05-18 13:36
Kangaroo Island loses first-of-kind protest against network decision, but regulator flags changes to favour decentralised options.
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World’s biggest wind turbines now generating power off UK coast

Thu, 2017-05-18 13:33
Thirty-two of the world’s largest wind turbines are up and generating power in new offshore wind project off the UK coast.
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Boosting gas production a “false solution” to confected crisis: report

Thu, 2017-05-18 13:25
Push to unlock more of Australia’s unconventional gas resources and build massive pipelines has been labelled a “false solution” to a non-existent problem.
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Lyndon Rive to leave Tesla in June

Thu, 2017-05-18 11:15
SolarCity’s co-founder and former CEO Lyndon Rive is leaving the company that he helped start to his cousin Elon Musk.
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Maximising local benefits from uptake of renewable energy and energy efficiency

Thu, 2017-05-18 11:14
Work on regional plans for 100 per cent renewable energy highlight importance of storage to soak up daytime supply, and the need to reduce night-time loads and shift them to the day.
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