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SolarEdge announces Second Quarter 2017 Financial Results

Thu, 2017-08-03 10:22
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEDG), a global leader in PV inverters, power optimizers, and module-level monitoring services, today announced its financial results for the second quarter 2017 ended June 30, 2017.
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EVs: Go hard, save big, say AGL and researchers

Wed, 2017-08-02 15:23
ClimateWorks urges Australia to go further and quicker on vehicle emissions standards, because the cost savings and health benefits to consumers will be even greater, while AGL says EVs can help transition to a decarbonised grid.
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Trump succeeds where Abbott failed and kills renewables R&D

Wed, 2017-08-02 15:07
Donald Trump has achieved something that Tony Abbott tried and failed to do – the complete elimination of an agency funding clean energy research.
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Conergy to focus on Australian solar after buyout led by Goldman Sachs

Wed, 2017-08-02 14:54
Conergy says acquisition by US-based funds including Goldman Sachs will strengthen its big solar and battery storage development in Australia and Asia-Pacific.
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Tesla joins effort to pair batteries with offshore wind

Wed, 2017-08-02 13:27
The US EV and battery maker has teamed up with Deepwater Wind to create the largest offshore wind farm with large-scale storage.
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People want fewer cars in cities – not everyone knows it yet

Wed, 2017-08-02 13:24
We only think we like cars when we can’t imagine getting around without them. In German town of Freiburg, citizens are taking their streets back.
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The EV bandwagon is accelerating, but is it unstoppable?

Wed, 2017-08-02 13:23
There are plenty of reasons to criticize the 2040 bans laid out by France and the U.K. But we can now envision a future dominated by electric vehicles, and it is time to join the bandwagon and work towards that goal.
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Energy independent vehicles key to solving grid problems

Wed, 2017-08-02 08:28
The UK National Grid has announced that peak impact of electric cars in the UK will be equivalent to capacity of 6 nuclear plants.
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Will solar powered cars ever be real?

Tue, 2017-08-01 15:02
The Sunswift team has designed and built Eve to be registered as a road legal sports car, representing a shift in solar powered transport from conceptual to commercial vehicle standards.
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How much will a Tesla Model 3 cost in Australia?

Tue, 2017-08-01 15:01
The best way to estimate the prices is to use Tesla’s own configuration prices for the USA/Aus Model S and then scale them for the lower numbers.
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Welfare lobby’s misguided and self-defeating attack on solar

Tue, 2017-08-01 14:35
Welfare lobby is right to rail against Australia’s ridiculous electricity prices, but echoing fossil fuel talking points against solar and other new technologies is self defeating.
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Australia solar market heads for 12GW by 2020

Tue, 2017-08-01 12:50
Australia's installed solar PV capacity set to double in three years, according to latest APVI data, as the big solar market gears back up.
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GE wins South Australia tender for back-up generators

Tue, 2017-08-01 12:49
GE wins tender for back-up generator, and will install mobile units using diesel this summer, before turning them into longer-term gas-fired units.
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Koch front group is putting out misleading attack ads on electric vehicles

Tue, 2017-08-01 11:20
Petrochemical billionaires Charles and David Koch, who have underwritten attacks on climate science, have launched a series of videos attacking electric vehicles.
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Study finds storage prices falling faster than PV and wind technologies

Tue, 2017-08-01 11:18
Energy storage projects may bring the cost per kWh of a lithium-ion battery down from $10,000/kWh in the early 1990’s to $100/kWh in 2019, according to a new study.
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Soaring power prices caused by “decade of policy instability”

Mon, 2017-07-31 14:24
Report says fundamental failure to deliver national, coordinated, stable energy and climate policy a major factor in pushing up electricity prices.
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Innovation: Wind, solar grid integration technologies win state, federal govt grants

Mon, 2017-07-31 14:19
Two Australian-made renewables grid integration and stabilisation technologies have won government grants: Clean Technology Partners' e-cube; and NOJA Power's smart "switchgear."
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Wind output curtailed again in South Australia

Mon, 2017-07-31 14:05
Wind output in South Australia was heavily constrained again over the weekend because not enough gas generators were online.
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Tesla has its “iPhone moment”, but Australia left in slow lane for EVs

Mon, 2017-07-31 14:04
Australia is in danger of missing the iPhone moment in electric vehicles. The country known as land of burning climate and energy policies has left a market hungry for EVs without any affordable products.
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Know your NEM: Showdown looms on CET

Mon, 2017-07-31 13:45
A lot of wind and solar projects are getting approved, but no so many with PPAs and finance. Meanwhile, as the company reporting season starts, a showdown looms over energy policy and the CET.
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