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EnergyAustralia signs PPA for 142MW solar farm in Queensland
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
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
Elon Musk is now at sweet spot of 3 big trillion-dollar energy ‘tsunamis’ that team Trump hopes to stop.
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China to launch renewable energy certificate scheme for wind and solar
China will reportedly launch trading of certificates for solar and wind power from July 1st 2017, in a bid to reduce government subsidies going to the renewables sector.
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Tesla Model S & Nissan LEAF world’s best-selling electric cars in 2016
The Tesla Model S and Nissan LEAF clocked in as the best-selling electric cars in the world in 2016.
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JA Solar announces milestone as first PV manufacturer to get buyer’s credit Insurance from SINOSURE
JA Solar provided export buyer's credit insurance to export around 300 MW JA Solar modules for a PV project developed by ENEL in Brazil.
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Tritium opens doors of its first overseas facility, established to service the Americas
Tritium has officially opened the doors of its first overseas premises, based in Torrance, California.
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New coal plants wouldn’t be clean, and would cost taxpayers billions
Even the cleanest coal plants add millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere each year.
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Turnbull right to fund energy storage: 100% renewable grid is within reach
With the right mix, the grid can go fully renewable for the same cost and reliability as fossil fuels.
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How China could take climate leader role the US is giving up
With Trump at the reins, China is poised to eat America’s lunch in the renewable energy sector.
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Solar focused retailer Urth Energy goes into administration
Boutique retailer Urth Energy becomes latest "solar focused" market newcomer to fail within 12 months after administrators called in.
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“Clean coal” most expensive new power supply, says BNEF (and not all that clean)
BNEF report latest to debunk Coalition clean coal plans, finding it to be super expensive, and not very clean (unless you add CCS, and then its ultra-super expensive). As for Turnbull's argument that our grid needs more baseload...
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Turnbull’s right: we need cheap, clean and reliable power – here’s how
Better managing how we use electricity in our homes will reduce pressure on the grid, and reduce the need for more power stations.
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Turnbull hypes energy storage, sends mixed message on renewables
The PM's call to arms on energy storage R&D is a welcome sign of forward policy thinking on renewables. Or is it?
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Solar + storage installs set to treble on back of “exceptional” battery market growth
Report says "exceptional" 2016 battery uptake points to even more remarkable growth in 2017, with 15 per cent of new solar installations expected to include storage, and a massive 70% of solar households looking to invest in a battery system.
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Take the blinkers off: Coal is not the answer
When will Turnbull and co, take their blinkers off and recognise Australia should be getting into battery storage, not clean coal.
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Coalition ministers seek to railroad CEFC into backing “clean coal”
Turnbull government ministers rally to support PM's vision of clean coal power generation in Australia, – financed by the CEFC.
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After the rhetoric comes supply and demand
Once Hazelwood goes the question is what will replace it? Not nearly enough renewables are being built.
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Eight reasons why Dr Finkel is great news for Australia’s energy future
Australia's electricity grid looks likely to progress more systematically to a cleaner more secure future thanks to Australia’s Chief Scientist Alan Finkel. Here's why...
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Eight areas of electricity innovation to watch in 2017
It’s 2017 and we have a lot to look forward to in the electricity sector this year. Eight key issues require our attention.
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