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Redflow suspends battery delivery so it can address product failures
ASX-listed battery maker Redflow discovers electrolyte problems at pivotal time of home battery storage roll-out.
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Graph of the Day: Wind capacity set to nearly double in 5 years
Policy initiatives in China, India and Australia to help deliver a near doubling of wind energy capacity within 5 years.
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Saudi Arabia to offer more than 1GW of solar & wind in new tender
The plans are part of the Saudi Arabia's recently-announced intention to grow its renewable energy sources and spur development of wind and solar.
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BuildingIQ receives U.S. patent for the underlying technology of its 5i Intelligent energy management platform
Building IQ has received a United States Patent for Predictive Energy OptimizationTM (PEO) technology that serves as a cornerstone for its 5i Platform.
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Know your NEM: The calm before reform
Australia's energy market is in a holding pattern while we wait for court decisions, the full Finkel Report, policy announcements, auction process developments and legislation to set the path forward.
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Solar juggernaut marches on as costs continue to fall
Deutsch Bank becomes latest to revise up its near-term global solar forecast, off the back of further reduction in costs and a potential post-Trump “gold rush” in the US market.
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Could South Australia be the nation’s hydrogen state, too?
SA might soon add a new clean feather to its cap, announcing plans to go heavily into the hydrogen industry.
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Can Tasmania be turned into Australia’s peak load generator?
Pitching Tasmania as a ‘renewable energy engine’ for the nation is probably clever politics , but the main problem is that it's simply fanciful.
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Top clean cars from the 2017 New York Auto Show
Top picks of the clean cars at the latest New York Auto Show, including a Cadillac, an e-Golf and Kia's plug-in hybrid.
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Graph of the Day: UK has first coal-free day since industrial revolution
UK goes without coal power for 24 hours; a first since start of industrial revolution, but set to become "more and more common."
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Someone needs to judge the performance of the AEMC
AEMC's fundamental blind spot on "environmental sustainability" is at the core of why the rule-maker is providing poor advice to COAG and why the system is failing.
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South Australia heading to 80% wind and solar by 2021/22
Scenarios by Australian Market Operator suggest wind and solar could be capable of providing 80 per cent of South Australia's electricity demand within 5 years.
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Substation works commence to help deliver one of Australia’s largest solar farms
Powerlink has commenced work to expand its Clare South substation to help deliver one of Australia’s largest solar farms.
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Macquarie bets big on renewables with purchase of UK green bank
Australia's Macquarie Group wins bid to buy Britain’s Green Investment Bank, handing it more than $A6.8bn of green infrastructure assets and projects.
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Industrial bulk-buy could open path for more wind and solar projects
A bulk-buy tender by big industrial users – fed up with soaring cost of electricity in South Australia, and the power of retailers – could open door to wind and solar and kick-start the corporate market for large-scale renewables in Australia.
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Embarrassment for Japan as Indonesia court rejects coal plant’s permit
In an embarrassing rebuff to the JBIC, an Indonesian administrative court has ruled a key environmental permit for a huge coal plant expansion was issued illegally.
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Impact Investment Group enters Sydney market, buying into Central Park
Impact Investment Group has entered the Sydney property market, securing options to buy into the iconic project, Central Park.
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Trump’s Energy Dept reportedly denying funds for already-approved grants
The Trump administration, through the Department of Energy, has started withholding money for grants already approved by the agency.
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Plunging battery costs raise doubts over Tasmania’s $3 billion hydro plans
Tasmania's grand plans to spend $3 billion on pumped hydro and new links to become the "renewable battery" of Australia may be undone by the plunging cost of battery storage.
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We just reached the 410 parts per million Co2 threshold
The world just passed another round-numbered climate milestone. Scientists predicted it would happen this year and lo and behold, it has.
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