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AGL says one-third of households could have solar and storage
AGL Energy says it's likely nearly one-third of Australian households will have rooftop solar by 2025, and will want battery storage too.
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ABC still linking renewable energy to South Australia blackout
ABC News still saying renewables "largely blamed" for South Australia blackout, ignores BoM report on cyclonic winds, stands by Uhlmann reports.
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Unitywater and ARENA investigate the hidden power of waste in an Australian first
Unitywater is developing a waste-to-energy feasibility study that could revolutionise the way we think about sewage.
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Network value of solar? Not much, says Victoria regulator
Victoria regulator says network value of solar so small it is not worth adding to solar feed in tariff. It says battery storage could add significant value to rooftop solar, in some areas, but will need market reforms to deliver that value to households. In New York, meanwhile ...
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Lumenaza aims to connect 1.4m solar households with regional market
A new software platform in Germany lets utilities buy and sell “regional electricity” by connecting up small producers with consumers.
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US energy department aims to slash costs of solar to just 2c/kWh
US SunShot Initiative aims to slash cost of utility scale solar to just US2/kWh by 2030. Is this what good solar policy looks like?
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2016 will be hottest year, UN climate meeting told
2016 is set to be the hottest year on record by a significant margin, with temperatures that are 1.2˚C above pre-industrial times.
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Declining coal means flat global emissions for third year running
For the third year in a row, global carbon emissions have remained flat, thanks in large part to declining emissions in China.
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GE forges ahead with world’s first wind + hydro + storage project
GE project shows that Trump or no Trump, the global clean energy train has left the station.
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Nino Ficca elected Chair of Energy Networks Australia
One of Australia’s most experienced energy leaders, Nino Ficca, has been elected as the new Chair of Energy Networks Australia.
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Sungrow energy storage inverters garner wide attention in Australia
Sungrow has held a series of energy storage training roadshows in Australia aimed at promoting its next generation hybrid inverter SH5K+.
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Panasonic launches 5.3kWh battery onto Australian residential market
Panasonic's new 5.3kWh lithium-ion batteries will be available to Australian households from December.
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Know your NEM: Gas sends energy prices soaring in Qld, NSW
The rising cost of gas generation has more than doubled electricity prices in NSW and Qld, with Qld facing a particularly expensive summer.
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Applications open for $10m to boost connected, autonomous car technology in SA
The South Australian Government is inviting applications for the $10 million Future Mobility Lab Fund to boost local testing, research and development of connected and autonomous vehicle technologies.
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Powering Australian Renewables Fund achieves first major milestone
AGL Energy Limited (AGL) today announced on behalf of the Powering Australian Renewables Fund (PARF), that it has reached financial close on selling its 102 MW Nyngan and 53 MW Broken Hill solar plants into the fund.
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City of Sydney in new push to make rules fairer for sharing energy
City of Sydney to try again to remove barriers to local generation, as energy rule maker challenged to move its thinking into 21st Century.
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The myth around Australia’s “cheap” energy
Australia's wholesale electricity prices have barely moved for nearly two decades, and renewables will play key role in keeping a lid on them in future.
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Records fall as wind, hydro match brown coal generation in October
Record output from wind and hydro in October nearly matches brown coal for first time, as new data highlights how quickly renewables could reduce emissions.
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Has NAB closed the door to future fossil fuel lending?
National Australia Bank updates tally of “financed emissions” from power generation assets, while firming its commitment to a global carbon budget that limits global warming to less than 2°C. But what does this mean for future fossil fuel lending?
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ANU charts 24.5% efficiency for perovskite-silicon solar cell
ANU method of making semi-transparent perovskite solar cells achieves "one of highest" efficiencies reported for a perovskite-silicon cell.
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