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Saving ARENA could be only upside of scary new Senate
As the Senate shapes up to be heavy on Hansonites and climate skepticism, and light on support for renewable energy, retaining a fully-funded ARENA could be the best the industry can hope for.
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Suncorp – It’s time to act on climate change
For the first time in its history, Suncorp has listed climate change as a specific business risk. But it's still not convinced by the science.
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Artificial leaf turns CO2 emissions Into fuel
What if humans could invent a leaf-like solar cell that could turn carbon dioxide pollution from the atmosphere into fuel for electric power plants? Researchers led by University of Illinois-Chicago might have developed just that.
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The financial case for net zero energy districts
Net zero energy buildings have been gaining momentum around the world. However, there still remains an industry-wide perception that net zero energy is too expensive, or comes at a much higher incremental cost over business as usual.
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What happens when 1GW of coal capacity suddenly disappears
New regulator report notes electricity price spikes caused by sudden loss of output at coal-fired generators, caused by "trips" and coal "quality" issues.
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More wind and solar? Not a problem, says market operator
Electricity market operator says there are no technical barriers to having more wind and solar on the national grid, but the market design and regulations need to catch up with new technology, rather than servicing a century-old system.
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Danish university develops tungsten-based technique to capture broader solar wavelength
Technique developed at Aalborg University creates a component resistant to high temperatures and able to capture broader spectrum of solar irradiation.
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Engineering group Monadelphous turns to renewables after resources boom ends
ASX-listed engineering group joins with ZEM Energy to form new company focused on developing large-scale renewables projects in the race to meet the RET.
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We were promised the greenest Olympics ever. We got an ecological disaster
So how did an international environmental champion fail to meet the promises of a sustainable Rio in time for the city’s biggest international event in decades?
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5 trends that will shape global solar market, heading for record 73GW
According to GTM Research’s latest edition of its quarterly Global Solar Demand Monitor, global solar installations are expected to grow by 43 percent this year, increasing to a total of 73 gigawatts.
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WA solar installer teams with EV company to offer “complete package”
Infinite Energy says partnership with JET Charge will "complete the picture" for customers, adding EV charging to solar, battery storage and retail electricity offering.
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Energy efficiency market update: losing ground in July
The spot Victoria energy efficiency market lost ground rapidly in July, and the softening has continued into early August.
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Hunger strike pushes South Korea to defer coal plant plan
A protest and one-week hunger strike has prompted the South Korean Government to indefinitely postpone consideration of the 1160 MW ‘Dangjin Eco Power’ coal-fired plant.
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The solution to Australia’s gas crisis is not more gas
Many are proposing the obvious , but wrong, solution to Australia’s crisis : develop more gas production resources. But this path fails for several reasons.
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BNEF says broken gas market main offender in SA energy “crisis”
BNEF report says poorly functioning gas market main cause of SA power price spike, blaming renewables "erroneous and simplistic."
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SA Power Networks solar tariff rejected – again – by AER
SA Power Networks proposal to charge rooftop solar customers up to $100 a year more for grid access has again been rejected by the Australian Energy Regulator.
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Origin’s rooftop solar bet: Business wants it now, households wait for storage
Origin Energy bets that the solar market will be dominated by business demand in coming years, while households wait for battery storage costs to come down.
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China solar and wind capacity crosses 200GW
China's wind power capacity has reached 140GW, while total solar capacity has jumped by nearly half to 65GW.
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Grid-scale battery storage ready to go in Australia: Garnaut
Ross Garnaut says grid-scale battery storage ready to apply as "immediate answer" to Australia's energy network problems.
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New York regulators issue 50% by 2030 clean energy mandate
The New York Public Service Commission has approved the state’s Clean Energy Standard, which requires that utilities procure 50% of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030.
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