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White Rock Solar Farm awarded ARENA grant
White Rock Solar Farm is one of twelve projects to be awarded a grant from the ARENA large-scale solar competitive funding round.
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Innovative energy future on the chopping block
This week the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) funded 12 cutting-edge solar power projects. It could be the last grant funding it ever makes.
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An energy roadmap for China
An energy revolution is needed in China because it holds too many undesirable titles in a world committed to breaking its fossil fuel diet.
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Banks and fossil fuels: They are breaking the first law of holes
A new report released today from the Stockholm Environment Institute has more stark evidence we need to be shifting away from fossil fuels at a rapid clip.
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US on track for another historic year in energy storage
The US deployed 41.2MW of energy storage in Q2 2016, and is on pace for another historic year.
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It’s official: Australia now has 5GW of solar on its rooftops
Australia has officially broken through the 5GW barrier for rooftop solar, with more than 1.51 million homes and businesses now generating their own power.
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Storage as “second revolution” driving interest in Australian renewables
Germany’s BayWa becomes latest to tap demand for battery storage in Australian solar market.
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New hope for solar towers as South Aust. seeks energy competitors
New energy tender could provide new avenue for solar towers with storage as South Australia seeks new entrants into electricity market to reduce the stranglehold of a small group of gas-fired generators. But the government may favour a "mothballed" gas generator.
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CSIRO launches new hybrid energy technology R&D hub
CSIRO says new Centre for Hybrid Energy Systems will be a hub for research into cutting edge renewable and hybrid energy technologies, including battery storage, hydrogen, fuel cell technology, smart grids.
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Pollinate wins new investment towards lighting up Indian slums with solar
Australian social enterprise Pollinate Energy gets capital injection from Pangaea Impact Investments to continue work bringing solar power to slums of India.
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Origin seeks to build major portfolio of large scale solar plants
Origin Energy plans major portfolio of large scale solar plants after winning government funds for 103MW solar farm next to its Darling Downs gas-fired generator.
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NZ wind producer Tilt Renewables names Melbourne as regional HQ
Tilt Renewables, the new entity created by a split in assets of NZ utility Trustpower, will be based in Melbourne, with "significant" development plans for Australia.
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What do electric car drivers regret most about leaving petrol behind?
With all the rave about how much everyone love's the experience of driving their electric cars, no one is saying what EV drivers miss most about petrol cars.
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ARENA announces large scale solar grant winners, 480MW in total
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency today announced the 12 large scale projects that won grants in what could be the agency's last major funding round if most of its remaining monies are stripped by the Coalition and Labor parties.
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Don’t butcher ARENA: Industry leaders sign open letter to Parliament
Energy industry industry big hitters including Tesla, ABB, AGL Energy, FRV and Enphase Energy call on Parliament to protect ARENA funding.
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Lyon confirms plans for two big solar + storage plants in Australia
Lyon Solar plans world's two biggest solar plus storage plants in South Australia and Queensland, despite not receiving money in ARENA large scale funding round.
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ARENA board seeks compromise on funding with government
ARENA believed to have proposed a compromise on its funding position, in an effort to continue its support of new technologies and critical research.
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12 large scale solar projects to get ARENA funding. And the winners are …
More than half the shortlisted large-scale solar projects expected to get funding from ARENA tender. A total of 12 projects, mostly with single axis tracking technology and costs as low as $100/MWh are expected to win grants, with solar module costs set to slump again next year.
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Tesla CTO says EV batteries should last 10-15 years – minimum
Good news for Tesla drivers, with CTO JB Straubel saying the company expects "10 maybe 15 year life at a minimum" from its EV batteries.
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New tool calculates renewables output anywhere in the world
Researchers have created an interactive web tool to estimate how much energy could be generated by wind or solar at any global location.
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