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Washington DC boosts renewables target to 50% by 2032

Wed, 2016-07-27 12:33
America's capital now has its 5th most aggressive renewables policy, including plan to install solar PV on 100,000 low-income homes.
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Windlab to build world-leading solar-wind-storage hybrid project in Qld

Tue, 2016-07-26 18:06
The era of solar and wind storage is already here, with Windlab to begin construction of world-leading wind-solar-battery storage complex in north Queensland.
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Do Australian wind turbines all blow at the same time?

Tue, 2016-07-26 14:04
How correlated is the wind output from the various states? And how much will we rely on some form of storage?
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CEFC hits record $837m of clean energy investments in 2015-16

Tue, 2016-07-26 13:48
Clean Energy Finance Corp marks 3rd year of operation with record investment level, plus 73% year-on-year increase in value of new investment commitments.
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A 10-step guide to going off grid – from your utility

Tue, 2016-07-26 12:37
Ergon Energy provides guide to households considering using solar and battery storage to quit the grid. It says it doesn't want to scare customers into staying with them, but there are 10 things people should consider.
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Solar Impulse completes first round-the-world flight powered by the sun

Tue, 2016-07-26 12:34
Solar and battery powered airplane has successfully circumnavigated the globe, flying more than 42,000km in 17 legs using only the power of the sun.
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Senvion to supply wind turbines for Coober Pedy off-grid hybrid plant

Tue, 2016-07-26 11:59
Senvion to supply wind turbines for ARENA-backed wind, solar and storage microgrid that will take remote SA mining town to 70% renewables.
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South Australia’s electricity price woes are more due to gas than wind

Tue, 2016-07-26 11:57
South Australia’s wind farms have been blamed for price spikes, but without them the volatility would be even worse.
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Sydney student housing co-op to get 30kW solar, 43kWh Enphase battery storage

Tue, 2016-07-26 11:52
Solaray selected for Australian-first project to install 30kW of solar and 43.2kWh of Enphase li-ion battery storage at student housing co-op.
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ARENA provides $10m funding for first wind-solar hybrid project

Tue, 2016-07-26 11:50
ARENA to provide $10m to Chinese wind giant to build Australia's first hybrid wind-solar farm, although grant is nearly four times more than being asked by projects in large scale solar tender.
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Coonooer Bridge claims highest output of Australian wind farms

Tue, 2016-07-26 06:34
Newly completed Coonooer Bridge wind farm achieves capacity factor of nearly 50 per cent in the first full three months since it began operations.
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Why fossil fuel industry needs South Australia “experiment” to fail

Mon, 2016-07-25 14:59
The sharp spike in SA electricity prices this month certainly put the wind up renewable energy critics. But the really scary thing for the fossil fuel industry is that the price spikes don't happen often enough. The media appears to have forgotten they used to occur every second day.
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Know your NEM: Volumes decline and price pressure eases

Mon, 2016-07-25 14:10
Warmer weather in NSW responsible for most of the decline in volumes and prices in gas and electricity markets in last week.
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ZEN Energy wins $1m battery storage tender for SA govt buildings

Mon, 2016-07-25 14:08
Adelaide company ZEN Energy wins contract to install more than 500kWh of li-ion battery storage at three government-owned buildings in Adelaide.
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Behind Vattenfall’s sell-off of German Lignite assets, a subsidy play by the buyers


Mon, 2016-07-25 14:07
An acquisition spree for regulated fossil-fuel assets that are supported by guaranteed payments
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New $100m solar fund to target large-scale, “blue chip” solar assets

Mon, 2016-07-25 14:06
Impact Investment Group's new $100m solar fund, headed by former Pacific Hydro chief Lane Crockett, will buy operational solar farms ranging from 1MW-30MW.
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Queensland 30MW solar farm green-lighted by council

Mon, 2016-07-25 14:04
Another solar farm has been approved for development in Queensland, this time a 30MW PV plant in the state’s Western Downs region, to be built by FRV.
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Google’s DeepMind AI reduces data centre cooling bill by 40%

Mon, 2016-07-25 14:03
Google’s 2014 acquisition of artificial intelligence company DeepMind has paid dividends, by helping to save the company 40% on its data center cooling electricity bills.
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SunEdison Australia sold to major US manufacturing giant

Mon, 2016-07-25 09:53
SunEdison Australia, the former Energy Matters business, to be sold to US manufacturing and logistics giant Flextronics, makers of Redflow batteries.
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Failed gas unit caused biggest spike in electricity price, regulator says

Mon, 2016-07-25 08:01
Biggest spike in electricity prices in South Australia in last week of June caused by failure of gas generation unit, regulator says.
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