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Former First Solar CEO Jim Hughes joins Eos Energy Storage as Chairman of the Board

Wed, 2016-11-16 12:45
Appointment Marks the Transition to a Customer-Facing Manufacturing Company.
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France faces blackouts, price spikes as nuclear plants closed for safety

Tue, 2016-11-15 14:15
French consumers and industrial groups warned to expect rolling blackouts and soaring power prices as one-third of nuclear fleet closed due to safety issues.
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AGL says one-third of households could have solar and storage

Tue, 2016-11-15 14:11
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

Tue, 2016-11-15 14:00
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

Tue, 2016-11-15 13:41
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

Tue, 2016-11-15 13:39
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

Tue, 2016-11-15 13:01
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

Tue, 2016-11-15 12:06
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

Tue, 2016-11-15 12:01
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

Tue, 2016-11-15 12:00
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

Tue, 2016-11-15 11:59
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

Tue, 2016-11-15 10:30
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

Tue, 2016-11-15 10:20
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

Tue, 2016-11-15 10:08
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

Mon, 2016-11-14 14:39
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

Mon, 2016-11-14 14:33
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

Mon, 2016-11-14 14:30
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

Mon, 2016-11-14 14:19
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

Mon, 2016-11-14 14:17
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

Mon, 2016-11-14 13:54
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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