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A 10-step guide to going off grid – from your utility
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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%
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
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
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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AEMO chief executive Matt Zema dies
The managing director and chief executive of the Australian Energy Market Operator, Matt Zema, died suddenly on Saturday, the organisation said in a statement.
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Obama Admin. announces $4.5 Billion in DOE loan guarantees for electric vehicle charging infrastructure
Obama announces $4.5 billion in US Energy Department loan guarantees to become available for the support of a commercial-scale electric vehicle charging station buildout.
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SA govt to boost its low-emissions vehicle numbers to 2000 by 2020
South Australian government says a mix of electric, hydrogen and hybrid vehicles will make up 30% of its fleet by 2020.
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Big solar helps deliver near record PV growth in 2015
In a year of record global growth, solar PV broke records in Australia in 2015 too, with biggest ever year for big solar helping to balance fall in rooftop market.
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