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Fiji set to build biggest solar project in Pacific islands
Fiji will become home to the largest solar farm of its kind in the Pacific, a 15MW project that will lower the country’s reliance on imported fuel.
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Community solar developer Komo Energy launches crowd investment offer
Dedicated community solar project developer Komo Energy launches crowd investment offer to grow the pipeline of community owned solar.
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Peak emissions are here but decline needs to be faster: new BloombergNEF report
BloombergNEF's new report suggest emissions peaked in 2019 and cheaper renewables than running fossil fuel plants in 2025.
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Solar and battery “microgrid” approved for development by Gold Coast Council
Local government approves 33MW Gilberton solar and battery farm, with hopes it will attract high-tech, low carbon industries to the northern Gold Coast.
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Australian company fined for importing potent greenhouse gas, 1000s times worse than CO2
Australian company fined $500,000 for illegally importing a synthetic greenhouse gas that is thousands of times worse than carbon dioxide in its contribution to global warming.
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Carbon Club: The backroom lobbyists and corporate titans who helped kill climate action
Marian Wilkinson weaves a narrative through decades of political ineptitude and cynicism, and the role of activists funded by the fossil fuel industry in stopping climate policy.
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Why the best solar tariffs are not always best option for solar households
Queensland Competition Authority urges solar households to compare electricity retailers, saying the best feed-in tariffs may not lead to the lowest bills.
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BHP turns to renewables for nickel mine that may supply Tesla, starting with solar and battery
BHP to integrate renewables into nickel mine that may supply Tesla batteries, including an 18.5MW solar and battery system.
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Cannon-Brookes backs UNSW solar cell start-up, founded in a Maroubra garage
High profile Australian investors tip $5m into Sydney start-up SunDrive, in support of its quest to make a new breed of cheaper, more efficient solar cells.
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Tesla Model 3 takes out Targa West rally, beating fossil fuel rivals by huge margin
Tesla Model 3 takes first position in 130 class of Targa West rally, almost 10 minutes ahead of a lineup of fossil-fuelled competitors.
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Community battery storage will help “dumb” networks catch up with energy transition
Community battery storage could make Australia's networks smarter and cheaper, and bring their technology into the same century as the clean energy transition.
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EU says home electrification, clean transport, and energy justice key to higher targets
EU says electrification of homes, options for decarbonising transport and "energy justice" they key to meet its more ambitious emissions reduction targets.
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Australia’s carbon customers ramp up escape plans, but Morrison isn’t listening
Japan joins China in announcing a net zero emissions target. This is a big deal for Australia, which depends on fossil fuel exports, but its political leaders are not listening.
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Why AEMO wants the power to cut off your rooftop solar
AEMO defends and explains its decision to impose new controls over rooftop solar PV, including having the power to switch off household solar when needed.
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Clean energy investors slam AEMC’s proposed network access reforms
Clean energy investors slam rule-maker's "perverse" changes to network access, saying they will result in delays, cancelled projects and higher costs.
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Coalition Senator says world’s biggest solar farm a “hoax on the gullible”
Coalition Senator Dr Sam McMahon describes renewable energy in general – and proposed NT 10GW Sun Cable solar farm in particular – as a "hoax on the gullible."
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Adelaide hydrogen plant secures deal to supply “steel city” Whyalla
Adelaide's Tonsley Hydrogen Park, locks in a deal to supply steel hub Whyalla with zero emissions hydrogen, with first production about to start.
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“You mad man”: Tesla beta testers react to Full Self Driving
Tesla's Full Self Driving software rolls out to small number of beta testers in US, and their reactions are now rolling in on Twitter and Youtube.
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Origin is not facing up to the past, or the future, on gas
Origin Energy’s latest annual general meeting highlights the troubled past and uncertain future of Australia’s LNG industry.
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New Energy Solar to exit Australian solar market after strategic review
ASX-listed New Energy Solar set to offload its Australian portfolio, after strategic review finds better value to be found in US-based solar assets.
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