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Why you may only need to charge your EV once a week, or less
Range anxiety? Most EVs would need to be charged less than once a week to meet the average daily commute of Australian drivers.
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Martin Green – Australia’s “father of PV” – beats Elon Musk to Global Energy Prize
UNSW's Martin Green beats Elon Musk for major energy prize for his work in revolutionising efficiency and helping make solar PV cheapest energy option.
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Solar overboard: PV panels sunk in NSW shipping spill
A container-load of solar panels was among those lost at sea in shipping mishap off the NSW coast.
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Deloitte bolsters renewable energy, clean-tech and innovative technologies capability with new partner
Deloitte financial advisory has appointed renewable energy and clean technology specialist John O’Brien as a renewable energies partner within the firm’s energy, resources & industrials group.
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Alesia becomes the world’s first PR agency to accept SolarCoins as means of payment for its services
Alesia Communications announced today that it will now accept payments in SolarCoins for the delivery of its services.
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Behind Sanjeev Gupta’s plans for Australia’s solar-powered economy
GFG Alliance outlines more plans for huge large scale solar and storage investments, including doubling of pumped hydro storage, and more on planned world's biggest battery.
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Frydenberg says NEG won’t stop investment in cheap wind and solar
Frydenberg says falling cost of wind, solar, and batteries means renewable investment will continue under proposed National Energy Guarantee.
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Battery of the Nation could need four new interconnectors
Tasmania’s bid to become battery of nation could require as many as four new interconnectors to be installed between the island state and mainland Australia.
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What’s behind scare campaign on rooftop solar “blackout” threat
Scare campaigns about blackouts, this time caused by rooftop solar, are again in mainstream media. We explain what's going on here, why the claims are dubious, and why the market operator, networks and software companies want to control your rooftop solar system.
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Tennis champ Andy Murray goes electric with Jaguar I-PACE
Keeping his word to ‘go electric’, Scottish tennis champ Andy Murray has become one of the first owners of the Jaguar I-PACE EV.
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Job of ending coal in Germany handed to 31-member committee
Commission will set a phase-out timeline for coal, but greens warn it may be too weak and divided to salvage Germany’s reputation as a climate leader.
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First-ever shipment of wind turbine blades through Port of Townsville
Massive 70 metre wind turbine blades, bound for the Kennedy Energy Park in Hughenden, were imported through Townsville port this week for the first time in history.
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SolarEdge introduces free web-based design tool
The new web-based tool with an intuitive graphical interface helps installers lower PV design costs and increase conversion rates by creating compelling customer proposals.
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World’s biggest solar tower with storage starts commissioning
World’s biggest solar tower power plant with molten salt storage has begun commissioning in Morocco, and is scheduled to begin production by October.
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University Queensland goes 100% solar with 64MW solar farm
University of Queensland becomes first major university to source 100% of power needs from its own renewable asset, and joins growing list of Australian corporate customers turning to wind and solar.
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Tesla Model 3 production on track for 5,000 a week
An exhausted looking Elon Musk tells Tesla faithful Model 3 production at 3,500 a week – and would achieve 5,000 by end of June.
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Elon says ‘no’, and promises rapid charging during Zombie Apocalypse
At the Tesla shareholder meeting last night, Elon Musk said no to making motorcycles, but yes to quite a few other things.
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Musk unveils new, white next-gen Tesla Roadster prototype
Elon Musk wows Tesla shareholders with unveil of spanking new white prototype of next-gen Tesla Roadster.
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“Time to take control” of rooftop solar, industry says
New report from ENA and AEMO to look at orchestration of rooftop solar and battery storage, as NSW promises more trials to use distributed energy to lower costs.
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Tasmania touts its “Battery of the Nation” – half the cost of Snowy 2.0
Tasmania's pumped hydro potential of 4800MW from just 14 "high potential" sites, at half the cost of Snowy 2.0 - and renewable.
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