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Crikey! Australia Zoo goes solar, with 648kW of PV
Home of the "crocodile hunter" to install biggest solar system at any Australian zoo, to save on electricity and spend more on conservation.
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South Australia solar farm connects to the grid
A 4.9MW solar farm has been connected to the grid in South Australia, signalling shift from large scale wind to large scale solar.
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Lousy power quality? Blame the grid, not rooftop PV
High voltage on local networks is frying appliances, and costing consumers billions of dollars. The media and the networks have sought to blame the issue on rooftop PV, but a new study suggests the networks are to blame.
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Australia’s first lithium battery recycling plant launched
Australia’s first lithium battery recycling plant officially anointed in Victoria, seeking to address Australia's appalling record on dealing with old batteries, and alleviating some concerns about impact of household storage.
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Future transport will be cheap, personalised, and on demand
Australia’s transport industry on cusp of “radical change,” says report – but could be a trillion-dollar train wreck if business, government don't get on board.
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IKEA France offers EVs for hire, in car share deal with Renault
IKEA customers in France can now hire an electric vehicle from the store’s car park, to transport all of the Swedish furnishings, in car share deal with Renault.
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Australia becoming the global centre for renewables for mines
Driven by favourable economics and additional benefits including carbon reductions and social license, major and mid-tier Australian mines are adopting renewables.
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As United States looks to coal, China invests in renewable energy
At least one country is rising to the occasion.
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Jobs boom in renewable energy, but action needed to avoid bust
Data released by ABS today shows a boom in renewable energy construction to meet the 2020 Renewable Energy Target is driving jobs growth and creating new employment opportunities, said business and energy experts.
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Renault ZOE named Best Green Car at FirstCar Awards 2018
All-electric Renault ZOE judged ‘Best Green Car’ at the inaugural FirstCar Awards 2018 in London.
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Latrobe Valley dairy farms to share energy via blockchain micro-grid
First blockchain virtual micro-grid in Australia will use solar and storage to allow 200 dairy farms, 100 households and 20 businesses to share energy.
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Big Queensland business first to use Tesla Powerpack to go off-grid
An increasing number of Australian small and medium businesses are using solar and battery storage to go off-grid. But is it worth it? Here's what one Queensland company has found.
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Redflow seeks $18 million to scale up flow battery production
Redflow seeks new funds to scale up production and target markets in Australia and overseas. It is also contemplating move into China.
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Who’s missing out on Australia’s rooftop solar boom?
Report identifies four key markets that have so far been overlooked in Australia's rooftop solar boom – a 7GW gap that could be worth nearly $9bn to the (so far) very small number of canny start-ups that are working to find their way around the barriers.
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Changes to Horizon power board
Horizon Power welcomes the appointment of Stephen Edwell as the new chairman of Horizon Power and Kylie Chamberlain as a Non-Executive Director.
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Ben & Jerry’s and 350.org Australia launch campaign to put a freeze on fossil fuels
Legendary ice cream makers Ben & Jerry’s and climate activism group 350.org Australia, have today launched a campaign to freeze fossil fuels by encouraging Australians to lobby their local Councils to divest from coal, oil and gas.
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State street global advisors creates low carbon, high ESG index fund for Australian institutions
In response to growing demand from Australian institutional investors for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment options, State Street Global Advisors, the asset management arm of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), in partnership with MSCI, has created a low carbon, high ESG international equities fund.
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Goldwind’s Moorabool North Wind Farm set to progress towards construction
Goldwind Australia today announced it has made another step forward towards construction of the 150 megawatt (MW) Moorabool North Wind Farm (The Project), located in Victoria. Moorabool North Wind Farm project is the northern section of the 321 MW Moorabool Wind Farm.
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Ferrari tests silent hybrid sports car, in first signs of shift to electric
Staunch combustion engine purist Ferrari is changing its tune, testing a hyrbid sports EV, and promising a "world's fastest" hybrid SUV in 2020.
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LONGi Solar half-cut monocrystalline PERC module breaks 360W, sets a new world record
This achieves a new world record for the highest power 120-cell half-cut monocrystalline PERC module, adding to LONGi's world record for 60-cell monocrystalline PERC module for power and conversion efficiency.
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