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Chris Uhlmann’s windy “truthiness” adds to policy fog
Chris Uhlmann’s tweet is just the latest in a long series of biased reporting on South Australia’s energy transition.
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Elon Musk’s ‘Westworld for cars’ has gone horribly wrong
"Humans are underrated": After touting robots, Musk now blames them for Tesla production woes.
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National Energy Guarantee ready for detailed design and stronger ambition
The Energy Security Board (ESB) should proceed with a complete and detailed design of the National Energy Guarantee following encouraging progress on the high-level design of the policy, the clean energy industry said today.
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New appointments to the board of the Australian Renewable Energy agency
The Australian Government is pleased to announce new appointments to the Board of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
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Renewables beware: Labor may not be able to change emissions target
Signs that federal Labor could "accommodate" the proposed National Energy Guarantee, on the basis that weak emissions targets could be improved later, should be treated with caution.
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NT Government ignoring the science and residents’ concerns to bring back fracking
The government’s decision to open the Northern Territory to the environmental devastation of fracking is short-sighted and will lead to the contamination of water, increased carbon emissions and a myriad of health problems for the people of the NT.
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Electrolux steps up commitment to climate action, with approved science-based targets
The Electrolux Group announced today it has set two new ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in support of the Paris climate agreement.
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Victorian innovators lead climate change action
PRESS RELEASE The Andrews Labor Government is delivering action on climate change by helping Victorian organisations lead the development of new ideas to help Victoria reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate change. Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio today announced 24 successful recipients of $4.3 million in Climate Change Innovation […]
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Electric water taxi trialled in Switzerland
ABB trials “futuristic new design” of electric water taxi on Lake Geneva – a "milestone" in the development of zero emissions transport.
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Retailers to pocket carbon credits from customers’ rooftop solar
Big retailers may be allowed to pocket carbon credits from rooftop solar systems paid for and installed by households.
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Victoria’s biggest solar farm connected to grid – now for Tesla battery
Ganawarra solar farm connected to grid, with work to begin on a new Tesla big battery to commence within weeks.
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Diesel-busting portable solar technology wins ARENA backing
ARENA awards $289,725 for Canberra company to design, manufacture and test its rapidly redeployable Container Roll Out Solar System.
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Future of energy is electric, and increasingly green
The future will not only be electric, but green electric, and the transition will happen a lot quicker than most people think.
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Reliability guarantee? It now exists in name only
Energy Security Board has finally got smart about reliability, and dumped plans promised to conservatives that would try and turn wind and solar plants into "base-load" generators. This is a huge development, and a victory for smart economics, and engineering.
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Energy efficiency: More popular than puppies… and coal
New survey reveals energy efficiency enjoys extremely high levels of public support. But that's not why we should be embracing it.
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Musk says Tesla Model 3 back on track, production set to grow “four-fold”
Elon Musk tells interview Model 3 production has settled at 2,000 a week, should grow "three or four-fold" by Q2 2018.
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Know your NEM: Expect price hikes from the NEG
The redesigned NEG is likely to cause electricity prices to rise before they fall.
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Wind farms on track to deliver $10.5bn back to host communities
Report finds up to $21.5m a year going directly to host communities through wind farm benefit sharing mechanisms; billions to broader regional economies.
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NSW faces biggest problems on energy, yet it does the least
NSW has raised $38 billion from energy asset sales, yet has reinvested not a single dollar - despite facing the fact that most of its coal fired power stations will close in the next 14 years.
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Explainer: These six metals are key to a low-carbon future
The deployment of renewables and electric vehicles is expected to skyrocket as the world strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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