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Kokam commissions 30MW battery to help supply Gina Rinehart mine
Kokam battery in Pilbara is biggest of its type in Australia and will reduce cost and emissions of Alinta's gas power supply to Gina Rinehart iron ore mine.
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Left of centre thinking dead on target for Hackathon winners
The winning innovation designs for the Great Southern’s energy future will be viewed by some of WA’s most influential business and energy leaders today at Perth Arena.
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Why Turnbull will “never” back renewables
Smart Energy Council CEO says PM Turnbull will never support a policy that boosts renewables, tackles climate, or rolls back the predominance of coal. Here's why.
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Cbus closes landmark renewable energy deal
Cbus Super, the $43 billion industry super fund for the construction, building and allied industries today announced a significant investment into renewable energy that will deliver strong, long-term returns to members and sustainable power to Western Australia.
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Apple now globally powered by 100 percent renewable energy
This achievement includes retail stores, offices, data centers and co-located facilities in 43 countries. Nine additional manufacturing partners have committed to power all of their Apple production with 100% clean energy, bringing the total number of supplier commitments to 23.
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Coal industry and Coalition’s fear campaign against renewables gaining traction
New polling shows campaign by coal industry and Coalition against renewables is showing signs of gaining traction.
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Moorabool wind farm connection agreement finalised
Goldwind Australia and Australian Energy Operations have signed the connection agreement for construction of connection assets for the 321 MW Moorabool Wind Farm in Victoria.
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Plunkett Homes and Bradford Energy partner to build better homes with Tesla technology
New homeowners set to save up to $2,000 a year in electricity costs with Tesla Powerwall, as Western Australia electricity prices tipped to rise again.
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RCR awarded $60M Greenough River solar farm 30MWac expansion project
RCR’s scope of works for the project includes engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of the expanded Solar Farm, with an immediate project start and targeted completion in Q2, 2019.
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Victoria’s brown coal power plants undermining reliability of national grid
Over summer there were 16 major breakdowns at Victoria’s three brown coal plants, which saw hundreds of megawatts of capacity withdrawn from the grid almost instantly.
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Tesla big battery is changing the way people think about the grid
Tesla big battery is causing a rethink about the way the grid is managed. It will already become a front-line defence in a new mechanism designed to prevent black-outs and load-shedding in the event of a major fault.
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Low-income and disadvantaged households should be priority for clean energy
“Energy poverty” is not unique to developing countries. In Australia, it affects three million. But it's a problem clean energy can easily solve.
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Portugal reaches 100% renewables, ends fossil fuel subsidies
Portugal grid averages 103% renewable electricity over month of March; government suspends power supply subsidies in April.
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Solar, wind and batteries are killing market for new gas plants
New report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance highlights how wind and solar technologies paired with battery storage are already beating new coal and gas fired generators on cost.
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Solar PV and wind on track to replace all coal, oil and gas within two decades
Solar PV and wind power are rapidly getting cheaper and more abundant – so much so that they are on track to entirely supplant fossil fuels worldwide within two decades.
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Global solar capacity grew faster than fossil fuels in 2017, says report
For the first time in 2017, global solar capacity grew faster than all fossil fuels combined, including coal, oil and gas-fired power stations.
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It’s time to shake up the grid
Australia's National Energy Market needs a massive shake-up to evolve to a smarter, more stable distributed renewables-based system. And not every participant will make it out alive.
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Consumers are sick of Coalition’s coal fantasy: They are going solar
Malcolm Turnbull may have done more for renewable energy than he is given credit for. The political and policy deadlock is creating unprecedented demand for rooftop solar, destroying the business model for coal faster than the Coalition can think of ways to prop it up.
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ANU announces new leader of battery storage program
has announced the appointment of Dr Lachlan Blackhall to lead an international research program to improve ways to integrate battery storage with the electricity grid.
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Three-wheeling towards a poor energy policy outcome
Defending NEG on basis that something must be better than nothing is like trying to build a car and settling on just three wheels and no steering.
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