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Revelations from the New Acland coal mine case

Tue, 2017-07-25 14:33
The Land Court recommendation against expansion of New Acland Coal mine has exposed Queensland's – and Australia's – deeply flawed environmental and health assessment process.
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Energy efficiency: The unsexy solution for a Clean Energy Target

Tue, 2017-07-25 13:44
The CET has become another political stick to beat the government with. To be more accurate, it's a stick with which the Coalition beats itself.
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Wind Power = 124% of Scotland’s home electricity needs January–June 2017

Tue, 2017-07-25 13:29
Record wind energy generation in Scotland in June helped lift total generation to the equivalent electrical needs of 124% of Scottish households.
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AEMC, utilities in denial as consumers flick switch to solar, batteries

Tue, 2017-07-25 13:26
AEMC attempts to defend incumbent gen-tailers by saying how delighted customers are with their electricity service and pricing, and blaming renewables as the biggest black cloud on the horizon. They have to be kidding, right?
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Creating jobs and giving power back to the people

Tue, 2017-07-25 12:26
The Government is working to help Victorians lower their power bills by investing in this improved solar power monitoring technology which enables households to monitor electricity consumption and solar production in real time, as well as monitor and control battery use.
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Old coal plant parts, going cheap, in Hazelwood fire sale

Mon, 2017-07-24 14:54
Engie to auction off old coal plant parts in series of online auctions starting in September. Get your bidding fingers ready.
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Hawaii, California charge towards 100% renewable energy

Mon, 2017-07-24 14:23
Hawaii and California take major steps towards 100% renewable energy, showing it can be done on both big island grids, and in a major economy. In Hawaii, the local utility is so keen it says it can reach the target 5 years earlier than the mandate.
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Know your NEM: All aboard the Finkel clean energy train

Mon, 2017-07-24 14:10
The highlights of the Clean Energy Summit, the 1200MW wind and solar plan for Windlab, and energy futures in a holding pattern.
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Tritium taps coal baron to ‘triple’ manufacturing of EV fast chargers

Mon, 2017-07-24 13:38
Brisbane-based designer and maker of EV fast chargers raises $10m in just 10 days, from just one investor: former coal baron Brian Flannery.
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Sunshine Coast opens 15MW solar farm that will save it $22 million

Mon, 2017-07-24 10:57
Sunshine Coast becomes first council to complete its own large scale solar farm, and expects it to deliver $22 million in savings over life of plant.
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100% renewable energy is possible, practical, logical: setting the record straight

Mon, 2017-07-24 10:52
None of the 21 authors of a critique of a major 100 per cent renewable energy scenario for the US even bothered looking at the modelling.
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Coal provided just 2% of UK power in the first 6 months of 2017

Mon, 2017-07-24 10:24
Five years after meeting 40% of U.K.’s electricity supply, new data shows that coal only met 2% of the country’s power needs in last 6 months.
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Here’s how much Arctic sea ice has melted since the ‘80s

Mon, 2017-07-24 10:23
A new chart shows that with nearly two months still left in the melt season, sea ice area is already below what would have been a yearly low in the 1980s.
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Australian company invents new technology, helps clinch massive offshore Windfarm Project in the Netherlands

Sun, 2017-07-23 22:08
A Queensland company has helped win a major contract with one of the world’s top dredging companies to find unexploded bombs in the Netherlands.
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Elon Musk’s Boring tweets are breaking the internet

Fri, 2017-07-21 13:52
Moving on from the world's biggest battery in SA, Elon Musk broke the internet week with Tweets about his new, new thing: The Boring Company.
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Solar’s trillion-dollar market: Driven by EVs, microgrids and cost parity for storage

Fri, 2017-07-21 13:29
Solar is expected to be a $US1 trillion market within five years, driven by EV uptake, micro-grids and corporate purchases, and as unsubsidised solar and storage reaches cost parity with the grid in most major markets.
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Generator Reliability Obligation: Do wind and solar need to beat the tax?

Fri, 2017-07-21 13:04
Developers of wind and solar projects may try and accelerate their projects to get in in front of the proposed generator reliability obligation.
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Notion-building pollies declare open season for energy theories

Fri, 2017-07-21 11:55
While Malcolm has been pumping Snowy 2.zero, Craig has been promising death by renewables, Josh reckons we are on track to meet Paris commitments and Barnaby is backing coal.
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Grant to ditch takeaway coffee cups

Fri, 2017-07-21 11:28
Battles against takeaway coffee cups, marine plastic pollution and energy wastage will get support from the City of Sydney’s latest round of environmental knowledge exchange sponsorships.
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North Queensland to be Australia’s first major exporter of solar power

Fri, 2017-07-21 10:53
Conservatives may be pushing for new coal generator in north Queensland, but the region is about to become the country's first significant exporter of solar power.
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