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Household battery storage costs: So near and yet so far

Tue, 2016-08-02 13:19
Our cost of energy charts for battery storage suggest Tesla is now in the middle of the pack, Enphase looks relatively cheap and none of them is cheap enough.
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Tesla, SolarCity closer to creating solar, storage, EV powerhouse

Tue, 2016-08-02 12:36
SolarCity agrees to Tesla offer of $2.6bn, but opinions are divided over Musk's plan to create a "sustainable energy and transport" powerhouse.
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Big coal generators still fear renewables, despite gas boost

Tue, 2016-08-02 12:33
EnergyAustralia earnings jump on "favourable" gas market conditions as parent company warns of “long-term challenges” from renewables.
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Energy companies are dead already, they just haven’t realised it

Tue, 2016-08-02 12:28
Electricity companies around the world will begin to go bankrupt by 2018. Sounds absurd? Just hear me out.
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All cars on Australian roads will be driverless by 2030: Telstra exec

Mon, 2016-08-01 14:48
Telsta chief scientists says all cars on Australian roads will be driverless by 2030, based on rate of development and falling technology costs.
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Plans for Victoria’s ‘largest’ community solar farm set to double in size

Mon, 2016-08-01 14:06
Developers of 10MW community project say they will now apply to build 20MW solar farm, after high levels of interest in the project.
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A quick look at retail discounts – win some and lose some

Mon, 2016-08-01 13:31
A reduction in retail margins is more than offset by an increase in wholesale generation margins.
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Know your NEM: Spot electricity and gas prices lower, volumes flat

Mon, 2016-08-01 13:30
Spot electricity prices were down sharply in the last week. Will renewables be blamed?
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Sydney Opera House to go carbon neutral by 2023

Mon, 2016-08-01 13:06
Sydney Opera House's new Environmental Sustainability Plan aims to cut total energy use by 20% and boost recycling to 85% by 2023.
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Solar, wind, storage and big data: Why energy may soon be free

Mon, 2016-08-01 11:24
New report from Citi suggests that the combination of solar, wind, storage and big data will finally deliver on the promise - made half a century ago by nuclear boosters - of "free energy".
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Mythbusting: Electricity prices in South Australia

Mon, 2016-08-01 11:21
New report reveals that electricity price spikes in South Australia have reduced as renewable energy grows.
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Port Augusta is at centre of our renewable transition – now isn’t the time to turn back

Fri, 2016-07-29 13:41
There are lessons for South Australia and the rest of the country in how Port Augusta has gone about their transition to renewable energy so far.
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Sunverge Customer United Energy wins energy innovation award

Fri, 2016-07-29 13:34
Australia Clean Energy Council Recognizes Project with Energy Makeovers and Sunverge Employing Storage and Software to Reduce Peak Demand and Eliminate New Poles and Wires
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Plunging cost of big solar in Australia

Fri, 2016-07-29 13:30
The rapid, short-term growth in Australia's large-scale solar market has already been enough to drive costs down faster than even the most optimistic project developers could have predicted. Stand by for a big solar boom.
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The curious case of South Australia’s fossil fuel bidding patterns

Fri, 2016-07-29 13:28
When the main interconnector closed in South Australia prices surged. But the bidding patterns by the fossil fuels generators were curiously spaced.
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Australia battery storage comparison table – July update 

Fri, 2016-07-29 13:09
Here’s a summary of new batteries and new energy storage systems that have been announced in Australia in June and July 2016.
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Infigen revenue jumps sharply on more wind, higher electricity prices

Fri, 2016-07-29 13:06
Infigen Energy says big rise in quarterly revenue due mainly to higher merchant electricity prices in South Australia, strong winds and higher LGC prices.
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Today Tonight’s misleading report on renewables in South Australia

Fri, 2016-07-29 12:33
Seven's Today Tonight report into renewable energy included some shocking errors, and it didn't mention that one of its quoted critics is actually a big supporter of solar energy.
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$US1 billion energy storage market predicted for Germany by 2021

Fri, 2016-07-29 12:23
New report forecasts that the energy storage market in Germany will have an annual value exceeding USD1 billion by 2021.
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NSW solar bonus scheme ends this year: what are your options?

Thu, 2016-07-28 12:24
As NSW’s relatively generous solar rates come to a close, 150,000-odd solar homes are looking to make the transition as painless as possible. So what are your options? We break them down for you.
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