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Can Elon Musk’s battery storage plant smash Australia’s gas cartel?
Elon Musk and Tesla's big battery is breaking open the gas cartel. New analysis shows margins for the big utilities will jump $2 billion over next three years because they control market bidding. Battery storage developers like Tesla and Sonnen will change that.
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Know your NEM: Turnbull, Tesla and falling energy prices
Turnbull reinforces Paris commitment, along with G19, what Tesla's battery storage means, and Victoria energy prices now higher than South Australia.
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Community retailer Enova lifts solar tariff to 16c/kWh
NSW community-owned power retailer offers solar feed-in tariff of 16c/kWh – a 33% increase on its former FiT, and higher than most competing offers.
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It’s economics, stupid! Days of “baseload only” power over
RepuTex report affirms renewables a ‘lay down misere’ to out-compete, and replace, traditional fossil-fuel sources in Australia.
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Investors pour $1.5bn into Australian solar and wind energy in Q2
Investment in wind and solar energy in Australia jumped 77 per cent, year-on-year, as part of a major global recovery, says BNEF.
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$60M FNQ biorefinery to create 130 jobs
The Palaszczuk Government is throwing its support behind a new $60 million Atherton Tableland biorefinery that could generate 130 regional jobs and encourage diverse cropping in the region.
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Explainer: What the Tesla big battery can and cannot do
Details of how the Tesla storage array is configured, what it will do and won't do, and what it will cost.
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Record half year for rooftop solar after another bumper month
Australia records highest installation rate for rooftop solar in six months to June, as homes and businesses prepare for soaring grid charges.
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If Volvo wanted to be revolutionary, it would drop diesel altogether
Volvo Cars has been in the news recently in relation to their announcement this Wednesday on their decision to leave the internal combustion engine only based automotive industry.
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PV plant built on nuke site as renewables surpass nuclear
A 1MW plant on the site of half-built nuclear power plant in Tennessee is a harbinger of things to come in the US and global electricity mixes.
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Musk praises SA’s “gumption” for building global example of energy future
Elon Musk says Earth can be "powered with solar and battery," praises South Australia for its "gumption" in leading the way.
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Energy Locals defies industry and cuts consumer electricity rates
Energy Locals announces cut to electricity tariffs, and a jump in solar tariffs as rest of industry lifts rates by nearly 20%.
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Tesla Powerpack to enable large scale sustainable energy to South Australia
The Tesla Powerpack system will further transform the state’s movement towards renewable energy and see an advancement of a resilient and modern grid.
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Cheap wind and solar mean US will meet beat Paris targets despite Trump
Morgan Stanley says renewables will be cheapest new generation almost everywhere by 2020, helping many countries exceed their Paris goals – even Trump's America.
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Melbourne-ANU to lead new Energy transition hub
The Energy Transition Hub will generate collaborative and world-leading research to help the technical, economic and social transition to new energy systems and a low emissions economy.
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The conscience of a self-driving car
Should autonomous vehicles make ethical decisions like humans?
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Coal CEO admits that ‘clean coal’ is a myth
Coal baron says carbon capture and storage ‘does not work’ and ‘is just cover for the politicians.’
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UTS moves to fully offset energy use of new buildings
The large-scale renewable energy PPA RFP is part of UTS's continued commitment to the sustainability of its operations, which includes rooftop solar PV installations on several campus buildings and energy efficiency measures.
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SA battery storage tender won by Tesla and Neoen
Tesla, Neoen win South Australia battery storage tender, with Tesla to build 100MW facility at Neon's Hornsdale wind farm.
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Urgent need for Australia to act as world races ahead on electric vehicles
France's announcement that it willban all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 is an urgent wake-up call for Australian governments to take immediate action to support growth in the domestic industry.
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