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GE forges ahead with world’s first wind + hydro + storage project

Tue, 2016-11-15 11:59
GE project shows that Trump or no Trump, the global clean energy train has left the station.
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Nino Ficca elected Chair of Energy Networks Australia

Tue, 2016-11-15 10:30
One of Australia’s most experienced energy leaders, Nino Ficca, has been elected as the new Chair of Energy Networks Australia.
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Sungrow energy storage inverters garner wide attention in Australia

Tue, 2016-11-15 10:20
Sungrow has held a series of energy storage training roadshows in Australia aimed at promoting its next generation hybrid inverter SH5K+.
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Panasonic launches 5.3kWh battery onto Australian residential market

Tue, 2016-11-15 10:08
Panasonic's new 5.3kWh lithium-ion batteries will be available to Australian households from December.
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Know your NEM: Gas sends energy prices soaring in Qld, NSW

Mon, 2016-11-14 14:39
The rising cost of gas generation has more than doubled electricity prices in NSW and Qld, with Qld facing a particularly expensive summer.
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Applications open for $10m to boost connected, autonomous car technology in SA

Mon, 2016-11-14 14:33
The South Australian Government is inviting applications for the $10 million Future Mobility Lab Fund to boost local testing, research and development of connected and autonomous vehicle technologies.
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Powering Australian Renewables Fund achieves first major milestone

Mon, 2016-11-14 14:30
AGL Energy Limited (AGL) today announced on behalf of the Powering Australian Renewables Fund (PARF), that it has reached financial close on selling its 102 MW Nyngan and 53 MW Broken Hill solar plants into the fund.
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City of Sydney in new push to make rules fairer for sharing energy

Mon, 2016-11-14 14:19
City of Sydney to try again to remove barriers to local generation, as energy rule maker challenged to move its thinking into 21st Century.
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The myth around Australia’s “cheap” energy

Mon, 2016-11-14 14:17
Australia's wholesale electricity prices have barely moved for nearly two decades, and renewables will play key role in keeping a lid on them in future.
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Records fall as wind, hydro match brown coal generation in October

Mon, 2016-11-14 13:54
Record output from wind and hydro in October nearly matches brown coal for first time, as new data highlights how quickly renewables could reduce emissions.
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Has NAB closed the door to future fossil fuel lending?

Mon, 2016-11-14 13:51
National Australia Bank updates tally of “financed emissions” from power generation assets, while firming its commitment to a global carbon budget that limits global warming to less than 2°C. But what does this mean for future fossil fuel lending?
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ANU charts 24.5% efficiency for perovskite-silicon solar cell

Mon, 2016-11-14 13:51
ANU method of making semi-transparent perovskite solar cells achieves "one of highest" efficiencies reported for a perovskite-silicon cell.
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BoM says 260km/h winds knocked down network in S.A. blackout

Mon, 2016-11-14 13:21
Bureau of Meteorology says wind gusts of 260km/h knocked down grid in South Australia blackout. It says it issued multiple warnings of destructive winds, raising questions about why AEMO took no action, and instead tried to pass the blame to wind farms.
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CEFC identifies states with strongest opportunities for bioenergy

Mon, 2016-11-14 10:10
CEFC research has identified South Australia, NSW, ACT, Victoria and Western Australia as states with best policy settings and levies for businesses to recycle waste and reduce operating costs.
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Even the new US president can’t Trump clean energy

Mon, 2016-11-14 08:57
The impact of America's new President on clean energy in the US and Australia is difficult to predict. But there are a couple of forces even he can't Trump: physics and economics.
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Cleantech stocks stay ahead of pack, despite average October

Fri, 2016-11-11 12:52
Australian CleanTech Index fell by 0.7 per cent for the month of October, but cleantech stocks remain well ahead of ASX 200.
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Adelaide City adds more solar, battery storage on road to carbon neutral

Fri, 2016-11-11 12:33
Adelaide City adds solar and battery storage install at a Council depot, and a UPark LED lighting upgrade, to its plans to be carbon neutral.
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Driving climate action: Reducing emissions from transportation

Fri, 2016-11-11 11:27
With US transportation sector emissions surpassing electricity for the first time in decades, reducing CO2 from transportation is more critical than ever.
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What President Trump means for energy and climate

Fri, 2016-11-11 11:24
President-elect Trump’s “Energy Revolution” is based on unfettered expansion of American energy production, and opposition to anything that might limit it. But will it be as bad as it sounds?
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How Trump could be a win for battery storage – and renewables

Fri, 2016-11-11 11:20
In good news for Australian renewables – and perhaps even better news for a nervous US market – Deutsche report names "detrimental solar policy" as one of biggest drivers of booming global battery storage market, which it says has reached an inflection point.
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