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SunEdison Australia sold to major US manufacturing giant
SunEdison Australia, the former Energy Matters business, to be sold to US manufacturing and logistics giant Flextronics, makers of Redflow batteries.
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Failed gas unit caused biggest spike in electricity price, regulator says
Biggest spike in electricity prices in South Australia in last week of June caused by failure of gas generation unit, regulator says.
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AEMO chief executive Matt Zema dies
The managing director and chief executive of the Australian Energy Market Operator, Matt Zema, died suddenly on Saturday, the organisation said in a statement.
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Obama Admin. announces $4.5 Billion in DOE loan guarantees for electric vehicle charging infrastructure
Obama announces $4.5 billion in US Energy Department loan guarantees to become available for the support of a commercial-scale electric vehicle charging station buildout.
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SA govt to boost its low-emissions vehicle numbers to 2000 by 2020
South Australian government says a mix of electric, hydrogen and hybrid vehicles will make up 30% of its fleet by 2020.
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Big solar helps deliver near record PV growth in 2015
In a year of record global growth, solar PV broke records in Australia in 2015 too, with biggest ever year for big solar helping to balance fall in rooftop market.
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Australia falls to back of the class on energy efficiency
There are several reasons that Australia lags behind other wealthy countries on energy efficiency.
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Coalition “fed” dodgy numbers on wind energy to Murdoch media
South Australia's conservative opposition said to be source of dodgy numbers behind The Australian's erroneous front page story on wind energy in the state.
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How gas generators cashed in on South Australia’s “energy crisis”
New analysis shows how gas generators cashed in on the recent big spikes in wholesale electricity prices in Australia. But they were not the only ones to benefit. The regulator is investigating to check that all is above board, but it's complicated.
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What really happened in South Australia. And what we learned
There is a lot of noise about South Australia and not enough analysis. And there are some important lessons from the last few weeks of high prices.
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Tesla Model X Australian price revealed
Tesla Motors has revealed the Australian price for the entry-level version of its much-hyped Model X SUV – “the safest, quickest and most capable sport utility vehicle in history.”
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The RET Review: Rendering a Carbon-Intensive Utopia for Climate Deniers
The panel charged with reviewing Australia's renewable energy target concluded, simply, that we ought to increase greenhouse gas emissions and protect fossil fuels. The conclusions exist to render a perfect energy system - coated with carbon.
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Regulator opens up new battleground over Australia’s dirty, dumb grid
Australian Energy Markets Commission to review grid "system security" in light of increasing penetration of wind and solar, opening up a new battlefront between the powerful incumbent energy industry and the new technologies challenging their business models.
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Tesla’s new master plan revealed, and it’s Uber ambitious
Elon Musk reveals part 2 of Tesla master plan, including ambition to dominate car sharing space with a fleet of customer-owned, autonomous-driving Tesla EVs.
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Graph of the Day: Link between gas prices and electricity prices
The rise in electricity prices has followed the rise in gas prices. It could not be any clearer.
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Australia large scale renewable investment rebounds, rooftop solar drifts
Wind investment in Australia rebounds to highest level since Coalition government elected, but solar investment falls to lowest levels since 2009.
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The duck is safely afloat in California
"The duck has landed.” But what Californians call a technical limit is, in reality, a political one, as a comparison with Germany reveals.
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Victoria becomes first Australia government to tap green bond market
Victorian state government becomes Australia's first to join green bond market with $300m issuance to finance low-carbon investment.
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Australia in reverse on energy efficiency, says new global report
Report finds Australia going backwards in energy efficiency, due to particularly poor performance in transport and industry.
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The environment-energy superportfolio can deliver real action – here’s how
We need policies that will push harder to help large-scale clean energy technologies reach the necessary level of commercialisation and integration.
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