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Near 100 pct renewable electricity for Australia’s main grid is achievable and affordable: Year 4 update
Very close to 100% renewable electricity is feasible for Australia’s main grid at reasonable cost using just several hours of storage. Four years of data proves this is so.Big batteries push coal and gas out of evening peaks, and then get to eat other’s market dinner
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Queensland utility dumps plans to buy new wind project, signs PPA with small, 10-year-old wind farm instead
State owned CleanCo has nixed an option to buy a 360 MW wind project, saying it doesn’t fit with its new remit. Instead, it has signed up to a small 10-year-old wind farm.
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Queensland utility dumps plans to buy new wind project, signs PPA with small, 10-year-old wind farm instead
State owned CleanCo has nixed an option to buy a 360 MW wind project, saying it doesn’t fit with its new remit. Instead, it has signed up to a small 10-year-old wind farm.
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“It’s already saved our bacon:” Fortescue says its big batteries were bought at lowest prices seen in Australia
Fortescue reckons it has secured lowest prices for its big batteries, and says its first project has already “saved its bacon” by keeping processing plants running despite fossil fuel hiccups.Commentary
Near 100 pct renewable electricity for Australia’s main grid is achievable and affordable: Year 4 update
Very close to 100% renewable electricity is feasible for Australia’s main grid at reasonable cost using just several hours of storage. Four years of data proves this is so.
What South Australia is really offering the world through its energy transition
Leadership resides in what is learned when ambition meets complexity, when systems resist, and when institutions choose to keep working rather than reset to defaults.
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“Australians are ready for this:” Households could get paid under new plan to price pollution
Australia could raise $35 billion a year by putting a price on pollution and help households and businesses by sharing the revenue, a report has found.
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