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Biggest ever battery project – up to 4,800 megawatt hours – seeks federal and state planning approvals
State and federal planning permits sought for what could be the biggest battery project in Australia, built next to one of its major transmission links.Decade-long tiff over using carbon credits brings Greens to debate the “Greater Glider in the room”
The debate over carbon credits and its impact on native logging has divided the Greens. Some even compare the issue to the party’s rejection of Rudd’s CPRS.
SwitchedOn Podcast: How retailers are standing in the way of cheaper power
Tim Ryan argues Australia is trying to build a 21st-century, consumer-led electricity system while preserving retailers as compulsory ‘middlemen.’ But retailers are businesses that have little incentive to help households use less electricity or pay less for it.
CIS-winning wind project seeks approval for fewer but taller turbines, and shorter blades, to protect bats
A 350 MW Victorian wind project is seeking approval for fewer but taller turbines, with shorter blades and greater ground clearance designed to reduce risks to threatened bats and other wildlife.
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99.9 per cent of the materials from Scotland’s first commercial wind farm have been successfully recycled and reused following decommissioning.
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Outback Australia has desperate need for rooftop PV and batteries to cut crippling dependence on imported diesel
Australia has installed half a million home batteries in the last year. But how many have been installed in remote, end-of-grid and off-grid communities? Next to none.
Second wave of big batteries will eat the dinner of fossil fuels, forcing some coal generators to close
The current second wave of big battery projects will kill the economics of most coal generators, but the grid still needs a lot more wind and solar.
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Decade-long tiff over using carbon credits brings Greens to debate the “Greater Glider in the room”
The debate over carbon credits and its impact on native logging has divided the Greens. Some even compare the issue to the party’s rejection of Rudd’s CPRS.
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