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Taking on Tesla? Amazon looks to buy Cannon-Brookes-backed AV start-up Zoox
Amazon looks to buy AV startup Zoox - backed by Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes - in move to cut delivery costs and put it in competition with Tesla.
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Lawyers’ picnic, and $47m at play, as Sunraysia solar farm faces further delays
The 200MW Sunraysia solar farm in NSW faces further delays as contractor reveals rare insight into nature of disputes that has afflicted the large scale solar industry.
Photon Energy notches up financial close on two NSW solar farms, the Leeton and Fivebough projects, that will install a combined 14MW in the state’s Riverina region.
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Ausgrid seeks thousands of NSW homes to join expanded virtual power plant
After a successful phase one, Ausgrid launches second phase of household battery-based virtual power plant, with two new "aggregator" partners – ShineHub and Evergen.
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Graph of the Day: US renewables beat coal in 2019, for first time in 134 years
America's tumbling coal power consumption was surpassed by renewable energy in 2019, and wind power overtook hydro as the US biggest renewable power source.
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Time to tweak an old idea to stimulate investment in wind and solar “highways”
A few tweaks to an old idea could stimulate investment in renewable energy zones and the electric "highways" needed to transport wind and solar.
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The regulatory fail on “system strength”, and how it nobbles wind and solar projects
Zinc refinery and solar farm owner Sun Metals pans "system strength" rules, saying they are slow, ad hoc, lack transparency, add costs and discourage investment in large scale wind...
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Oil price wars, Covid-19 havoc, green energy tip the scales in US-China trade war
Oil price crisis and its impact on US shale oil production is revealing where China and the US stand with their very different energy strategies.
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ACT set to ban waste incineration for energy, citing community concerns
The ACT is set to ban waste incineration to energy projects, concluding the potential impacts to public health could not be justified.
Suntech's 9.47MW Robinvale solar farm – one of a growing number of 'small but smart' projects pitched at under 10MW – has been completed in Victoria's north west.
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Wind, solar and drought drive down emissions, but Australia still lags on targets
Latest quarterly emissions update shows emissions down thanks to renewables and drought, but increases from the gas sector are hindering faster progress.
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New electric vehicles that Australia needed yesterday
If uptake of EVs is to gain hold in Australia, they need to be fit for purpose - here's a list of what we should expect to see in...
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- Esperance solar, wind and battery hybrid power hub to be built by Juwiby Sophie Vorrath on 29 May 2020 at 1:34 PM
- Solar for strata: LPE teams with Allume to offer “fair access” to solarby Sophie Vorrath on 28 May 2020 at 3:09 PM
- Volvo makes its first electric car – XC40 Recharge – available for orderby Joshua S. Hill on 29 May 2020 at 1:53 PM
- Amazon vs Tesla? Retail giant may buy Cannon-Brookes backed AV start-up Zooxby Bridie Schmidt on 29 May 2020 at 1:18 PM
- AEVA changes 2020 electric vehicle expo to online formatby Bryce Gaton on 29 May 2020 at 12:21 PM
