2015 - Page 106 of 187 - Renew Economy

Rise and decline of solar PV in Australia, and why it will do it again
Rise in commercial solar and new push by big utilities could drive rebound in rooftop solar installations, with 250,000 new customers adding solar each year.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 9, 2015

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NAB, CEFC in $120m scheme to boost commercial solar, EV uptake
CEFC-backed $120m loan program to be offered through NAB to help Australian businesses switch to solar, EVs, energy efficient technologies.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 9, 2015

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Policy & Planning

Pressure on Abbott’s coal strategy as G7 signals end of fossil fuels
G7 pledge to phase out fossil fuels, boost renewables once again finds Australia’s pro coal Abbott government on the wrong side of history – and economics.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 9, 2015

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Going for gas: the risky strategy of world’s largest companies
Major oil companies all avowed their belief that gas will be the world’s “fuel of choice”, but are they overstating the case for gas?
Karel Beckman

Jun 9, 2015

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Software stet-ups target utility-owned community solar installations
Software companies looking at new community solar plants, creating Uber and Airbnb type models for people who want to rent and share solar.
Julia Pyper

Jun 9, 2015

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Grattan got numbers wrong: Solar policies delivered net benefit of $1.2bn
Grattan Institute caused headlines and blustering editorials with its research on the impact of solar policies. But it’s numbers did not add up.
Bruce Mountain

Jun 9, 2015

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Solar tariff rip-offs, and why utilities may never learn
ARENA boss outraged when utility jacks up his electricity tariffs after he installs solar. Meanwhile, so called cost reflective tariffs proposed by utilities are anything but, and will penalise solar and encourage more households to install battery storage and even leave the grid.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 5, 2015

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The 1.2GW of wind energy Australia missed out on in 2014
Clean Energy Council table reveals exactly how many wind energy projects were put on hold in 2014 due to RET uncertainty.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 5, 2015

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Lismore community solar project begins search for investors
Australia’s first council and community-owned solar project could be completed by the end of 2015, with campaign to attract local investors set to launch.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 5, 2015

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Looking for a thriving Australian renewables sector? Look to community projects
Despite RET uncertainty, Australian community renewables sector has shown remarkable ability to get on with it.
Andy Cavanagh-Downs

Jun 5, 2015

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Climate myth debunked as the ‘tropospheric hot spot’ is found
A new analysis of historic weather balloon data reveals that the troposphere has been warming as climate models predicted.
Steve Sherwood

Jun 5, 2015

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World’s biggest installer of zero net energy homes, with help from Star Wars droids
Japanese construction company Sekisui Heim used Star Wars droids to promote its net zero houses. It worked.
Matthew Klippenstein

Jun 5, 2015

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