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Budget 2015: Coalition opens solar market to “Tony’s Tradies”
The tax break offered by the Abbott government to “Tony’s Tradies” could see big lift in rooftops solar installations. This comes as Bloomberg New Energy Finance says it will lift its forecast PV installations in Australia. It imagines every available building to have solar by 2030.
Giles Parkinson

May 13, 2015

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Utilities: Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated
Chorus calling for the demise of traditional utility has become deafening. But it is wrong to assume utilities will disappear with growth of distributed generation.
Nathan Lim

May 13, 2015

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CleanTech Bites

2015 Budget confirms closure for climate, clean energy institutions
Abbott’s 2015 Budget ignores climate change and clean energy, retains fossil fuel subsidies, and confirms planned closure for key institutions such as CEFC, CCA.
Giles Parkinson

May 13, 2015

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Time to get real about sensible development of bioenergy
Australia is only OECD country with significant supply of biomass that has no coherent development strategy for bioenergy. The debate around native wood waste highlights that.
Andrew Lang

May 13, 2015

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NSW vineyard going solar with one of Australia’s first commercial PPAs
Tyrrell’s Wines to host one of Australia’s first commercial solar power purchase projects, with installation of 350kW PV system at Hunter Valley vineyard.
Sophie Vorrath

May 12, 2015

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Origin launches solar services program for homes, small business
Origin Energy joins ‘solar services’ market, with PV leasing program set to launch in three states, focusing on residential and small business systems.
Sophie Vorrath

May 12, 2015

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Victorian Government

Victoria energy minister signals focus on battery storage
Victorian energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio says government’s renewables plan will focus on battery storage technologies, as Alcoa shuts Anglesea coal plant.
Sophie Vorrath

May 12, 2015

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Meanwhile, in Australia, innovative storage is already being installed
Australia’s solar industry has been quietly ramping up storage solutions for some time now, and there are some fascinating and clever solutions emerging.
Nigel Morris

May 12, 2015

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Wind energy supplies 20% of south-east states demand over one week
Wind energy smashed many records in Australia last week, and contributed more than 20% of demand in the south-east states.
Hugh Saddler

May 12, 2015

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New UK energy minister brings hope to solar sector
Appointment of Amber Rudd as new UK energy minister during cabinet reshuffle welcomed by both Solar Trade Association and Renewable Energy Association.
Ian Clover

May 12, 2015

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Anglesea brown coal generator to close after losing social licence
Another coal-fired power plant will close in Australia, after Alcoa failed to find a buyer and the plant lost its social licence to operate. More will follow, but not so quickly if Coalition continues to protect the fossil fuel industry.
Giles Parkinson

May 12, 2015

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Back to square one: Labor says no deal on RET with 2-year reviews
Labor said there would be no deal on a reduced renewable energy target if the Coalition government insisted on another review in 2016.
Giles Parkinson

May 12, 2015

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