2015 - Page 135 of 187 - Renew Economy

100% renewable electricity by 2050 possible in France
A somewhat “hidden” report was recently released that said France could be powered by 100% renewable energy by 2050.
Jake Richardson

Apr 15, 2015

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Kyocera expands solar-plus-storage offerings in Germany
One of the leaders in energy storage Kyocera, is expanding into Germany and America.
Mike Stone

Apr 15, 2015

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Follow the big financiers: Solar and batteries are coming
If you want to see where the grid is heading, follow the money. And by that measure, the banks have spoken loudly: It’s all about solar and storage.
Bodhi Rader

Apr 15, 2015

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Faroe Islands to get Europe’s first wind-connected battery storage system
Europe’s first commercial wind-connected energy storage – a 2.3MW li-ion battery system – to be added to Faroe Islands’ 12MW wind farm, to stabilise grid.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 15, 2015

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Clean energy seeing global ‘renaissance’
Cheap oil, cheap natural gas and increasingly cheap renewables are ushering in an era of abundant energy — an energy renaissance.
Bobby Magill

Apr 15, 2015

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Commentary

EDF, Marubeni partner on unsubsidised 146MW Chilean solar plant
France’s EDF Energies Nouvelles will partner with Japan’s Marubeni to develop a 146 MW power plant in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
Jonathan Gifford

Apr 15, 2015

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Graph of the Day: Solar reaches 9.1% of demand in France
Solar reaches nearly 10% of demand in France, prompting analysts to say energy markets are facing ‘biggest revolution’ since nuclear reactors built in 1970s.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 14, 2015

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Renewables can weather any oil price changes: BNEF Summit
Abu Dhabi energy executive says Mid-East appetite for renewables booming, as falling costs mean solar and wind can ‘weather any changes in oil prices.’
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 14, 2015

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Anti-wind Senators compare turbines to tobacco, pink bats
Attack on wind worsens as senators leading inquiry compare wind industry testimony to that of Big Tobacco, describe turbines as ‘Pink Batts in the air’.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 14, 2015

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Melbourne tyre recycler Australia’s first finalist in top global innovation awards
Edison Awards names Australian start-up as a finalist, for its innovative technology that converts converts old tyres into saleable carbon, oil and steel.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 14, 2015

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Policy & Planning

First auctions to prove Direct Action more slogan than policy
Tony Abbott’s Direct Action plan to address Australia’s modest emission reduction targets finally hit the road this week. If the analysts are right, it will prove nothing more than the emperor has no clothes.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 14, 2015

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Tassie’s “summer” demand peak comes with cold weather
Looking at what happened in Tasmania over the “extended summer” period 2014-15.
Paul McArdle

Apr 14, 2015

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