2015 - Page 148 of 187 - Renew Economy

Australia’s biggest solar plant starts generating to the grid
First 25MW from Nyngan, Australia’s largest solar farm, start feeding into the national grid.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 22, 2015

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Time for states to step up on climate, carbon and clean energy
With the turmoil at the national level on renewables just one sorry example, the states should be stepping up on climate action.
John Connor

Mar 20, 2015

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CleanTech Bites

Vic Labor ditches 2km wind farm restrictions, reforms planning laws
Vic Labor says it has reformed ‘worst’ of former Coalition govt’s industry-killing wind farm planning laws, in move it hopes will reboot industry.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 20, 2015

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Abbott government takes RET offer to Senate cross-benchers
Abbott government hopes to strike a deal on renewables target with Senate cross-bench, says that Gray is only ALP official keen on a deal.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 20, 2015

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Commentary

Wotif founder Graeme Wood takes stake in battery storage developer Redflow
Graeme Wood joins Simon Hackett as major shareholder in battery storage developer Redflow, hails market-based technology not held back by anti-renewables brigade in Canberra.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 20, 2015

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Corporate push to renewables grows, with IBM, Walmart, Dow Chemical
Huge new wind PPAs for Walmart and Dow Chemicals; IBM commits to source 20% of electricity from wind, hydro, biomass, and solar by 2020.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 20, 2015

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30kW community solar farm – Australia’s largest to date – completed in NSW
One of Australia’s first, and biggest community-owned solar farms set to be launched in Tathra on NSW south coast. The project’s 200 PV panels – arranged to spell the word ‘imagine’ – will help power the town’s treatment facility.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 20, 2015

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Featured

Why battery system costs may fall 3x faster than solar PV
The big question for global energy markets will be how quickly battery storage costs can fall. Will they match the cost reductions of solar PV? Australian-backed battery technology technology group Sunverge says they will, up to three times faster.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 20, 2015

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World’s biggest oil company turns to PV to ‘displace hydrocarbons’ from electricity generation
Saudi Armco installs its first rooftop PV array on one of its buildings as a pilot project, with much more to come.
Jonathan Gifford

Mar 20, 2015

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US transportation system can save $1 trillion, and 1GT of carbon emissions annually
Today’s vehicles are overdesigned, underutilized, underloaded, inefficient, polluting, and—thanks to the drivers behind the wheel—dangerous.
Rocky Mountain Institute

Mar 20, 2015

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Arctic sea ice hits record low winter peak
It’s official: When the sea ice that blankets the Arctic Ocean hit its yearly peak on Feb. 25, the maximum area was a record low.
Andrea Thompson

Mar 20, 2015

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Germany to force closure of oldest, dirtiest coal plants
Germany joins US with plans to force coal operators to slash emissions by amount equivalent to shutting around 8 plants. Meanwhile, in Australia…
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 20, 2015

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