2015 - Page 161 of 187 - Renew Economy

Graph of the Day: Australia’s top 20 greenhouse gas emitters
Latest data shows electricity generation remains Australia’s biggest contributor, by far, of corporate and industrial greenhouse gas emissions.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 2, 2015

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Solar lights a healthy – and empowering – path in disasters.
Clean energy’s gains in technology and price offer hope and normalcy to those caught in strife and disaster, especially the world’s 50 million refugees.
Marianne Lavelle

Mar 2, 2015

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Switzerland becomes first country to submit Paris climate pledge
Switzerland announced its post-2020 climate action plan yesterday – first country to submit its contribution to the international climate agreement.
World Resources Institute

Mar 2, 2015

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Hunt launches new attack on rooftop solar industry
Hunt launches new attack on solar industry, saying percentage of substandard rooftop solar installations too high, and likely to get worse.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 27, 2015

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CleanTech Bites

Chinese panel makers lament country of origin labelling
Yingli says solar industry hit by uncertainty and sensationalism, but it is time to look at the bigger picture, and build bigger arrays.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 27, 2015

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Featured

Big utilities charge into distributed energy, one step at a time
Australia’s biggest two utilities have decided they want to own the rooftop solar on homes and business, and maybe the storage and EVs too. RE interviews the executives behind the strategies, and their attempts to switch from a centralised model to a distributed future.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 27, 2015

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Macfarlane, Hunt entrench hardline position on renewable energy target
Abbott ministers accuse Labor and renewable industry of being in lockstep, suggest rooftop solar installations should offset large-scale capacity.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 27, 2015

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EnergyAustralia flags further write downs, in ‘challenging’ market
EnergyAustralia parent company warns value of Australian generation assets ‘may be at risk’ if oversupply in wholesale electricity market continues.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 27, 2015

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Google invests $300m to sell rooftop solar to US homes
Tech giant Google announces sizeable increase in solar energy commitment, dwarfing previous $280 million investment in SolarCity.
Ian Clover

Feb 27, 2015

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4 reasons to beware the solar lease, and solar PPAs
On the surface, the solar lease is bright and shiny, guaranteed to make you smile and soften those pesky energy bills and emissions. But buyer beware..
Tosh Szatow

Feb 27, 2015

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AGL to offer battery storage to customers before end of year
AGL Energy to offer battery storage to customers before the end of the year, and predicts “mass market” for storage by early 2020s.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 27, 2015

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Why Tesla and other EVs are, and are not, luxury cars
With a Model S price point starting at around $70,000and a competitive set that includes BMW & Audi, a Tesla most certainly is a luxury car, or is it?
Peter Bronski

Feb 27, 2015

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