2015 - Page 184 of 187 - Renew Economy

Record low solar prices heralds power shift from fossil fuels
As oil prices continue plunge, a Saudi Arabian company has bids record low solar PV price in world’s largest tender, and a record low price for solar tower and storage. Yet another sign of the major transition in energy markets.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 19, 2015

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Utility of the future – solar, storage, EVs and micro-grids
NRG – the biggest privately owned generator in US – accepts a low carbon grid is inevitable and is getting in early to tap trillion dollar market.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 19, 2015

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Largest-ever study shows rooftop solar boosts home values
The largest-ever study of its kind concludes home buyers are more than willing to pay a premium on their house if it comes with a solar PV energy system.
Joshua S Hill

Jan 19, 2015

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Are electric companies facing extinction?
Solar panels and smart meters are threatening an industry that doesn’t know how to innovate.
Sean Casten

Jan 19, 2015

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Court challenge will test coal mining’s climate culpability
Should coal projects be held responsible for the greenhouse emissions that flow from their product, even if it’s burned on another continent?
Samantha Hepburn

Jan 19, 2015

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Italian PV generates 7.5% of country’s electricity in 2014
Italy’s solar produced 7.5% of the country’s electricity in 2014, growing at almost 10% YoY.
Ilias Tsagas

Jan 19, 2015

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Policy uncertainty makes Australian emission cuts harder and more costly
New report indicates that Australia’s long-term emissions reduction opportunities are much smaller than previously estimated.
Hugh Grossman

Jan 19, 2015

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Solar power planned for Lennox wastewater plant
The Ballina Shire Council wants to see the impressive solar panel array at the Ballina wastewater plant duplicated at the Lennox Head treatment plant.
Sam Parkinson

Jan 19, 2015

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CleanTech Bites

Graph of the Day: The plunging cost of renewables
Renewable costs are plunging, and IRENA says perceptions that renewable power generation technologies are expensive or uncompetitive are a dangerous fallacy.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 19, 2015

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A broken record: 2014 hottest year
13 of the hottest 15 years on record have occurred since 2000 and the odds of that happening randomly without the boost of global warming is 1 in 27 million.
Andrea Thompson

Jan 17, 2015

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Algae.Tec signs agreement for entry into Greater China
Deal will allow the two companies to join forces to explore commercial scale opportunities for Algae.Tec’s technology across Greater China.
Sam Parkinson

Jan 16, 2015

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Comparing wind turbine power consumption to coal and gas
There’s a set of persistent myths that seem to imply turbines don’t generate a lot of power. It’s rubbish, of course.
Ketan Joshi

Jan 16, 2015

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