2015 - Page 22 of 187 - Renew Economy

Renewables at the South Pole
Mawson Station, located on an isolated outcrop of rock at the edge of the Antarctic plateau is an ideal place to incorporate renewables for electricity generation.
Kaitlyn Bunker

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Other Good Stuff

New fees seen to weaken demand for rooftop solar
Some utilities have begun charging a variety of complicated fees that are leading to a chilling effect on the home solar power markets in those regions.
Bobby Magill

Nov 12, 2015

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Graph of the Day: Carmichael coal mine to take big chunk of carbon budget
New report offers a whole lot of context for the huge climate threat posed by the federal government approved Carmichael coal mine.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 12, 2015

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Coonooer Bridge wind farm demonstrates benefits of state renewables targets
The Yes 2 Renewables team visits a wind farm under construction thanks to the ACT’s ambitious Renewable Energy Target of 90 percent by 2020.
Leigh Ewbank

Nov 12, 2015

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The fallout from SaskPower’s Boundary Dam CCS debacle
The crisis engulfing SaskPower’s CCS plant has implications that will reach all the way from the Canadian province of Saskatchewan to the Paris climate conference.
Bob Burton

Nov 12, 2015

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AGL adds two new, larger battery systems to energy storage suite
AGL launches two new residential battery offerings from Sunverge aimed at households who are large energy consumers and have between 4-5kW of rooftop solar.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 12, 2015

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Solar boss takes Queensland home off-grid, with a 7.5 year payback
The head of a Queensland solar company is taking his home off-grid, using a Samsung 10.8kWh battery storage – the first time it has been used this way.
Giles Parkinson

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Queensland set to take the lead on large-scale solar
Queensland – Australia’s Sunshine State – has been late to the party on large-scale solar. But after a change of government, it looks set to live up to its promise as Australia’s Solar State.
Sophie Vorrath

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Grid operator prepares for rapid uptake of solar and storage
Australia’s grid operator is modelling transmission network needs to cope with a scenario where virtually every home has rooftop solar, nearly half have battery storage, and one in five households has an electric vehicle. It’s bad news for coal and peaking gas plants.
Giles Parkinson

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Australian fossil fuel subsidies put at $5.6bn a year in new report
As Turnbull heads to Turkey’s G20 Summit, a new report reveals Australia still subsidising fossil fuel production to tune of $A5.6 billion a year.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 12, 2015

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Bjorn Lomborg, it’s time to check your numbers on wind and solar
International Energy Agency says it is critical to act on climate change, yet produces a 700-page annual document that looks at business as usual. But it still includes enough data to make a nonsense of Bjorn Lomborg’s claims on wind and solar.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 11, 2015

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Heat on Turnbull ahead of OECD talks on coal subsidy cuts
Pressure is mounting on the Australian government to toe the line on fossil fuel subsidy reform.
Sophie Vorrath

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