2015 - Page 26 of 187 - Renew Economy

Tesla says strong demand for Powerwall battery storage unit in Australia
Tesla says already has “strong” demand for Powerwall battery storage unit in Australia, as grid operator says storage will “fundamentally change” the electricity market.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 5, 2015

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10 renewable micro grids that are reducing reliance on fossil fuels
Affordable renewable energy provides island and remote communities an alternative to the risks and drawbacks from relying solely on oil for energy.
Rocky Mountain Institute

Nov 5, 2015

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Why grid defection would be a bad idea for the average American
Millions of Americans could soon be presented with an economic option to self-consume their own electricity with lithium-ion batteries and PV.
Stephen Lacey

Nov 5, 2015

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Other Good Stuff

Goldman Sachs triples its clean energy target to $150b
Goldman sees clean energy, clean water, and energy access as a massive near-term opportunity.
Katherine Tweed

Nov 5, 2015

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Other Good Stuff

SunEdison makes record-setting solar bid in India, to delight of energy minister
The bid, while capturing headlines, indicates the levels to which developers will go to capture Indian market share.
Jonathan Gifford

Nov 5, 2015

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Australians can be sustainable without sacrificing lifestyle or economy
A sustainable Australia is possible – but we have to choose it. That’s the finding of a paper published today in Nature.
Steve Hatfield-Dodds

Nov 5, 2015

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50 years after warning, no debate in Paris on the science
Diplomats steeling themselves for a historic round of UN climate negotiations remain divided by a handful of stubborn disputes. Climate science is not one of them.
John Upton

Nov 5, 2015

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Ergon’s renewable energy tender swamped by 2,000MW of proposals
Ergon tender for 150MW of large scale renewable energy swamped by 2000MW of solar, wind and biomass proposals.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 4, 2015

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Renewable energy witch-hunt continues after South Australia outage
Andrew Bolt and the fossil fuel and pro-nuclear lobbies were quick to blame wind energy for the outage in South Australia this week. But the only technology to fail that night was the transmission link to Victoria.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 4, 2015

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Most Australians don’t believe climate change caused by humans: CSIRO
CSIRO survey finds more than half of people surveyed over past five years still not convinced that humans causing climate change.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 4, 2015

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Graph of the Day: Watch US electricity grid evolve before your eyes
Mesmerising GIF depicts past 15 years of change in the US electricity mix, as coal shrinks and renewables – both wind and solar – surge.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 4, 2015

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Networks continue spending spree, and the customer pays
Captive consumers are losing out again in network spending decisions. Democracies have ways of dealing with such cognitive dissonance. Its past time that the people were heard.
Bruce Mountain

Nov 4, 2015

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