2015 - Page 56 of 187 - Renew Economy

The world is changing, but utilities and regulators are not
Head of big New Zealand network operator Vector says utilities and regulatory efforts to protect incumbent business from change is an exercise in futility.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 10, 2015

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CEFC backs non-profit to boost community housing energy efficiency
Clean Energy Finance Corp to loan $60m to NSW not-for-profit community housing developer to build 200+ new energy efficient homes, retrofit 4,300 older properties.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 10, 2015

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Regional Vic health centre going solar via community funding model
Totally Renewable Yackandandah to use highly successful crowd funding model to install 90kW solar at local not-for-profit health care centre.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 10, 2015

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Australia’s Dyesol claims breakthrough in perovskite solar cells
Dyesol has been developing dye-sensitized PV, known as Grätzel cell technology, and recently pivoted into perovskites.
Jonathan Gifford

Sep 10, 2015

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US installs 1.4GW of solar PV in latest quarter, taking total over 20GW
United States solar industry surpassed 20 gigawatts of total operational solar photovoltaic capacity during the second quarter of this year.
Mike Munsell

Sep 10, 2015

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Queensland lifts large scale solar auction target to 60MW
Queensland lifts large scale solar auction target to 60MW, as it looks to kick-start big solar plants and create a “solar state”
Giles Parkinson

Sep 9, 2015

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UTS takes lead in first Australian corporate purchase of offsite solar
UTS buys output of Singleton solar farm in first corporate purchase of offsite solar in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 9, 2015

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Enphase chooses Australia for launch of plug’n’play battery unit
First battery offering from Enphase has launched in Australia – a market the US tech company says could be first to achieve battery ‘parity.’
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 9, 2015

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IEA study highlights remarkable shift in competitiveness of solar PV
IEA and solar PV: The powerful and agenda-setting institution has finally discovered that solar energy is a cheap and competitive technology.
Terje Osmundsen

Sep 9, 2015

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Brazil awards over 800MW in public solar auction at 8¢/kWh
Brazil held its Leilão de Reserva public solar tender on August 28, and handed out over 800 MW of solar PV at 8 cents per kilowatt-hour.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 9, 2015

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How France could go nearly 100% renewable energy
French think tank négaWatt says the world’s most nuclear-reliant economy could switch almost completely to renewable energy – and save money.
Craig Morris

Sep 9, 2015

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Thermal coal hits a new low. Where does the market go from here?
Thermal coal prices have continued to decline, with the Newcastle 5,500kcal thermal export coal benchmark down 20 percent year to date at US$42/t.
Tim Buckley

Sep 9, 2015

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