2015 - Page 92 of 187 - Renew Economy

Battery storage stars as Cleantech stocks trump broader market in 14-15
A big boost in battery storage and energy efficiency stocks helped Australian CleanTech Index easily outperform wider market for the year.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 3, 2015

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Construction begins on Australia’s lowest cost wind farm
Construction begins on lowest cost wind farm in Australia, and the first to be financed and built since the election of the Abbott government more than 18 months ago.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 3, 2015

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Solar Impulse 2 sets new solar, non-stop flight world records
The airplane of two Swiss explorers attempting the first round the world solar flight has broken all distance and duration world records for solar aviation.
Sam Parkinson

Jul 2, 2015

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City of Austin gets 1.2GW of solar bids at less than 4c/kWh
A lot more cheap solar is coming for Austin, Texas, with the city’s utility getting more than 1,200MW of solar bids at less than 4c/kWh (the cheapest ever).
Stephen Lacey

Jul 2, 2015

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ARENA fund invests $6.3m in California battery storage start-up
California battery storage start-up with strong links to China and big plans for Australia secures money from ARENA venture fund and international heavyweights.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 2, 2015

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The grid is at a fork in the road – which way to turn?
Solar PV and batteries will be part of the grid of the future. But what part? And what sort of grid?
Leia Guccione

Jul 2, 2015

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An emerging renewables superpower: China’s climate pledge guns for green growth
It’s official. On Tuesday, China submitted its emissions-reduction goals to the UN, in the lead-up to the Paris climate summit in December this year.
John Mathews

Jul 2, 2015

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Regulator wants to slash Victoria solar tariff by 20 per cent
Victoria regulator wants minimum feed-in-tariff paid for surplus rooftop solar output fed back into grid to be cut dramatically.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 2, 2015

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Japanese golf course to become 23MW solar array
Japanese electronics company Kyocera enters joint venture to construct solar plant on abandoned golf course in Japan’s Kyoto Prefecture.
Ian Clover

Jul 2, 2015

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Is Germany’s energy transition reliant on foreign nuclear power?
The claim that Germany will rely on foreign nuclear energy is back again. One wonders why proponents of nuclear power understand the technology and markets so poorly.
Craig Morris

Jul 2, 2015

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Policy & Planning

Fraser: Time to stop paying lip service to climate policies
CCA chairman Bernie Fraser says policy makers should stop paying “lip service” to 2C climate targets, and lamented cutting back renewable energy targets to suit sectoral interests. Fraser said the move to a low carbon world was “unstoppable” and Australia needed to get on board.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 2, 2015

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Goldwind to build 175MW wind farm, first big project north of Sydney
Chinese wind giant Goldwind to begin construction later this year of first major wind farm to be built north of Sydney.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 2, 2015

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