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In Pakistan, a country with 250 million people and a GDP per capita of about $A2,300, the extraordinary citizen-led solar boom did not come out of nowhere.
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Licences sought for Australia’s biggest wind, solar and battery hybrid to power giant gold mines
Licences sought for the biggest wind, solar and battery hybrid of its type, supplying 70 pct of electricity needs of one of Australia’s biggest mining operations.
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Pakistan’s citizen-led solar rush: Where panels power education and health – and are gifted in dowries
In Pakistan, a country with 250 million people and a GDP per capita of about $A2,300, the extraordinary citizen-led solar boom did not come out of nowhere.
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The Electricity Services Entry Mechanism (ESEM) is the most significant structural reform to the NEM in a generation. But is it bankable?
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Plans for one of Australia’s biggest new gas plants sail through EPBC queue in just over two weeks
As wind generation proposals get stuck in EPBC limbo, plans for what could be the biggest new gas plant in Australia have been given the all-clear in just weeks.
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