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Oakeshott loses plot and falls through carbon floor
Rob Oakeshott’s call to dump the carbon floor price would condemn Australia’s scheme to the same fate as that of the EU – it would become economically irrelevant, and make Australia’s transition slower and more expensive. So why has he swallowed the polluters’ arguments?
Giles Parkinson

May 8, 2012

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Snowtown project shows wind costs below $80/MWh
SA’s Snowtown wind farm has landed the first significant power purchase agreement in Australia for several years because its cost of energy is so low.
Giles Parkinson

May 7, 2012

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Can solar thermal energy compete on costs with wind?
A new Australian project aims to reduce the levellised cost of solar thermal energy to around $100/MWh – the sweet spot that will enable renewable technologies to deliver cost-effective clean energy. Can it be done? The good news is that storage may reduce costs rather than add to them.
Giles Parkinson

May 7, 2012

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Heartland Institute jumps the shark
A short-lived Heartland Institute billboard has suggested that if you agree with a mass murderer on, say, climate change, you’re no better than he is…
Michael D. Lemonick

May 7, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Japan nuclear free, as last working reactor shuts
Last of Japan’s 50 reactors closed for reappraisal; First Solar, SunPower look for positives; Centrotherm hit by PV fallout; solar catamaran completes world voyage.
Sophie Vorrath

May 7, 2012

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Buy an EV, keep your food from spoiling
GE has come up with another plus for electric vehicles: they can power up your house during a blackout.
Michael D. Lemonick

May 7, 2012

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Beating drought with decentralised water
A new water plan for Melbourne outlines ways to achieve a more resilient system that may ease water restrictions and even render them unnecessary.
Philip Wallis

May 7, 2012

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Five things we learned this week ….
We are not alone on emissions trading; Coal’s Clive Palmer has a sense of humour; Origin’s Grant King has a sense of timing; could we have a home-grown clean energy industry? and why mining subsidies are much more important than renewable ones.
Giles Parkinson

May 4, 2012

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Ice is flowing slower on Greenland than many feared
Greenland’s ice is not flowing into the sea as quickly as feared, but the news is not all good for sea level rise.
Michael D. Lemonick

May 4, 2012

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Hot news in cleantech: Mining for geothermal, fusion find, solar cones
Taking the geothermal heat out of coal mines; a new finding may help fusion reactors; a solar cone for lamp-posts?
Sophie Vorrath

May 4, 2012

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Commentary

Power in numbers: Tapping the Aus-China solar alliance
The partnership between Australia and China is making the economics of solar persuasive, and the opportunities for Australia are endless.
John Grimes

May 4, 2012

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Solar thermal can cure what ails Port Augusta
It’s hard to find a more appropriate solution to the power, pollution, health and employment issues in Port Augusta than solar thermal with storage.
David Shearman

May 3, 2012

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New solar reality: Busting myths and burying fossils
New research finds US solar provides more jobs per MWh than any other energy industry – and suggests solar’s enormous potential is no longer theoretical.
Adam James

May 3, 2012

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Mixed Greens: South Korea approves carbon trading scheme
Bill approved to establish South Korean cap-and-trade scheme by 2015; Durban explores sea-current power; Enel Green Power borrows €180m for wind.
Sophie Vorrath

May 3, 2012

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Is the solar multiplier doomed?
Growing speculation that the solar multiplier will be wound down, as Origin Energy adds its weight to such calls, and for changes to the RET.
Sophie Vorrath

May 3, 2012

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Mixed Greens: Wave goodbye, as another renewables Co bows out
UK’s REH to sell clean energy assets, including 25% stake in Carnegie Wave Energy; fed govt’s Green Buildings tax breaks in doubt.
Sophie Vorrath

May 2, 2012

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Wind energy finally taking off again in Australia
Origin Energy signs its largest PPA for a wind farm as the local wind energy market springs to life after a near three-year hiatus. Thailand’s Ratch Industries, New Zealand’s TrustPower and RePower, all say the market is looking more promising.
Sophie Vorrath

May 2, 2012

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Is China the clever carbon country?
If Australia wants to be clever about carbon, it’s time for a strategy rethink. And China’s flexible approach would be a good place to start.
Stuart Allinson

May 2, 2012

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Australia to hit 2012 Kyoto target, but don’t get too excited
That the Kyoto target is almost certainly going to be achieved is no big deal. Our long-term target, however, will require a new industrial revolution.
Kevin Parton

May 2, 2012

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The week in cleantech and carbon: Emissions reality check
Ministers at last week’s clean energy summit were warned that the sector’s progress is far from sufficient to address the climate challenge.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance

May 2, 2012

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