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ARENA rejects Solar Dawn funding, trims large scale PV applicants
ARENA kills final hopes of Solar Dawn solar thermal project, but still in talks with Moree Solar and Infigen/Suntech over solar PV projects. Meanwhile, it releases its funding strategy with a focus on regional Australia, targeting areas where the cost of fossil fuels is already high. -
Ferguson spies a green energy future … and steps on the gas
The government has unwrapped some of the brown paper wrapping around its Energy White Paper, and recognised the potential of solar. But it remains a vision that relies on gas and pretty much business-as-usual – a proposition that even the International Energy Agency finds unacceptable. -
Smart meters, deregulation seen as cures for rising power bills
The federal government’s final Energy White Paper names retail price deregulation, increased community engagement, improving the efficiency of energy networks, and the nation-wide roll-out of smart meters as some of the key critical reforms needed to help lower retail electricity prices.
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