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Retailers and demand response hold the key to battery storage
Retailers can give consumers leverage and still make their profits.
Rob Campbell

Jul 3, 2015

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Battery storage is here – but who will benefit?
Battery storage should cut peak demand and thus network costs for all, but this won’t happen organically. It needs a revolution, and retailers have the key.
Rob Campbell

May 12, 2015

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Will Tesla’s teaser start an avalanche? – Not likely
Tesla’s Powerwall is being touted as a game changer because of price, but there’s reason to suggest it won’t work as people think.
Rob Campbell

May 6, 2015

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Electric cars and demand charges – the storage imperative
Storage is critical to Solar’s value proposition for commercial applications.
Rob Campbell

Jan 29, 2015

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Selling Sovereignty – Why poles and wires cannot be privatized
Newman’s quick fix must and will exclude sale of power networks.
Rob Campbell

Jan 21, 2015

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Newman’s cash grab on energy assets will end as a tax on consumers
Whether the Newman government sells or leases Queensland’s electricity assets, the future costs to consumers will ultimately outstrip any instant benefits.
Rob Campbell

Sep 18, 2014

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More heat on rooftop solar as STC war chests run out
What’s in store for Australia’s STC market? Any moves by governments to favour large-scale renewables could decimate the PV industry.
Rob Campbell

Apr 3, 2014

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Why distributors can’t (or won’t) deal with renewables
The National Electricity Market was supposed to succeed in many ways. And it has, except to reduce prices.
Rob Campbell

Feb 7, 2014

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STC waiting game: What it could mean for the solar industry
The appearance of a shrinking STC market could spell danger for the small-scale solar industry.
Rob Campbell

Feb 3, 2014

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Other Good Stuff

Tony Abbott walking a solar tightrope
The Abbott government’s threat to change the renewable energy target means we may not get the technology for a cheaper and cleaner power source.
Rob Campbell

Jan 17, 2014

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Can renewables provide Australia’s next ‘sheep’s back’?
Absolutely. But to get there we need unified leadership and consistent policy. And the renewables industry needs to face up to its scariest threat.
Rob Campbell

Dec 12, 2013

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Queensland’s electricity price rises are tax by stealth
Qld’s latest electricity price hike shows how legislated return on investment acts as incentive for govts to use utilities to find revenue by stealth.
Rob Campbell

Dec 11, 2013

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