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Sophie is editor of Renew Economy and editor of its sister site, One Step Off The Grid . She is the co-host of the Solar Insiders Podcast. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.

Household gas demand to fall 50% within 10 years
Report predicts domestic demand for gas power could be halved within a decade, as households switch from expensive gas heaters to cost-efficient air-con.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 26, 2015

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CleanTech Bites

Redflow to offer ‘plug and play’ home battery storage, after cutting costs by 50%
Redflow says it has cut costs of its zinc bromide flow batteries by 50%, will have ‘plug n play’ storage for homes by early 2016.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 26, 2015

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One Step Off The Grid: New kids on the network
Upstart electricity retailers, focused on solar + storage, are challenging the old energy order. Plus Australia’s greenest hotel; a new home battery offer.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 26, 2015

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2°C not ‘safe’: World must ‘completely decarbonise’ in 30 years
Climate Council says scientific argument that 2°C a ‘safe’ level of warming is weakening, and society must almost completely decarbonise in 30-35 years, or sooner, to tackle climate change effectively.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 25, 2015

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Victoria solar feed-in tariff to be slashed to 5c/kWh in 2016
Essential Services Commission confirms plan to cut Victoria solar FiT to 5c/kWh, one week after state govt promised to fight for rooftop solar rights.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 25, 2015

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Commentary

Victorian govt extends energy efficiency scheme, boosts target by 20%
The Victorian Energy Efficiency Target – a scheme that was to be scrapped under Coalition – has been extended by 2 years, the target boosted by 20%.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 25, 2015

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Ergon to buy 150MW of renewable capacity for Queensland grid
Queensland’s government-owned regional utility, Ergon Energy, confirms tender for 150MW of new solar, wind or hydro capacity to be added to its grid.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 24, 2015

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ARENA says one million Australian homes “hungry” for battery storage
ARENA CEO says speed and impact of coming battery storage megashift ‘difficult to understate’, but could have huge benefits for networks and consumers.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 24, 2015

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Victorian Government

Victorian government backs wind energy, rooftop solar rights
Andrews government renewables plan promises to drive new investment in wind farms, reduce network barriers to take-up of rooftop solar and storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 21, 2015

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Council installs cogen units at public pools to cut energy costs, emissions
Darebin Council chooses natural gas cogen – instead of solar – as part of major energy retrofit at its two community pools that will save it $100k a year.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 20, 2015

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Commentary

Uterne 4.1MW solar expansion complete, ready to power Alice Springs grid
Australia’s largest solar PV farm with sun tracking technology, the 4.1MW Uterne project, is complete, giving Alice Springs one of highest solar penetration levels in country.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 20, 2015

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Graph of the Day: Climate pledges still not nearly ambitious enough
Report says current climate pledges won’t limit global warming to 2°C. Actually,they’re not even on track to avoiding global warming of greater than 2°C.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 20, 2015

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