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Turnbull dumps clean energy target for “national energy guarantee”
Coalition dumps clean energy target in favour of a change to energy market rules that appears to confer enormous power into the hands of coal and gas utilities, and...
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Australia’s solar juggernaut is coming – quicker than anyone thinks
The uptake of solar – by consumers and in large-scale solar farms – could be far quicker than anyone is currently contemplating. If this is managed well, with battery...
Australian Federal Government Climate Governments News & Commentary Renewables
Don’t waste time on CET – there are other options for renewables, efficiency
We will never have an effective broad-based emission reduction policy – no matter who is in government. Best to look at alternatives, like reverse auctions.
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Voters demand better policy response than baseload
New polling shows two thirds of voters would prefer to see governments increasing energy conservation rather than building new power stations.
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Smart grid, dumb media: Conservatives hit peak stupid over demand response
Technology troglodytes in conservative media have collective meltdown over "demand response" – a new initiative to encourage consumers, particularly industry, to shift loads to help manage demand peaks and...
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Extending Liddell could be more expensive than solar plus storage
RepuTex says extending life of ageing Liddell coal generator would result in higher costs than new large scale solar project with battery storage.
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Get smart: AEMO unveils 200MW “virtual power plant”
AEMO and ARENA unveil a 200MW "virtual power plant" from demand response initiatives featuring incentives for commercial and household users, battery storage, and a range of Australian monitoring, smart...
Australian Federal Government Climate Featured Governments Malcolm Turnbull People Tony Abbott
Policy will be a mess until Turnbull sacrifices Coalition’s climate goat
Is this really what Malcolm Turnbull signed up for? Short of sacrificing this particular climate goat, he will be obliged to defend the indefensible, the outright rejection of climate...
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AEMO: Shift to renewables is going to happen anyway
AEMO says shift to renewables is going to happen anyway, particularly as consumers turn to solar and storage. Might as well get some policies to deal with it.
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“Slush fund for fossil fuels”: First NAIF loan deal slammed by green groups
Green groups slam NAIF approval of $16.8m loan for oil and gas port facility in Onslow WA – say it show's fund's true colours (hint: not green).
