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South Australia government to offer $6,000 subsidy per household for battery storage, with CEFC adding another $100 million to offer cheap loans to assist with purchase of rooftop solar...

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NEG worse than thought – penalising rooftop solar and large scale projects

Ric Brazzale26 July 201813 August 2018

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ESB modelling is false and misleading, claiming credit for projects already in pipeline. The latest NEG outline also penalises rooftop solar and large scale solar, does crazy things with...

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NEG: Commonwealth paper shows Coalition not budging on emissions

Giles Parkinson25 July 201825 July 2018

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New Commonwealth document shows Coalition has not moved on emissions for National Energy Guarantee, and the use of offsets in such a weak target will mean retailers will not...

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Tesla builds case for 250MW virtual power plant after first trial success

Giles Parkinson15 July 201816 July 2018

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South Australia government hails success of trials of first phase of Tesla virtual power plant, saying it resulted in lower prices and greater grid security. It now seems disposed...

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If Turnbull was serious about energy prices, he’d bring Snowy Hydro to heel

Giles Parkinson10 July 201810 July 2018

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If Turnbull is serious about lowering energy prices, he should bring the government-owned Snowy Hydro to heel on bidding practices, as he has praised Queensland government for doing in...

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Should NSW coal be replaced by South Australia wind and solar?

Giles Parkinson2 July 20182 July 2018

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ElectraNet proposes new link from S.A. that it says will unlock more low-cost renewable energy sources, reduce reliance on expensive gas, and help fill the gap caused by the...

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Senator Storer to chair select committee on electric vehicles

Senator Tim Storer28 June 2018

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Australia is uniquely placed to take a leading role in this transformation, with all the natural and human resources needed to build EVs from scratch.