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Acciona to add battery storage to South Mortlake wind farm after VRET win
Acciona to add battery storage to the Mortlake South wind farm that wins Victoria renewables auction, as developers say auction structure was "very smart".
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Victoria government offers $5,000 grants for household batteries
Victorian Labor government offers subsidies of up to $5,000 to help 10,000 households install battery storage in their homes, adding to a suite of household incentives for rooftop solar...
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Origin to build 5MW virtual power plant in Victoria, using rooftop solar and storage
Origin wins $4.5m Victorian govt grant to build 5MW microgrid using the solar and battery storage of up to 650 customers.
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Will Daniel Andrews and Matthew Guy seize the opportunity to act on climate?
The outcome of the 2018 state election will have big implications for tackling climate change and rolling out renewable energy.
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Solar
Victorian Government
Energy Insiders Podcast: Lily D’Ambrosio and the big solar deal
Lily D’Ambrosio talks about the state’s big rooftop solar initiative; David Leitch accuses Rod Sims of stepping over the line; and why price caps could cause bills to rise.
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Victoria Labor pledges $1.2 billion in rebates, loans for rooftop solar
Victoria Labor government proposes rebates and zero interest loans to encourage another 650,000 homes to install another 2.6GW of rooftop solar.
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States withhold support on NEG – say it “needs more work”
Victoria, the ACT and Queensland have held off on approval of the NEG prior to its "uncertain passage" through the Coalition party room, and pending proposed changes.
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Butler lambasts “pathetic” emissions target, “silly” pursuit of coal
Labor's Mark Butler has lambasts "pathetic" emissions target in National Energy Guarantee and "silly" pursuit of coal, as Greens and Victoria warn of no approval for NEG at CoAG...
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Victoria’s biggest solar farm reaches financial close, to power steel works
Numurkah solar farm, which will help power Laverton steel works and Victoria trams, reaches financial close, with developers Neoen wondering why Australia is not more ambitious about renewables.
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NEG worse than thought – penalising rooftop solar and large scale projects
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...