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Australia at 19% renewables – NEG 2030 target to be reached in 2021
Australia is already at 19 per cent renewables as at June, and could reach 43 per cent renewables by 2030, just with the state targets in Queensland and Victoria, new data shows.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 6, 2018

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Solar

The sneaky war against renewables in the bush
If you live in a remote area of Victoria the government will subsidise your off-grid fuel needs … and not if you power your off-grid home with solar.
Matthew Wright and Paul Szuster

Jul 2, 2018

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Storage

Tesla Powerpacks arrive for next big battery at Victoria solar farm
First of 400 Tesla PowerPacks arrive at site of 25MW/50MWh Gannawarra Energy Storage System, to store power from 60MW solar farm.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 13, 2018

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Policy & Planning

Victoria renewables auction on track, NEG still looms as major threat
Victoria says its renewables auction on track, but there is still concern that the NEG could scorch the earth around it.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 12, 2018

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CleanTech Bites

Victoria’s newest wind farm starts production to the grid
Victoria’s newest wind farm – Salt Creek – has begun exporting to the grid.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 12, 2018

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Renewables

Labor proposes first renewable energy zone in north west Tasmania
Federal opposition proposes renewables zone in north-west Tasmania, as Victorian Labor extends coal mining licences for Latrobe Valley’s major brown coal generators.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 4, 2018

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Electric Vehicles

Should Victoria adopt an electric vehicle target?
Victoria Inquiry recommends number of ways state government could boost the uptake of EVs – but will this translate into policy?
Bryce Gaton

Jun 4, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

Victorian dairy producer signs 10-year wind farm PPA
Gippsland dairy producer Burra Foods signs 10-year PPA with Flow Power to source electricity from Ararat Wind farm – a deal that’s expected to cut its electricity costs by 20%.
Sophie Vorrath

May 31, 2018

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Storage

“Coal is thing of the past”: Neoen starts on Victoria’s first wind and battery park
Victoria energy minister officially launches construction of first crop farm in the world to be wholly powered by renewable energy – a wind farm and a Tesla battery.
Giles Parkinson

May 16, 2018

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Markets

Energy retailer “switching” driving prices up, not down, says regulator
ESC chair says outcome of retailer switching drive has been “contrary to usual expectations” of increased market competition.
Sophie Vorrath

May 15, 2018

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