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Victoria wind and solar farms warned of curtailment
Owners and developers of new and existing wind and solar projects in Victoria warned of potential curtailment, network limits and increased marginal loss factors. Building renewables is becoming more complex.
Giles Parkinson

May 7, 2018

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Markets

Market Insight residential electricity price series
New data shows that energy consumers are paying more than they think in their bills, and more than what the regulator admits.
Bruce Mountain

May 4, 2018

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Solar

Gupta signs up solar farm to power Victoria steelworks
Sanjeev Gupta signs contract with Neoen to use new solar farm to power Laverton steel mill in Victoria and slash costs. Turnbull and Macron were on hand to witness signing, and the promise of a cheaper energy future via renewables.
Giles Parkinson

May 2, 2018

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Press Releases

Climate and environment: Big-ticket items the missing piece of the puzzle in Vic budget 2018
Environment group Friends of the Earth says big ticket items to tackle climate change and protect Victoria’s environment are the “missing piece of the puzzle” in budget 2018/19—a disappointing one for the environment.
Friends of the Earth

May 1, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

Victoria has everything in place – time to go big on VRET
It’s budget week in Victoria, and there’s a simple question to be asked: if there’s so much renewable energy ready to go, then why not go bigger?
Mark Wakeham and Dean Rizzetti

Apr 30, 2018

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Storage

Australia’s first lithium battery recycling plant launched
Australia’s first lithium battery recycling plant officially anointed in Victoria, seeking to address Australia’s appalling record on dealing with old batteries, and alleviating some concerns about impact of household storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 27, 2018

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Whichever way you cut it, Turnbull’s climate policy is still a sham
Alan Jones says Craig Kelly should be energy minister. In effect, he already is, because the Coalition’s woeful policy is a craven attempt to pacify the right wing. Despite the NEG, or maybe because of it, a bipartisan approach to energy and climate is as elusive as ever.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 18, 2018

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Wind

Wind farms on track to deliver $10.5bn back to host communities
Report finds up to $21.5m a year going directly to host communities through wind farm benefit sharing mechanisms; billions to broader regional economies.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 16, 2018

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Renewables

Victoria renewables auction attracts 3,500MW of bids, as state warns on NEG
Victoria says its renewables auction six-times over-subscribed, and warns it won’t accept NEG in current form.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 12, 2018

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ACT says won’t be bullied into accepting “any old” NEG
ACT says it won’t be bullied on the NEG by Coalition. “We need to get a good outcome, not just any old outcome,” it says – just as the Coalition’s hard right warns against any slippage in the NEG’s proposed stifling of renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 5, 2018

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