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First turbine completed at Tasmania’s Cattle Hill wind farm
First turbine completed at Goldwind's 144MW Cattle Hill wind farm in Tasmania, which will boost the island state's wind power capacity by 50% once complete.
Australian Federal Government CleanTech Bites Governments Renewables Solar Wind
AEMO confirms big de-ratings for wind and solar farms, reprieve for some
AEMO confirms big de-ratings for some wind and solar farms, but the news is not so bad for some installations that get a reprieve after new calculations were made.
Ivan Higuearas, the international head of Gransolar, discusses why Australia is a global solar hot-spot, if we get the rules and policies right, and some interesting ideas about battery...
Australian Federal Government Bill Shorten CleanTech Bites Climate Governments Renewables
Labor to remove Coalition’s “climate fig leaf”, push funds to clean energy
Labor reveals it will scrap Coalition's "Climate Solutions Fund" and redirect funds to clean energy initiatives.
Governments NSW Government Renewables Wind
NSW Planning blocks Crookwell 3 wind farm, in heart of Taylor’s electorate
Third stage of Crookwell wind farm, in heart of energy minister Angus Taylor's electorate, rejected by NSW Planning after opposition from local Landscape Guardian groups.
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Murdoch media and the myth about Tesla EVs causing blackouts
Murdoch media and the Coalition have plunged the depth of stupidity in their campaign against EVs, but the prize goes for the claim that Tesla EV charging is already...
Sweden considers expanded role for solar in meeting country's 100 per cent renewables target.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance says it's cheaper in Australia, right now, to build new wind or solar than to operate and generate power from shovelling coal into existing plant.
Governments Renewables Rooftop PV Solar Western Australian Government Wind
Rooftop solar kills summer peak in W.A., as renewables nudge 50% share
In W.A. the "hot season" peak is now the same as the winter peak, thanks to rooftop solar. The share of renewables is also nudging 50% at times.
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Update: Britain goes more than one week with no coal generation – the new “normal”
Update: Adoption of solar by British households and more wind energy helps keep coal out of grid for more than one week, government hails it as new normal.
