micro-grids

CleanTech Bites

Miners see 50% renewables as standard, but are aiming for 100%
Miners turn corner on renewables, with minimum 50% wind and solar considered the norm, and looking to use cheap renewables to build industries rather than just export ore.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 21, 2019

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$Why the NT should choose 100% renewables, instead of fracked gas$

Governments

Why the NT should choose 100% renewables, instead of fracked gas
The Northern Territory is at a crossroads. It can go down the dead-end street of gas fracking, or become Australia’s first renewable-driven economy.
Eytan Lenko

Jun 20, 2019

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s biggest manganese metals project may go 90% renewables
Renewables could power up to 90% of major new manganese project, and show how cheap wind and solar can help Australia compete in refining and value-added products.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 20, 2019

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Copper and gold turns to renewables, OZ Minerals to power site with solar, wind and storage
OZ minerals will use a hybrid solar, wind and battery system to power its Carrapeteena Copper-Gold Mine in an effort to reduce diesel costs.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 20, 2019

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micro-grids

Coober Pedy powered by 100 per cent renewables – most of the time
Coober Pedy hybrid grid operating at world leading 70% share of renewables, and at 100% wind and solar for more than half the time.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 20, 2019

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Renewables

Wind, solar and battery microgrid at W.A. gold mine an “Australian first”
A remote Western Australia gold mine has won $13.5m in ARENA funding to add 18MW of wind power to a 23MW solar, battery and gas microgrid.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 20, 2019

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Smart Energy

AGL cans bid for Vocus Group, but still on lookout for telco purchases
AGL withdraws $3 billion bid for Vocus Group, citing uncertainty over the value of the deal, but will continue to seek opportunities to integrate data and energy services.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 17, 2019

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Renewables

Goodbye energy consumers, hello energy citizens
Power is literally shifting to the people, and we have only just started to conceptualise what that might mean for consumers as energy citizens.
Mark Byrne

Jun 14, 2019

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Solar

How Horizon Power is using solar to slash its fossil fuel subsidies
Solar plant at Meekatharra eases crippling cost burden of diesel generation, as “cloud predictive” technology allows W.A. gold town to go 80% solar at times without a battery.
Sophie Vorrath

May 31, 2019

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Smart Energy

Mirvac taps Melbourne start-up for shared solar at new apartments
ASX-listed property developer inks deal with Allume Energy to use its solar sharing technology at new apartment complex – and potentially across all multi-occupant buildings.
Sophie Vorrath

May 30, 2019

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