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Australia is headed for its biggest year of rooftop solar growth ever – and the mid-scale boom is yet to come
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A seemingly niche decision around data centre standards will determine whether LGC prices retain some degree of health, or resume a death spiral to negligible value.
Victoria will have higher electricity prices and more gas without VNI West
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A NSW parliamentary inquiry has recommended the government require data centres to supply their own 100 per cent renewable energy on an hourly basis.
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