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Acciona wins tender for 300MW solar farm in Queensland coal country
Acciona wins contract to develop, finance, construct and operate $500m 300MW Aldoga solar farm in Gladstone, one of Queensland’s coal centres.
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5 impacts of living with solar + storage in an apartment
It’s been over a year since we “flicked the switch” at Stucco. Has it lived up to our dreams of slashed bills and grid dependence?
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Could a new owner of Liddell power station keep workers safe?
Any buyer of the ageing Liddell coal fired power generator needs to take account of the significant safety risks to workers of ageing, failing equipment.
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Crunch time for Tesla as Musk tries to bed down production
There’s good reason why Tesla founder and boss Elon Musk is back to sleeping on the company’s giga-factory floor and directly supervising production.
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This S3XY chart shows Tesla’s exponential growth in the making
Tesla’s production figures for the first quarter 2018 provide some cause for optimism. Could the company be building one million EVs a year by 2022?
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SolarEdge wins Edison Award
SolarEdge’s Inverter with HD-Wave Technology Recognized Innovation in the Renewable Energy Category.
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Home battery storage has trebled – but should you be installing it?
Battery storage uptake by Australian households is starting to take off. But is it a financial no-brainer? New analysis from SunWiz says … it’s complicated. If you care about return on investment, there’s some things you should know.
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Sonnen lands biggest battery order in Australia with housing developer
Sonnen selected to provide 270 residential batteries for Melbourne property development, to cut household power bills by 60% and possibly help power a community water recycling plant.
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Commercial battery boom headed for Australia, despite “outdated policy”
Survey finds 62% of businesses plan to invest in battery storage in next 18 months. But can governments and regulators keep up?
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Turnbull’s brown coal hydrogen horror show: $500m for 3 tonnes
Turnbull hails half a billion dollar, year long project that will turn Victoria brown coal into just three tonnes of hydrogen fuel. Has the world gone completely mad?
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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.
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Google, Apple smash their 100% renewable electricity goals
Within days of each other, Google and Apple both announce they are now matching all of their electricity needs with renewable energy production.
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