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Video of the Day: The end of coal generation in South Australia
Boilers of old Northern coal fired generator brought down, bringing end of coal era in South Australia and paving way for huge investment in renewables and storage.
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Medibank’s unhealthy addiction to fossil fuels
Climate change remains the biggest global health threat of the 21st Century, yet Medibank has remained invested in coal, oil and gas companies that fuel the problem.
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Energy efficiency: the foundation of the climate transition
Energy debate in Australia seems overly focused on supply side of the market – it should look more closely at demand.
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Koutsantonis slams NEG, says it is an attack on renewables
SA energy minister Tom Koutsantonis says cannot support NEG, says it an attack on renewables, designed to keep alive dirty coal.
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Graphs of the Day: Australia the global climate laggard
If the Turnbull government was setting the standard for global climate action… we’d be going to hell in a handcart, says new report.
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Renewable energy for industry next big thing for Australia, says IEA
International Energy Agency says solar, hydro and and wind have enormous potential for use in industrial processes – particularly in places like Australia, where the cost will be $USUS30/MWh.
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Energy incumbents are going on a ‘gorging spree’
Big fossil-fuel-based utilities are overcharging their customers, going on a “’gorging spree” while they still can.
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Australia adds 107MW rooftop solar in October as 2017 heads for record year
Commercial solar growth helps push Australia’s total PV installs to 107MW in October, almost guaranteeing 1GW record for 2017.
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JinkoSolar claims record 23.5% efficiency for PERC solar cell
Jinko sets new efficiency record for PERC solar cell and sees big future in “half cell” modules.
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DP Energy trumps Gupta with 1.1GW of wind, solar and storage
Irish company DP Energy unveils major expansion of its Port Augusta hybrid renewable energy park, adding another 300MW of solar and 400MW of battery storage, as South Australia continues to hurtle towards near 100 per cent renewable energy.
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We need to talk about rooftop solar
So you’ve installed rooftop solar – but is it performing as well as you expected? A new APVI web-based survey aims to help improve the quality of PV system components, installations and system designs.
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Flinders Island makes switch to renewables, with solar, wind and energy storage Hub
Flinders Island’s Hybrid Energy Hub is already taking the previously diesel powered Tasmanian island to levels of 80% renewables, and should manage to supply 100 per cent of demand before the year is out.
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