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AECOM powers up with three senior hires
AECOM Australia & New Zealand has made three key appointments to its growing power industry team.
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Impact plans second solar investment fund as Williamsdale opens
Impact officially opens Williamsdale solar farm in ACT, and puts together portfolio of solar assets in NSW, Victoria and Queensland for a second solar investment fund.
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ARENA, CEFC back plan to recycle EV-batteries for household storage
A Melbourne company that has found a way to recycle EV batteries for use in household and grid-scale storage gets some money from Turnbull’s innovation fund.
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Investec Australia supports Australian green energy sector
Investec Australia Limitedโs Infrastructure Finance & Investment team has added to its local funding of green energy by helping a UK developer of solar projects expand in Australia.
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Australian household electricity prices may be 25% higher than official reports
The IEA may be underestimating Australian household energy bills by 25% because of a lack of accurate data from the federal government.
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Renewable energy markets un-moved by bizarre push for coal
Once upon a time political divisions on energy policy would have had a significant impact on the renewable energy market. This time, however, it has been largely ignored.
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Utilities scramble to catch up with stunning fall in renewable energy costs
While it may take decades yet for renewables to become the dominant form of generation globally, their presence today is permanent, economically rational and their advance inevitable.
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Tritium boosts EV charger production seven-fold at Brisbane plant
Tritium unveiled new facility that will lift manufacturing of EV charging stations 7-fold, while QLD government unveils its long term EV strategy.
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Greens push 20GW energy storage target to shift debate from baseload
Greens unveil plan for 20GW of energy storage by 2030, providing incentives for storage at household and grid level, and try to move the energy debate beyond the limited scope of baseload vs renewables.
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Trump gives Turnbull blueprint to defend coal and “fight the future”
He may already had one, but prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has just been given a blueprint by the Trump administration on how to protect dirty “baseload” coal, and extend his fight against the energy future.
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Australiaโs New Energy Solar completes US$62.5 million private placement.
New Energy Solar Fund and New Energy Solar Limited are pleased to announce the financial close of an issue of US$62.5 million of senior secured 24-year amortising notes in the US private placement market.
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Tesla post record deliveries, but Model 3 production not yet jumping
Q3 was Teslaโs best quarter ever for deliveries but Model 3 deliveries were lower than anticipated, due to production restraints.
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