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CQU team behind biodiesel made from waste oil in talks with Caltex
Plans of CQU research team to produce commercial amounts of biodiesel from waste cooking oil has attracted the attention of an oil major.
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Five things we learned this week about Tony Turnbull/Malcolm Abbott
Nearly six months ago Malcolm Turnbull became PM after Tony Abbott was dumped by his own party. What emerged from this shake-up, however, was a shady new composite figure – a Malcolm Abbott, or a Tony Turnbull. Here’s how to recognise him…
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Australia should follow Obama’s solar SunShot
Turnbull should be excited by the U.S govt’s US$36m investment to turn solar PV and storage batteries into a new kind of virtual power source.
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First 160MW of huge Noor solar thermal plant connected to Moroccan grid
First 160MW of Morocco’s CSP Noor project connected to grid, with another 350MW to come online by 2018.
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Toshiba reorganising to focus on energy, storage amid major losses
Toshiba to place emphasis on its energy and storage businesses, as latest earnings results show catastrophic losses.
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Victoria’s climate agenda: How to build new renewables? Part 2
The transformation and decarbonisation of our energy supply also requires a plan to retire the state’s outdated and polluting coal-fired power stations.
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Hydro Tasmania agrees load cuts with biggest customer as hydro dries up
Tasmania’s biggest electricity user, Bell Bay Aluminium, has agreed to cut its load as the state battles with depleting hydro resources, the loss of its connection to the mainland, and raging bushfires.
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Restoring the grid after a blackout — using batteries
Europe’s first commercial battery park, will be upgraded to become the first battery storage system in the country capable of restoring the local grid.
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Adani puts Galilee coal mine on hold pending recovery in coal price
Indian brokers report says Adani puts Galilee Basin coal project on hold until rebound in coal prices is visible.
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New York just proposed its plan to reach 50% renewables
Early last week, the New York Department of Public Service released its proposed plan to reach 50% renewables by 2030.
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Hazelwood owner charged over 45-day coal mine fire
French owner of Victoria’s Hazelwood brown coal power plant charged with breaching occupational health and safety laws over the 2014 mine fire that burned for 45 days.
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Is India starting to waver on coal?
From court rulings over pollution, to private power companies dumping coal projects in favour of solar, to huge stockpiles of unwanted coal, India’s energy policy is in a state of flux.
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