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First Solar says utility solar market in Australia poised for growth
First Solar says tenders from two governments, one agency, and one retailer suggests large scale solar market is about to take off in Australia.
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GPT building 1.25MW rooftop solar array in Darwin, largest in Australia
Property group GPT has begun construction of what will be Australia’s largest solar array on a commercial building.
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Woolworths builds solar portfolio to 1.2MW, well short of 320MW mooted in 2010
Woolworths has quietly installed 1.2MW of rooftop solar, but it is well short of the 320MW potential it identified five years ago.
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Coal production subsidies cost Australians $1.8bn a year
Report finds government subsidies to Australian coal export industry lead to uneconomic projects, and cost taxpayers $1.8bn a year.
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Woodside’s failed PNG power play shows the growing desperation in gas sector
Woodside’s failed A$11.6-billion acquisition of Oil Search Ltd is a sign of both desperation and wider trends in the oil and gas industry.
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US government adds $US100 million to solar power research
Researchers developing new solar technology to get more than $100 million in grants from the US government as a way to expand access to low-carbon energy.
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Ontario’s virtual power plant from home solar and storage
Twenty homes within PowerStream’s territory have embarked upon a project that could change the face of electrical consumption in Ontario.
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Broken Hill solar plant achieves first generation
The first 26MW of the Broken Hill Solar Plant in NSW have been switched on and are feeding energy into the grid.
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Turnbull channels Abbott as he attacks Labor’s renewables target, ETS
Turnbull describes Labor’s 50% renewables target as reckless, Hunt continues nonsense attack on emissions reduction costs, while Coalition’s climate deniers and renewable-haters continue to run amok. Has anything changed?
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Households to play central role in high renewable energy system
Malcolm Turnbull wants Australians to embrace new technologies. A new report suggests we could start in the home, where rooftop PV, battery storage and EVs will enable consumers to play a central role in a modern, flexible grid driven by wind and solar.
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BHP, BCA named as ‘climate obstructionists’ on new investor website
Business Council of Australia and mining giant BHP Billiton ranked as climate change legislation obstructionists by new investor tool.
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Is Turnbull for turning on climate change?
In his first Question Time as PM, Malcolm Turnbull did little to shake the impression he has sold out on climate change. So has he?
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