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US solar giant Sungevity quits Australia, expands in Europe
US solar giant Sungevity has dumped plans to become dominant player in the Australian market and has exited the country, an apparent victim of Abbott’s war on renewables. RoofJuice, the new owner, says it will focus on ‘smart solar’ to deal with rule changes, and battery storage.
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Can consumers handle the complexity of solar and storage?
The inevitable and unstoppable shift to solar and storage is likely to see a big change in the way that tariffs are structured – hopefully for the better, rather than the worse – but it may just mean another level of complexity for consumers in what is already a thoroughly opaque market.
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Large scale solar near parity in world’s three biggest markets
Large scale solar is nearing parity in US, China, and India. Even in the US, utilities are giving up the fight against solar, says leading manufacturer.
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One Step Off the Grid, and exciting stories from behind the meter
One Step Off the Grid, the sister publication to RenewEconomy that is focused on the consumer, today issued its second newsletter, with a host of interesting stories about Australia’s energy revolution.
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CleanTech Cluster launched to support Australian green business growth
Industry-based mechanism to give Australian cleantech companies financial and commercial backing, after Abbott government cuts federal support.
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SunPower buys 1.5 GW US solar pipeline from Australia’s Infigen
SunPower has added a further 1.5 GW to its growing solar PV pipeline across the U.S.
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$2.2 billion, 1 gigawatt solar project in Kenya moves forward
Last Friday, North America’s SkyPower announced that it would be signing a solar deal with Kenya for a 1 gigawatt, $2.2 billion development project.
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Renewables briefly covered 78 per cent of German electricity
On July 25, Germany surpassed the old record of 74% renewable electricity. But the most interesting aspect is power trading between France & Germany on that day.
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Taking respite from renewable fiction: Why the numbers do matter
We can push the percentage of wind power further upwards, with relative ease. And that is genuinely exciting.
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Coalition makes it up in campaign against renewables, climate action
Coalition claims of cost of renewables are becoming more and more ridiculous. And so are the claims in the Murdoch Media, Even on Q&A, the ABC let Ron Boswell get away with – and even approved of – a litany of absurdities.
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