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TPG launches carbon neutral mobile brand, powered by renewables
TPG telecom launches a new low-cost, carbon neutral and 100% renewably powered mobile brand, called felix.
Michael Mazengarb

Nov 19, 2020

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Yackandandah takes another step closer to 100% renewable energy
Victoria town of Yackandandah adds solar and storage to get one step closer to 100% renewables target.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 3, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Gupta plans to take Sydney, Melbourne steel plants 100% renewable
Gupta says bigger steel plants in Sydney and Melbourne will go 100% renewable, and there is no reason why an aluminium smelter could not follow.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 31, 2017

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Storage

Hawaii, California charge towards 100% renewable energy
Hawaii and California take major steps towards 100% renewable energy, showing it can be done on both big island grids, and in a major economy. In Hawaii, the local utility is so keen it says it can reach the target 5 years earlier than the mandate.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 24, 2017

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Storage

CSIRO says Australia can get to 100 per cent renewable energy
CSIRO says no technical barriers to 100% renewables, and levels of up to 30% should be considered “trivial” as other energy experts reject conservative attachment to “baseload” fossil fuels.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 22, 2017

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Renewables

“There go the coal plants”: Philippines energy at a crossroad
Appointment of environmental campaigner as head of energy policy in Philippines signals major shift away from coal and towards 100% renewable energy.
Gerry Arances

Jun 23, 2016

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“Base load” power: a myth used to defend the fossil fuel industry
“Base load” power is not a technical term, but an economic one that supports the fossil fuel industry. But while it’s ingrained in western culture, China’s network operator can see a future where fossil fuels act, at most, as back-up to wind, solar and other renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 2, 2016

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Victorian network signs up to help rural community go 100% renewable
Victorian network operator Powercor signs MOU to help rural town of Newstead shift to 100 renewable energy by 2021.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 15, 2016

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US utility launches community solar program enabling customers to go 100% renewable
Pacific Gas & Electric has launched a community solar program that allows customers to get half or all of their electricity from the sun.
Julia Pyper

Feb 9, 2016

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Djibouti announces 300MW solar project as part of 100% renewable plan
The African country of Djibouti has a goal to procure 100% of its energy from renewables.
Becky Beetz

Jan 22, 2016

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What will it take for America to go 100% renewable?
It took just three years for three US cities to make the transition to 100 percent clean energy — its expected that pace will only quicken in the coming years.
Natasha Geiling

Jan 22, 2016

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What will the Energiewende cost?
The good news is that German government’s current renewable goals will be affordable. The bad news is that 100% renewable energy is less so.
Craig Morris

Nov 20, 2015

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