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  • TPG launches carbon neutral mobile brand, powered by renewables
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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

    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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  • Gupta plans to take Sydney, Melbourne steel plants 100% renewable
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    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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  • Hawaii, California charge towards 100% renewable energy
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    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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  • CSIRO says Australia can get to 100 per cent renewable energy
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    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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  • “There go the coal plants”: Philippines energy at a crossroad
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    “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: 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 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

    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

    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?

    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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