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Beginning of the end for fossil fuels? Panic sweeps global markets
Financial markets are finally catching up to the news: Fossil fuels are in decline in both transport and electricity, and the woes of VW and Glencore. Even the Bank of England has sounded a warning. Meanwhile, the likes of BHP, Origin and AGL are trying to convince investors that everything is OK.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 30, 2015

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Coal heavy AGL to invest in renewables “if and when” investment climate improves
AGL defends coal plant buying spree, saying it would provide funds to invest in renewables “if and when” investment climate improves.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 30, 2015

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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.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 17, 2015

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AGL targets 400MW rooftop solar in push into New Energy
AGL Energy sets out an ambitious solar target for its new energy division, but continues to hedge its bets between future technology and ageing fossil fuel generation.
Giles Parkinson

May 26, 2015

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Australia’s biggest solar plant starts generating to the grid
First 25MW from Nyngan, Australia’s largest solar farm, start feeding into the national grid.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 22, 2015

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AGL to offer battery storage to customers before end of year
AGL Energy to offer battery storage to customers before the end of the year, and predicts “mass market” for storage by early 2020s.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 27, 2015

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Is utility-scale solar finally about to take off in Australia?
Australia should have longed been a leader in utility scale solar, but has been blocked by the fossil fuel industry and poor policy. Now there are signs that large scale solar is about to take off – both at the “mega” project level and in smaller, localised projects.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 20, 2015

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AGL plays up solar investments as it gears up for retail market
AGL Energy keen to play up renewable energy credentials – and its large-scale solar PV plants it is building in Nyngan and Broken Hill – as it prepares for retail market campaign.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 2, 2015

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AGL says 9GW of baseload fossil fuels no longer needed
AGL Energy says that 9,000MW of fossil fuel baseload capacity needs to be removed from Australia’s electricity market, because too much has been built and the economics are being undermined by rooftop solar and other factors. The question is how this is done. AGL also accuses rival utilities of shaping their arguments against renewables to protect their own investments.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 1, 2013

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AGL says infrasound levels unchanged by Australia’s largest wind farm
Independent study finds no change in infrasound levels since construction of the AGL co-owned 420MW Macarthur Wind Farm.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 24, 2013

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