Australia Archives - Page 11 of 19 - Renew Economy

Corporate PPAs on the rise, as business develops appetite for renewables
Report says long-term power purchase agreements on rise among global corporates, providing a boon to renewables – even in Australia.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 8, 2015

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Mark Group, Solgen merge in move to corner Australian rooftop solar market
Rooftop solar installer Mark Group and commercial solar leader Solgen have merged, in a bid to capture a leading share of Australia’s rooftop solar installation market.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 7, 2015

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CSIRO plan to make cheaper solar cells gets ARENA backing
A CSIRO plan to accelerate the development of perovskite solar cells in Australia has won $892,000 in funding from ARENA.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 4, 2015

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Australian made floating solar technology headed to California
Infratech Industry’s world-leading floating solar technology will be exported to California, to be installed at a water treatment plant in America’s “salad bowl.”
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 4, 2015

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ESCO gets UK funding to push plans for 1GW of big solar plants in Australia
London finance group credits new PM for Australia’s positive big solar outlook, as plan for 1GW of grid-connected projects raises $4m from international investors.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 4, 2015

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As Paris talks, Australia’s energy emissions are going in the wrong direction
Australia’s energy emissions are changing at about the rate required, but going away from the target, not towards it.
Hugh Saddler

Dec 2, 2015

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Australia needs a fresh start on climate policy: CCA
Australia needs to ‘reset’ its climate policy discussion, the government’s advisory body on climate policy has said in its latest report.
James Whitmore

Dec 1, 2015

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Fact-checking the claim that Australian coal is clean
Australian thermal coal is higher in energy content, true, but its ash content is double Indonesia’s export-coal average.
Tim Buckley

Nov 27, 2015

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Australia can meet its Kyoto target – but “real emissions” will not fall to -5% by 2020
While we will officially meet our Kyoto target, Australian emissions will not fall to -5 per cent on 2000 levels by 2020.
Hugh Grossman

Nov 25, 2015

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Australia open to 1.5 °C climate target, “carbon neutral” in 2050
Australia is open to including a target of 1.5°C in Paris climate text, and a goal of “carbon neutrality” by 2050. How things have changed since Tony Abbott was replaced as prime minister. Such goals would result in an inevitable tightening of Australia’s own efforts on climate change.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 17, 2015

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Household battery storage to be economically attractive by 2020: ATA
Battery storage could be economically attractive in Sydney and Adelaide as early as 2018, and elsewhere in 2020.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 16, 2015

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Australia’s climate targets still out of reach after second emissions auction
Australia will struggle to make real emissions reductions without making structural change away from coal in the energy sector.
Peter Christoff

Nov 13, 2015

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