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Tesla targets Australia as 1st market for Powerwall, deliveries in 2015
Australia has been prioritised as first global market to get the 7kWh Tesla Powerwall home battery storage systems, with first deliveries later this year.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 17, 2015

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Commentary

Darwin-made, outback-tested energy storage system to be used in remote Africa
A fly-wheel based energy storage system designed by ABB in Darwin, and successfully used to smooth solar supply in remote WA, will be used to smooth wind generation on a Kenya hybrid microgrid.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 3, 2015

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Carmichael coal mine deeper in doubt as NAB, LG walk away
National Australia Bank becomes 14th global bank to rule out funding Queensland coal mine ‘that would dwarf Paris’; LG says it won’t buy the coal.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 3, 2015

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Even Abbott’s weak emissions target will be hard work to meet
Regardless of who is in government, we are in for some big changes as we begin to respond to climate change. Here’s a look at what some of them might be.
Alan Pears

Aug 14, 2015

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Australian PV market hits July high, boosted by commercial solar
Strong growth in commercial solar in NSW, Queensland and Victoria help Australia PV market notch up best month of 2015, with 69MW added in July.
Staff Reporter

Aug 13, 2015

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Policy & Planning

Pacific island calls for end to coal, as Abbott’s Australia digs in
A letter from the climate change front line – the Pacific island nation of Kiribati – is calling for a global moratorium on new coal mine development. Meanwhile, in Australia, we have a government that champions coal, and an electricity market that’s still wedded to fossil fuels.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 13, 2015

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US view: Australia offers lacklustre 2030 climate target
Australia’s proposal would mean that other countries will have to do more to achieve the goal of limiting global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees C.
Rhys Gerholdt and Mengpin Ge

Aug 13, 2015

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Australians prefer renewables: 84% say solar their ideal energy source, 69% wind
Climate Institute survey finds 84% of Australians prefer solar to be in ideal energy mix of three sources, then wind at 69%, and hydro.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 10, 2015

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Policy & Planning

Abbott wrong to say Australian coal will help Indian poor
Tony Abbott’s claim Australian coal will cure Indian energy poverty reveals a deep lack of understanding for the real situation, says former govt minister.
Eas Sarma

Aug 10, 2015

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SunEdison to co-develop ‘world’s biggest’ Bulli Creek solar farm in Queensland
US solar giant SunEdison to co-develop proposed 2GW Bulli Creek solar project in Queensland – the worlds’s largest – along with Solar Choice.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 5, 2015

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Australia still subsidising fossil fuels at rate of $1,712 per person a year
IMF says fossil fuels subsidy reform ‘urgent as ever’, with countries like Australia still paying $1000+ per capita for them.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 5, 2015

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Policy & Planning

Australia hit its Kyoto target, but it was more a three-inch putt than a hole in one
No claim has been more audacious than the one now being told by the federal government about Australia’s “success” in meeting its Kyoto emissions target.
Clive Hamilton

Jul 17, 2015

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