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Australia’s top solar states and suburbs
Climate Council’s latest data on household solar uptake suggests rooftop PV could soon be as “common as insulation” in some parts of Australia, with more than a dozen suburbs now recording penetration above 50 per cent.
Sophie Vorrath

May 26, 2016

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Hunt attacked from all sides on ‘safeguards mechanism’, digs deeper into denial
Labor calls “peak ineffectiveness” on Direct Action as Greg Hunt denies claims from the right the policy might actually have some bite.
Sophie Vorrath

May 25, 2016

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Melbourne company to roll out “world’s toughest” off-road EV
Melbourne manufacturer to begin producing its first electric vehicle, an Australian designed and made off-road EV for use by the mining sector.
Sophie Vorrath

May 24, 2016

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Australia’s main grid is over-dependent on old, dirty coal and needs reform
Research shows that the (NEM) in Australia is dominated by sub-critical electricity generators that are in general old and highly polluting by global standards.
Timothy King

May 17, 2016

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Green bank says clean energy investment hurdles still too high
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Australia’s “green bank” warns government that the investment benchmarks for its main fund and Malcolm Turnbull’s pet “innovation” fund are still too high, and don’t reflect the state of global debt markets.
Giles Parkinson

May 10, 2016

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CleanTech Bites

Renewables policy uncertainty costing Australia “mountains of global cash”
Australian renewables investment attractiveness rises, but EY report says long-term growth, PPAs impossible without policy certainty.
Sophie Vorrath

May 10, 2016

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Enphase battery storage sales commence in Australia, NZ
Enphase Energy’s 1.2kWh residential battery storage system has officially gone on sale in Australia, ahead of the first shipment, expected in August.
Sophie Vorrath

May 9, 2016

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Coalition rejects proposal to factor environment into electricity market rules
Coalition says using environment to guide National Electricity Market rules risks being unnecessarily complex and potentially confusing.
Sophie Vorrath

May 6, 2016

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Greens pledge $2.9bn to put battery storage in one million homes, businesses
Greens policy would help 1m-plus Australian households and businesses install heavily discounted battery storage over 5 years.
Sophie Vorrath

May 5, 2016

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Incumbents’ tariff war on rooftop solar accelerates “death spiral”
Low tariffs, and an absence of market signals rewarding the benefits of local generation, will encourage homes, businesses and small communities to quit the network, a new study has found. Will the incumbents ever learn?
Giles Parkinson

May 3, 2016

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Australia large-scale renewable investment plunges again to near record low
BNEF data shows Australian renewables investment down again, with households, businesses accounting for nearly all of it.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 27, 2016

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Shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant would have “negligible” impact on power prices: RepuTex
Study finds closing Australia’s biggest brown coal power plant as soon as 2017/18 would have “negligible” effect on electricity prices, while addressing the nation’s emissions task and oversupply of capacity in the NEM.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 27, 2016

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