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Coal

Wind and solar provide two-thirds of new capacity additions in 2019, BNEF says
Solar the most popular source of new generation in one-third of countries, as renewables represent 75 per cent of new capacity added in 2019.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 1, 2020

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Hydrogen

Renewable hydrogen to undercut gas on price, but not the answer for transport
Report says renewable hydrogen could beat out gas on power generation – but it’s not the answer for low-carbon automotive transport.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 31, 2020

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Solar

Coronavirus could deliver first global solar market contraction since 1980s, says BNEF
Bloomberg New Energy Finance says hit to demand as Coronavirus takes hold could make 2020 the “first down year for solar capacity addition” in several decades.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 17, 2020

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Markets

Australia being left behind as global corporate renewable PPA market surges ahead
Corporate market for wind and solar rose sharply in 2019, but in Australia it slowed dramatically, partly due to growing grid connection frustrations.
Michael Mazengarb

Jan 29, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Solar tops coal as world’s biggest source of new capacity over past decade
Some $US1.3 trillion has been tipped into solar installations in last decade, pushing it above coal and forcing prices down dramatically.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 6, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

Australia needs more than a single page EV strategy to cut transport emissions
EVs can help to significantly lower global transport emissions, but governments must develop the strategies to ensure they can achieve their full potential.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 18, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

Global petrol car sales may already have passed their peak as consumers eye EVs
BNEF says electric cars will dominate global new car sales by 2040, but petrol car sales may already have peaked. Meanwhile, head of ARENA also gets bullish on EVs in Australia.
Michael Mazengarb

May 16, 2019

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Renewables

Age of cheap coal power is over for Australia, says BNEF
Bloomberg New Energy Finance says it’s cheaper in Australia, right now, to build new wind or solar than to operate and generate power from shovelling coal into existing plant.
Sophie Vorrath

May 8, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

EVs could match petrol cars on cost by next year in Australia
BNEF says total cost of EVs could match petrol cars as early as next year in Australia, and says Labor’s target of 50% share of sales by 2030 is feasible.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 30, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Australia tipped to add 70,000 home batteries in 2019, lead global demand
BNEF report says Australia on track to become biggest, “most attractive” home battery market in world in 2019, thanks to state government subsidies and huge rooftop solar uptake.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 24, 2019

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Renewables

Another coal myth busted as developing nations turn to renewables
BloombergNEF study shows new coal-fired capacity additions fell to their lowest level in over a decade, as developing nations led world in take-up of renewables.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 27, 2018

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CleanTech Bites

The stunning wind, solar and battery costs the Coalition refuses to accept
BNEF analysis for Australia shows wind and solar are killing coal and gas on cost, and that the Coalition is barking up the wrong tree trying to shovel new investments into coal.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 23, 2018

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