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Collinsville 42.5MW solar farm underway as site works begin
Works begin on Ratch Australia’s 42.5MW solar farm, which is being constructed on the site of a former coal power plant.
Sophie Vorrath
Jul 5, 2017
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Coal
WA to close Muja coal units, in first signs of major shift to renewables
As WA’s new Labor government announces closure of Muja AB coal-fired power station the state will have no choice but to turn to wind and solar.
Sophie Vorrath
May 5, 2017
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Coal
Graph of the Day: Watch Australia’s biggest polluter power down
Australia is closing one of the world’s dirtiest coal power plants. Witness Hazelwood’s emissions disappear before your eyes.
Sophie Vorrath
Mar 28, 2017
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Renewables
Hunger strike pushes South Korea to defer coal plant plan
A protest and one-week hunger strike has prompted the South Korean Government to indefinitely postpone consideration of the 1160 MW ‘Dangjin Eco Power’ coal-fired plant.
Bob Burton
Aug 4, 2016
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Video of the Day: Postcards from Hazelwood
Here’s the mail: The proposal by Hazelwood’s French owners to shut down Australia’s dirtiest brown coal generator has a very interesting back story…
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Jun 2, 2016
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North America’s largest coal plant to be reopened as 44MW solar farm
In what must be considered a symbolic victory for renewables, North America’s one-time largest coal plant will be turned into a solar farm.
Sam Pothecary
Mar 18, 2016
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Policy & Planning
Australia’s biggest polluters increase emissions on Coalition watch
ACF report says a lack of federal leadership on climate policy has resulted in all but two of Australia’s top 10 polluters increasing their emissions in 2014-15 – the vast majority of which has come from burning black and brown coal to generate electricity.
Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson
Feb 29, 2016
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Hunt under pressure as Australia loses climate cred, gains carbon risk
Australia tumbles 10 places on key environmental performance index, while Oxford report warns its coal mines and plants are among the world’s riskiest investments.
Sophie Vorrath
Jan 28, 2016
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After Paris, can the “little black rock” clean up after itself?
As Paris talks banning new coal mines, it’s worth reminding Australia’s leaders that rehabilitating coal plants and mines is an expensive business.
Rod Campbell
Dec 3, 2015
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Turnbull accused of “browning down” OECD coal subsidy cuts
OECD deal to end export credits for new coal plant technology marred by Turnbull government-led compromise that could allow up to 16,000MW of extra coal plants – already in the planning pipeline – to be financed.
Sophie Vorrath
Nov 18, 2015
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