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Storage

What do consumers get out of the Finkel blueprint?
The short answer is, not a lot. Finkel promises savings of $92 a year by 2030, but most customer bills are going to jump $300 a year next month. Nothing much will change until utilities can match the cost of new technologies, rather than hiding behind regulatory barriers.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 12, 2017

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Four shopping centres to go behind the meter in major commercial solar deal
One of Australia’s biggest shopping centre owners, SCA Property Group, signs 10-year deal to power four sites cross NSW and SA with a combined total of 2.9MW of rooftop PV.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 6, 2017

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Commentary

US quitting Paris climate agreement will only make things worse
Will he stay or will he go? Protesters at last week’s G7 meeting don’t know either.
Jonathan Pickering

May 31, 2017

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Biomass power plan to bridge gap between farmers and miners
Remote mining projects in farming areas could soon access baseload electricity from biomass plants powered by straw.
Andrew Spence

May 25, 2017

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Maximising local benefits from uptake of renewable energy and energy efficiency
Work on regional plans for 100 per cent renewable energy highlight importance of storage to soak up daytime supply, and the need to reduce night-time loads and shift them to the day.
Rob Passey and Ben Elliston

May 18, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Why every Australian town should have its own wind or solar farm
Imagining an Australia where every town is running off its own renewable energy projects is becoming a reality. Victoria is on the case.
Nicky Ison

May 1, 2017

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Commentary

Why should a solar home in Bundanoon receive less than a solar home in Ballarat?
What is a reasonable Feed-in Tariff (FiT) and why should a solar household in Bundanoon receive less than a solar household in Ballarat?
Connor James

Mar 24, 2017

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Energy goes local as utility people strike out on their own
Recently, Adrian Merrick predicted an imminent “inflection point” for big utilities. Now he’s about to put his theory into practice.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 8, 2017

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Greensync launches world-first exchange to trade stored household solar power
Industry and govt set to pilot Decentralised Energy Exchange – “deX” – for trading locally generated and stored rooftop solar power to support the grid.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 23, 2017

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Crisis of trust – energy businesses turn to local partnerships
Mistruths that have shaken public trust in energy companies and our politicians. That’s why many are turning to trusted local partnerships.
Nicky Ison

Feb 22, 2017

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Solar

Queensland’s largest solar farm now feeding power to the grid
Elecnor’s 25MW Barcaldine Solar Farm in central-western Queensland is feeding electricity into the grid – two months ahead of schedule.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 14, 2016

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NSW Coalition supports peer-to-peer trading for solar households
NSW parliamentary secretary Adam Marshall says solar households in NSW should have the ability to trade electricity that they generate from their rooftops.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 31, 2016

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