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The trials, tribulations and absolute joys of electric motorcycling
It’s been almost 5 years since I swapped from a petrol engined motorcycle to an all electric Zero. Since then I’ve travelled 32,767km at an average cost of 1.5c per km.
Nigel Morris

Jul 26, 2017

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Big Oil just woke up to threat of rising electric car demand
The world’s biggest oil producers are starting to take electric vehicles seriously as a long-term threat.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Jul 19, 2017

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If Volvo wanted to be revolutionary, it would drop diesel altogether
Volvo Cars has been in the news recently in relation to their announcement this Wednesday on their decision to leave the internal combustion engine only based automotive industry.
Franco Gonzalez

Jul 10, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

WA national park taken off-grid by local network
Horizon Power’s stand-alone power project taking Fitzgerald River National Park off-grid with solar, battery storage and back-up diesel.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 21, 2017

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First U.S. offshore wind farm shutters diesel power plant
Block Island officials switched on cable linking wind farm to main grid, which allowed island’s only electricity source — a small diesel-fueled power plant — to shut down.
Bobby Magill

May 3, 2017

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Electric Vehicles

4 major world cities just agreed to get rid of diesel engines
Paris, Madrid, Athens, and Mexico City will ban diesel engines by 2025, mayors of the four major world cities announced this week.
Samantha Page

Dec 5, 2016

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Tasmania’s diesel detour an “economic and environmental crisis”, say Greens
Tasmanian senate inquiry hears state’s use of diesel power during its electricity crisis would cost Hydro Tas $22m a month, emit 256,000 tonnes of carbon pollution over 4 months, and turn the energy market on its head.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 15, 2016

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Will Norway ban petrol and diesel cars by 2025?
German bloggers report that the Norwegians are looking into adopting a National Transport Plan with 100 percent electric cars, buses, and small trucks by 2025.
Craig Morris

Mar 22, 2016

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Graph of the Day: Tasmania’s switch back to fossil fuels
Tasmania’s lurch back into fossil fuels deepens as the first of 200MW of diesel generators is switched on.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 21, 2016

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IRENA takes $46 million stab at the heart of fossil fuel
IRENA announces funding for renewable projects that either replace existing diesel generators, or provide clean electricity to off grid communities that previously had none.
Tina Casey

Jan 20, 2016

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