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Electric Vehicles

Tesla EV charged with diesel generator still cleaner than conventional car
Critics argue EVs charged with fossil fuelled electricity are as dirty, if not dirtier than conventional ICE cars. We put that to the test.
Robert Dean

Feb 13, 2018

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Frydenberg Factcheck: Is S.A really burning 80,000l of diesel an hour to keep lights on?
Josh Frydenberg claims South Australia is burning ‘80,000 litres of diesel an hour, just to keep the lights on’. With so many half-truths floating about in the so called ‘energy debate’, it’s worth unpacking this claim.
Simon Holmes à Court

Jan 22, 2018

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Frydenberg condemns Lord Howe Island to fossil fuel future. It’s just not acceptable
Lord Howe Island wanted renewables to lessen its reliance on imported fossil fuel, but the idea has been killed by environment and energy minister Josh Frydenberg. This is why he has made the wrong decision.
Craig Thompson

Nov 27, 2017

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Renewables

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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Other Good Stuff

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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Other Good Stuff

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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Other Good Stuff

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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