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Renewables

Why the future belongs to decentralised renewables
China and to some extent India are emerging as the principal practitioners of an alternative vision of energy growth.
John Mathews

Nov 22, 2016

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Smart Energy

Lumenaza aims to connect 1.4m solar households with regional market
A new software platform in Germany lets utilities buy and sell “regional electricity” by connecting up small producers with consumers.
Sonja van Renssen

Nov 15, 2016

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CleanTech Bites

Emissions from energy use down slightly for the first time in two years
For the first time since the Coalition dumped the carbon price, energy combustion emissions fell in June 2016.
Hugh Saddler

Sep 6, 2016

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Solar

Half of Australia’s solar homes don’t understand technology on their roof
A startling number of solar households think the best use of their investment is to feed power to the grid. Education is needed.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 1, 2016

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CleanTech Bites

The huge energy cross-subsidy Queensland consumers don’t see
Qld govt pays $560m+ a year to subsidise regional energy consumers. Might be smarter and cheaper to build renewable microgrids.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 21, 2016

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Renewables

It’s time to plan for electric vehicles on the grid
New report identifies important best practices for utilities, regulators, and other stakeholders to incorporate electric vehicles into the grid.
Chris Nelder

Jun 16, 2016

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Other Good Stuff

Nuclear fail: New reactor took 43 years to build, shut down after 2 days
More than 4 decades after construction began, Watts Bar-2 reactor finally connected to the grid and then two days later shut down due to faults.
Craig Morris

Jun 16, 2016

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CleanTech Bites

Transgrid’s big push into smaller grid-scale energy storage
Transgrid says it is looking to install a number of smaller, 1MW-sized battery storage systems at commercial customers.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 6, 2016

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Other Good Stuff

The will of government – not coal – is key to energy access …
Bhutan shows it is not really coal or any other source of energy that is the missing ingredient in providing electricity to children of the Third World.
Mike Sandiford

Jun 6, 2016

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Enphase says battery storage orders well ahead of target
Enphase reports strong interest in battery storage products. “The move to next generation grid and decarbonisation cannot happen fast enough.”
Giles Parkinson

May 23, 2016

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