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Sophie is editor of One Step Off The Grid and deputy editor of its sister site, Renew Economy. Sophie has been writing about clean energy for more than a decade.
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Tasmania may double size of hydro plant, in first step of big battery plans
ARENA backs feasibility study in Hydro Tasmania's plan to double capacity of 104MW Tarraleah Hydro Scheme – a "start" for bigger "battery of the nation" plans.
Portugal grid averages 103% renewable electricity over month of March; government suspends power supply subsidies in April.
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How solar, wind and hydro could power the world, at lower cost
An updated study from US and Danish academics says we can electrify the world through using mainly solar, wind and hydro – and for a quarter of the cost...
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Consumers vs the empire: The economics favour partial grid defection
The economics are now increasingly in favour of partial grid defection. You’re a fool if you don’t have rooftop solar PV and you could.
Australian Federal Government
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Malcolm Turnbull
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Can Tasmania be turned into Australia’s peak load generator?
Pitching Tasmania as a ‘renewable energy engine’ for the nation is probably clever politics , but the main problem is that it's simply fanciful.
Record output from wind and hydro in October nearly matches brown coal for first time, as new data highlights how quickly renewables could reduce emissions.
Renewable energy accounted for just under 15% of all electricity generated in Australia in 2015, says CEC, boosted by low-cost wind and solar.
Tasmania returns to 100% renewable electricity as dam levels recover, and prices plunge as it switches off expensive gas and diesel.
Brazil launches first stage of project targeting 10MW floating solar at its hydropower plants, in bid to reduce evaporation and bolster electricity output in drought.
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Tasmania’s crazy lurch back into the (expensive) fossil fuel era
Due to a combination of bad luck and rotten planning, old school thinking and – guess what – climate change, Tasmania has found itself turning to diesel generator to...
