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    CEFC provides loan to finance most of 5MW solar farm to be built on former colliery site near Newcastle, paving the way for batteries and electric trucks.
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    Mar 7, 2018
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    Carnegie’s EMC wins tender to build solar farm in NSW “coal city”

    Carnegie Clean Energy subsidiary Energy Made Clean wins tender to build 5MW solar farm on former rubbish dump, in the former coal hub of Newcastle.
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    Feb 14, 2018
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    Sep 5, 2017
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    Direct Action on climate means moving your money

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    George Parry
    Aug 9, 2016
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    A proposal to build a fourth coal-export terminal in Newcastle, Australia, is about as big a boondoggle in the making as one can imagine.
    Tim Buckley
    Jul 16, 2015
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