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    Industrial hub to host big battery in the heart of NSW coal country

    The Steel River Eco Estate, in the heart of the New South Wales Hunter Region, has unveiled plans to host a 28MW big battery system.
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    Jan 18, 2021
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  • CEFC tips in $6.5 million loan for Newcastle solar farm

    CEFC tips in $6.5 million loan for Newcastle solar farm

    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.
    Giles Parkinson
    Mar 7, 2018
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  • Carnegie’s EMC wins tender to build solar farm in NSW “coal city”
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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.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Feb 14, 2018
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  • Coal city Newcastle prepares tender for 5MW solar farm
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    Coal city Newcastle prepares tender for 5MW solar farm

    Eight companies short-listed to tender for job to develop, operate 5MW solar farm on former landfill site at Newcastle.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Sep 5, 2017
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  • Direct Action on climate means moving your money
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    Direct Action on climate means moving your money

    What will drive the revolution to get climate damaging companies to change? Demonstrations do not work, facts do not work. What is the answer? Money.
    George Parry
    Aug 9, 2016
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    A white elephant proposal for Newcastle coal port

    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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