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  • CleanTech Bites

    New “ethical” debt fund targets renewables merchant market

    With $50m in backing from Future Super, new debt fund taps renewable energy “sweet spot” – including small to medium solar projects with no PPAs.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Sep 4, 2017
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  • Origin signs PPA for new 150MW solar farm in north Queensland
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    Origin signs PPA for new 150MW solar farm in north Queensland

    Origin signs 13-year PPA for output of edify Energy’s 150MW Daydream Solar Farm in Queensland – one of the state’s biggest.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Aug 10, 2017
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  • Business slowly wakes up to reality that renewables are cheap
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    Business slowly wakes up to reality that renewables are cheap

    ARENA report shows less than half Australian businesses have tapped renewables. But there’s no doubt the idea is starting to catch on.
    Giles Parkinson
    Jul 19, 2017
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  • Alinta signs off-take for 42MW Collinsville Solar Farm
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    Alinta signs off-take for 42MW Collinsville Solar Farm

    Alinta Energy – another of the retailer “naughty boys” on the RET – signs contract for output of Ratch Australia’s 42MW Collinsville Solar Farm.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Mar 15, 2017
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  • CEFC tips another $70m into big solar, as market confidence soars
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    CEFC tips another $70m into big solar, as market confidence soars

    Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs three more big solar projects in Queensland and Victoria, as ERM finally unveils its first major renewable off take deal.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Mar 13, 2017
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  • Origin signs up for 200MW solar plant in S.A, as PPA prices tumble
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    Origin signs up for 200MW solar plant in S.A, as PPA prices tumble

    Origin Energy reveals its latest PPA as a 200MW project that’s being built by a former coal man in Port Augusta.
    Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson
    Feb 16, 2017
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  • Are corporate deals for wind and solar set to boom in Australia?
    Renewables

    Are corporate deals for wind and solar set to boom in Australia?

    Contracting for renewables by corporate big energy users has been slow to catch on Down Under. A new report suggests that’s about to change.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Feb 15, 2017
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  • Utility capital strike on renewables continues as consumers bear the cost
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    Utility capital strike on renewables continues as consumers bear the cost

    Infigen says securing contracts for renewable projects in Australia still very difficult, with obligated parties “simply passing through” higher costs to customers.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Aug 29, 2016
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  • ESCO gets UK funding to push plans for 1GW of big solar plants in Australia

    ESCO gets UK funding to push plans for 1GW of big solar plants in Australia

    London finance group credits new PM for Australia’s positive big solar outlook, as plan for 1GW of grid-connected projects raises $4m from international investors.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Dec 4, 2015
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  • UTS takes lead in first Australian corporate purchase of offsite solar

    UTS takes lead in first Australian corporate purchase of offsite solar

    UTS buys output of Singleton solar farm in first corporate purchase of offsite solar in Australia.
    Giles Parkinson
    Sep 9, 2015
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  • Florida utility looks to buy coal plant, so it can shut it down

    Florida utility looks to buy coal plant, so it can shut it down

    Florida Power & Light filed last week for approval to purchase the 250MW coal-fired Cedar Bay Generating Plant for $520.5 million. It wants to close it.
    Sandy Dechert
    Mar 13, 2015
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  • Cost gap between renewables and gas is closing in US

    Cost gap between renewables and gas is closing in US

    Wind’s levelized cost of energy is catching up to gas in the US, and solar is only a step behind.
    Herman Trabish
    May 9, 2014
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