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Australia’s Energy White Paper – a prescription for poor health.
The energy white paper process is flawed. The hidden costs of health impacts are barely considered, if mentioned at all.
George Crisp

Feb 12, 2014

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Huge Wyoming wind farm may slash energy bills in California
A huge wind farm in Wyoming could provide up to 3GW to the Californian state, helping slash energy bills and meet the 2020 target.
Ari Phillips

Feb 12, 2014

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Australia may lose last mainland state supportive of renewables
The last Australian mainland state openly supportive of renewable energy is likely to lose power next month. At least the likely replacement is focused on domestic energy use, because that is where key decisions will be made on solar and storage.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 7, 2014

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No, wind output was not ‘almost zero’ at peak heatwave demand
Ketan Joshi checks the facts on claims about the output of wind energy during peak periods.
Ketan Joshi

Feb 7, 2014

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Billionaire island owners get microgrids; planet now safe for supermodels
Peak demand on billionaire islands is at 2am – for reasons we may not understand. But at least the energy source will be mostly renewable.
Eric Wesoff

Feb 7, 2014

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Natural gas as a ‘bridge’. Or dangerous procrastination?
Natural gas has been mooted as a ‘bridge’ fuel recently, but in terms of climate change natural gas is a half measure that risks dangerous procrastination.
Lindsay Wilson

Feb 7, 2014

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It’s not solar tariffs utilities hate, it’s solar technology
Utilities attack solar tariffs because they are the main policy to promote solar. What they actually oppose is solar photovoltaics.
Craig Morris

Feb 6, 2014

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David vs Goliath? Solar shapes up to big utilities
“Save Solar” campaign launch as big utilities intensify pressure to dump renewable energy target. But can solar really be stopped as gas prices itself out of market and network costs increase?
Giles Parkinson

Feb 6, 2014

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Electricity demand and emissions fall despite heat-waves
Another study points to the role of solar PV in the recent heat-waves. All peaking power plants were only required for just one hour.
Hugh Saddler

Feb 6, 2014

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Fukushima pledges to go 100% renewable energy
Whilst Japan grapples with its nuclear future, Fukushima – only 3 years after a nuclear meltdown – has pledged to go 100% renewable.
Ari Phillips

Feb 6, 2014

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False enemies: emission reductions, renewables, and efficiency
The EU’s new targets for 2030 are only for emissions trading. Craig Morris argues that renewables and efficiency have to be included to see progress.
Craig Morris

Jan 31, 2014

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Cometh the electric motorcycle, and a home storage revolution
Zero Motorcycles have signed a deal with an Australian distributor. This could be a game-changer for the household energy business.
Nigel Morris

Jan 30, 2014

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