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Commentary

SolarReserve still falling short at flagship solar tower project
SolarReserve’s flagship solar tower and storage project is still falling short of design targets. Does it deserve public money?
David Leitch

Feb 8, 2018

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Policy & Planning

Germany to set end date for coal power in 2019
A commission will decide the timeline for phasing out coal, under a coalition deal agreed between social democrats and Angela Merkel’s conservatives
Kerstine Appunn Benjamin Wehrmann and Julian Wettengel

Feb 8, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

Cape Town is almost out of water. Could Australian cities suffer same fate?
With water storages running low, residents of Cape Town get drinking water in the early morning from a mountain spring collection point.
Ian Wright

Feb 7, 2018

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Markets

A Snow(y) job: He who pays the piper calls the tune
One of our main immediate criticisms of Snowy Hydro’s latest paper is its assumption that Snowy 2.0 is the only pumped hydro project capable of being developed in Australia.
David Leitch

Feb 6, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

NAIF: Any port in a storm
NAIF’s first loan – to the oil and gas industry – is an effective subsidy to accelerate climate change.
David Barnden

Feb 1, 2018

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Commentary

Lismore opens Australia’s largest floating solar farm, could add storage
Lismore opens country’s biggest solar farm, and flags five fold increase in size and may add battery storage. The unique community funding model forms a key part of city’s push for 100 per cent renewable energy by 2023.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 31, 2018

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Commentary

A regulatory blow to Spain’s subsidised coal-fired electricity sector
Security-of supply justifications are seen in Spain as just political schemes to support the status quo. Hello Australia.
Gerard Wynn Paolo Coghe and Carlota Ruiz-Bautista

Jan 30, 2018

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Commentary

‘We have to change capitalism’ to beat climate change, says world’s biggest asset manager
Top brass at the world’s largest asset manager says the rules governing investments are evolving to factor in environmental risks
Climate Home News

Jan 25, 2018

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Press Releases

Conversion efficiency at 20.41%, LONGi solar creates world record of monocrystalline PERC module
LONGi Solar announced that the independent third-party certification test organization, the company’s 60-cell PERC module achieved a photoelectric conversion efficiency of 20.41%, a new world record.
LONGi solar

Jan 25, 2018

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Press Releases

$1.6 million garden island microgrid project milestone payment
Carnegie Clean Energy is pleased to advise that it has received a $1.63 million grant milestone progress payment from ARENA for the Garden Island Microgrid Project.
Carnegie Clean Energy

Jan 24, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

5 reasons why clean energy future can’t be stopped
No longer must we wonder whether renewable energy resources can power our future economy, but rather, “how quickly”.
Kevin Haley

Jan 24, 2018

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Storage

Redflow produces first battery stacks in Thailand
Australian battery company Redflow Limited has achieved a second manufacturing milestone by successfully producing the first battery electrode stacks from its new factory in Thailand.
Redflow Limited

Jan 23, 2018

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