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Commentary

Yes, the Tesla battery is massive, but it can do much more beside
Many are now watching to see what impact the battery has on the SA electricity market, and whether it could be a game-changer nationally.
Dylan McConnell

Dec 5, 2017

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Commentary

Graph of the Day: Queensland’s biggest solar farm powers up
The first 50MW of Genex Power’s Kidston solar and “giant water battery” project has started sending electricity to the grid. Here’s what that looks like.
Paul McArdle

Dec 4, 2017

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Renewables

Vestas, CWP get serious about plan to export 3GW wind and solar to Asia
Sceptics might call it crazy to run a clean power ‘extension cord’ all the way to Indonesia, but the ELEXI plan to export Pilbara generated renewable energy to Asia has a serious team behind it.
Simon Holmes à Court

Nov 30, 2017

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Commentary

Nationals push for new coal generator in NSW is a preposterous idea
Proposal by NSW Nationals to build new coal fired power station is a preposterous idea pushed by a panicked and desperate politician.
Luke Foley

Nov 29, 2017

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Commentary

Climate and energy – appeasement does not work
The current chaos around climate and energy policy brings to mind George Santayana’s caution that: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. That is exactly what we are witnessing.
Ian Dunlop

Nov 28, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

The net cost of using renewables to hit Australia’s climate target? Nothing
Our modelling shows renewable energy can help hit Australia’s emissions reduction target of 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2030 effectively for free.
Andrew Blakers Bin Lu and Matthew Stocks

Nov 27, 2017

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Frydenberg condemns Lord Howe Island to fossil fuel future. It’s just not acceptable
Lord Howe Island wanted renewables to lessen its reliance on imported fossil fuel, but the idea has been killed by environment and energy minister Josh Frydenberg. This is why he has made the wrong decision.
Craig Thompson

Nov 27, 2017

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Press Releases

Delta Energy Systems charges EV convoy to top of Cradle Mountain
This is the first event where electric vehicles demonstrated that the drive from Devonport to Cradle Mountain, a popular tourist destination, is entirely possible using standard production EVs currently available in Australia.
Delta Energy Systems

Nov 24, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

How tech nerds can reinvent electricity before it’s too late
There’s a growing mob that thinks it can reinvent electricity, from old to new, and from a supply-dominated industry-based model to consumers-in-control.
Murray Hogarth

Nov 23, 2017

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Coal

Queensland election: Energy numbers say no to new coal
I hate to break the news, but north Queensland will not be getting a new coal fired power station if the LNP are elected on Saturday.
Tristan Edis

Nov 22, 2017

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Press Releases

First turbine erected at Mount Emerald Wind Farm
Ratch Australia Corporation announced the completion of the first wind turbine at the Mount Emerald Wind Farm near Walkamin today after the three 16 tonne blades, each 57m long, were positioned in place atop a 90-metre tower.
Republic

Nov 22, 2017

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Plunging cost of solar means peak coal looms in India
New modelling predicts India is within a decade of peak coal demand for the power sector. This is sooner than anyone has predicted.
Tim Buckley

Nov 22, 2017

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