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Australia should follow Obama’s solar SunShot
Turnbull should be excited by the U.S govt’s US$36m investment to turn solar PV and storage batteries into a new kind of virtual power source.
Dan Cass

Feb 5, 2016

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General Electric goes all-in on LEDs: ‘The market is ready and our customers are ready’
In a landmark decision for lighting, General Electric says it will no longer manufacture compact fluorescent light bulbs for consumer applications.
Katherine Tweed

Feb 3, 2016

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UK planning for 1 GW of storage by 2020
The UK’s energy storage market is gathering pace, expecting to repeat the recent solar PV success albeit in totally different terms.
Ilias Tsagas

Jan 25, 2016

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U.S. coal production dropped to 30-year low in 2015
Coal production in the U.S. has dropped to its lowest level in 30 years thanks in part to low natural gas prices and climate policies.
Bobby Magill

Jan 11, 2016

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What’s the value of a Tesla Powerwall? $50/month, bets Green Mountain Power
A Vermont utility is using Tesla’s Powerwall to trade customer bill credits for access to the grid benefits of behind-the-meter battery storage.
Jeff St John

Dec 10, 2015

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US surpasses 100MW of storage deployments through Q3 2015, already best year ever
The United States just experienced its largest quarter for energy storage deployments since the fourth quarter of 2012.
Mike Munsell

Dec 4, 2015

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Consumer sting in the tail of TransGrid sale
The “bonanza” obtained for the sale of electricity transmission network TransGrid will come back to haunt NSW consumers for decades to come.
Mark Byrne

Nov 26, 2015

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Aggregated energy storage has arrived
US trials suggest economics of battery storage will likely be best when looking at customer-sited batteries that can provide both customer and grid-facing services.
Garrett Fitzgerald

Oct 1, 2015

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US utility-scale solar averaging five cents/kWh, study finds
The average contract for large-scale solar energy in US is being negotiated for just $0.05/kWh, according to Berkeley Lab study.
Ian Clover

Oct 1, 2015

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An energy freedom home is a zero emissions home
Gas was once considered a clean, green and cheap fuel. Now it is no longer clean, no longer green and certainly not cheap.
Stephen Bygrave

Aug 31, 2015

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How the US Navy will save $6m a year on energy at one air station
Breakthrough energy savings performance contract (ESPC) projects exemplify how an ESPC can unlock deep levels of energy savings.
Rocky Mountain Institute

Aug 13, 2015

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Obama’s clean power plan will actually lower consumer energy bills
A new study examines how states can reduce carbon pollution cheaply while also keeping household energy prices low.
Ari Phillips

Jul 31, 2015

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