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Split decision: Can utilities keep fossil fuel assets while chasing renewables?
As the cost of solar, storage and wind continue to fall, the pressure on utility business models and their so-called “parenting advantage” will increase significantly.
Matthew Grantham

Apr 18, 2017

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Smart Energy

Spinning carbon capture and storage as cheaper than renewables
Supporters of carbon capture plants on coal power stations are seeking to sell the story they are cheaper than renewables – despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
Bob Burton

Feb 27, 2017

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Storage

Our power grid is crying out for capacity, but should we open the gas valves?
With high gas prices partly to blame for the electricity blackouts that hit SA this month, and gas-fired generators caught short in NSW two days later, there are calls for Australia’s onshore gas to flow much more freely.
Dylan McConnell

Feb 24, 2017

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Smart Energy

The $1.2 billion saving Australia’s electricity rule-maker just knocked back
The governing body for our energy market, the Australian Energy Market Commission, has just missed a major opportunity to modernise our electricity networks.
Jay Rutovitz

Sep 28, 2016

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Renewables

Storage as “second revolution” driving interest in Australian renewables
Germany’s BayWa becomes latest to tap demand for battery storage in Australian solar market.
Jonathan Gifford

Sep 9, 2016

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Storage

Storage, electric vehicles and the power market linkages
Batteries were the runaway winner last week as the UK published the results of its contest to provide power that can be dispatched quickly.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Aug 31, 2016

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Solar

Adelaide family hopes to “zero bills” with solar and storage
SA family installs state’s first Fronius battery system, adding 6kWh storage to 10kW rooftop solar, with help from Adelaide City Council grant.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 30, 2016

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Storage

Storage shows its worth in UK’s first enhanced frequency response auction
National Grid auction shows growing ability of new and low-carbon flexible technologies, and storage systems in particular.
Ian Clover

Aug 29, 2016

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Solar

Solar and storage in apartment blocks: innovations and road blocks
Solar and storage installations on Australian apartment blocks make up one of the largest and most rapidly growing sectors in our cities. So why aren’t we hearing more about them?
Bjorn Sturmberg

Aug 18, 2016

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Storage

Millennials want solar, storage, shared energy – and an app for all that
A recent Accenture survey has asked Millennials – Australia’s second-largest cohort after Gen X – what they want from their energy providers. The answers are a clarion call to those utilities and retailers who still believe business-as-usual will do.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 18, 2016

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