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Coal

WA ditches Collie solar and biomass plans in favor of “trail adventures”
Plans to develop biomass and utility-scale solar generation facilities in the WA coal town of Collie have been swept aside, in favour of other “future industries.”
Sophie Vorrath

May 3, 2019

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Wind

Vestas passes 1GW mark for wind orders in Australia in 2018, with 184MW WA project
Vestas wins contract to build 184MW wind farm in WA, taking the global giant to a total of 1GW of orders in Australia for 2018 alone.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 16, 2019

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Solar

WA’s Synergy says fossil fuel generators not coping with rooftop solar boom
Synergy says demand “starts and stops” caused by rooftop solar had disrupted operations at its 240MW gas-fired Cockburn power station – one of its newer plants.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 19, 2018

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Storage

Tesla grid battery to be tested in WA’s top solar postcode
WA government-owned network operator Western Power and retailer Synergy will connect a 105kW/420kWh Tesla battery to the grid in Meadow Springs, a suburb of Mandurah.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 18, 2018

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WA’s Synergy to bring in Dutch fund to bankroll wind and solar farms
WA government owned utility Synergy looking to bring in outside investors to bankroll investments in new wind and solar farms and meet RET obligations.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 8, 2017

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Electric Vehicles

Electric vehicle charging networks rolled out across WA, Qld
Australia’s two biggest states are rolling out extensive electric vehicle charging networks, to cater for soon to be “ubiquitous” EVs.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 30, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

Australia’s first large-scale solar farm to quadruple in size
Greenough River, the first large-scale solar farm to be built in Australia, is going ahead with plans to quadruple in size.
Giles Parkinson

May 19, 2017

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WA’s Muja coal power station ready for “gold watch”, says Solar Council
ASC and green groups present giant gold watch to “one of Australia’s oldest, most inefficient and polluting power stations”, which they say is standing in the way of investment in solar and clean energy.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 4, 2016

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Campaign launched to fight WA ‘solar tax’
The Australian Solar Council has launched a campaign to fight the WA monopoly utility’s proposal of a doubling of connection fees for solar customers.
Jonathan Gifford

Dec 7, 2015

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Electricity utilities being “Uber’d” by battery storage, energy minister says
WA energy minister Mike Nahan says the electricity industry is being “Uber’d” by battery storage, which will fundamentally change the nature of the system.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 17, 2015

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Synergy tenders for renewable energy projects and certificates
WA energy retailer Synergy tenders for 500,000 renewable energy certificates – equivalent of about 150MW of capacity – as it seeks to make up shortfall.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 9, 2015

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WA’s battery storage “ban”: Regulator says don’t blame us
WA regulator says it’s not at fault for so-called battery storage and EV ban in local households, and there is nothing preventing state-owned utilities from approving them.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 30, 2015

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