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Cutting the cord to coal – and other lessons from Tasmania power crisis
Hydro dams restored, diesel gen-sets switched off; Tasmania must now focus on lessons learned, and the opportunity to rethink and future-proof its energy system.
Attilio Pigneri

May 19, 2016

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Tasmania back to 100% renewable electricity as dams replenish
Tasmania returns to 100% renewable electricity as dam levels recover, and prices plunge as it switches off expensive gas and diesel.
Giles Parkinson

May 12, 2016

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Tasmania’s diesel detour an “economic and environmental crisis”, say Greens
Tasmanian senate inquiry hears state’s use of diesel power during its electricity crisis would cost Hydro Tas $22m a month, emit 256,000 tonnes of carbon pollution over 4 months, and turn the energy market on its head.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 15, 2016

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ANU project to turn households into mini solar power stations, to boost grid, reward consumers
ARENA grants ANU project $2.9m to install solar and battery storage at 40 homes on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, and use Australian-made software to trade electricity with the grid when needed during peaks.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 14, 2016

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Tasmania needs to look at efficiency to resolve electricity crisis
The risks to Tasmania’s energy supply continue to mount. The state should upgrade the electrical energy efficiency of buildings and equipment used for winter heating by homes and businesses.
Hugh Saddler

Apr 6, 2016

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Graph of the Day: Tasmania’s switch back to fossil fuels
Tasmania’s lurch back into fossil fuels deepens as the first of 200MW of diesel generators is switched on.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 21, 2016

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Tasmania energy plan a missed opportunity for renewables
The cost of meeting Tasmania’s energy shortfall with gas and diesel will be very high, but minister’s energy plan leaves us poorer and no wiser on energy security.
Jack Gilding

Mar 10, 2016

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Tasmania bows to fossil fuel lobby as it turns to yet more gas/diesel
The fossil fuel lobby gets its wish. Tasmania’s energy minister says he has a plan, but his “longer-term supply options” focus entirely on gas and diesel, with no plans to encourage rooftop solar or more wind farms. Even energy efficiency is not on the table.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 9, 2016

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Tasmania considers boost to rooftop solar tariff, as cable out until end of May
Tasmania considering increase in feed-in tariff for rooftop solar as it faces another three months without its connection to the mainland.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 8, 2016

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Tasmania’s crazy lurch back into the (expensive) fossil fuel era
Due to a combination of bad luck and rotten planning, old school thinking and – guess what – climate change, Tasmania has found itself turning to diesel generator to solve an energy crisis. The state is now paying as much for its power as a remote mine-site in outback Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 7, 2016

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Another big industrial trims demand as Tasmania energy crisis deepens
Big industrial users slash demand by 110MW+ as Tasmania taps gas and diesel to address lost link to mainland, declining dam levels.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 1, 2016

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Energy industry needs to focus on consumers, it may need them
Energy regulators say they “cannot identify” benefits of rooftop solar and battery storage. So here’s a long list, and a blast from leading expert for promoting a “sense of entitlement”, serving the interests of incumbents and discriminating against consumers.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 12, 2016

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