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  • Another big industrial trims demand as Tasmania energy crisis deepens

    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 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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  • Tasmania solar report an epic fail – minister should tell regulator to start again

    Tasmania solar report an epic fail – minister should tell regulator to start again

    Tasmanian Economic Regulator’s draft report on solar feed-in tariff ignores the challenge of energy security in Tasmania, the changes facing electricity industry nationally, and climate change.
    Jack Gilding
    Feb 12, 2016
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  • Tasmania urged to add more wind and solar amid energy crisis

    Tasmania urged to add more wind and solar amid energy crisis

    Tasmania urged to encourage more wind and solar generation as it struggles with depleting hydro levels and lost connection to mainland grid.
    Giles Parkinson
    Feb 11, 2016
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  • King Island achieves 100% renewables for 33 hours straight

    King Island achieves 100% renewables for 33 hours straight

    Hydro Tasmania’s world-leading hybrid solar, wind and energy storage plant on King Island supplied 100 per cent renewables to the community for nearly two days straight, this month.
    Sophie Vorrath
    Nov 13, 2015
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  • Praying for rain

    Praying for rain

    Tasmania may be experiencing a long term shift in precipitation of the ilk seen in south-western Western Australia over the last 50 years.
    Mike Sandiford
    Nov 6, 2015
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  • The price of carbon: A view from the mendicant state

    The price of carbon: A view from the mendicant state

    Tasmania will suffer from the axing of the carbon price, with hundreds of jobs to perish.
    Phil Gorman
    Jul 17, 2014
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  • The future of bricks: Red, Cambridge and carbon neutral

    The future of bricks: Red, Cambridge and carbon neutral

    Bricks – the foundation of so many homes across Australia come in a range of varieties and colours. And now in Carbon Neutral.
    Sam Parkinson
    Mar 21, 2014
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  • Australia may lose last mainland state supportive of renewables

    Australia may lose last mainland state supportive of renewables

    The last Australian mainland state openly supportive of renewable energy is likely to lose power next month. At least the likely replacement is focused on domestic energy use, because that is where key decisions will be made on solar and storage.
    Giles Parkinson
    Feb 7, 2014
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  • Tasmania aims for 100% renewables by 2020, 35% carbon cuts

    Tasmania aims for 100% renewables by 2020, 35% carbon cuts

    Tasmanian charges ahead of mainland Australia with new plan to reach 100% renewables by 2020, and to cut emissions by 35%.
    Emma Fitzpatrick
    Nov 27, 2013
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