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Solar PV strikes new record low in Chile, first US offshore wind farm completed
The solar PV cost reduction spiral reached its lowest point yet at an auction in Chile last week, where a Spanish developer won contracts to sell power from a solar plant high in the Andes for $29.10/MWh.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Aug 24, 2016

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Obama Admin. announces $4.5 Billion in DOE loan guarantees for electric vehicle charging infrastructure
Obama announces $4.5 billion in US Energy Department loan guarantees to become available for the support of a commercial-scale electric vehicle charging station buildout.
James Ayre

Jul 22, 2016

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Obama’s Clean Power Plan handed setback by US Supreme Court
President Obama’s landmark regulation to cut emissions from stationary polluters — the Clean Power Plan — was just issued a stay by US Supreme Court.
Julia Pyper

Feb 10, 2016

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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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Obama does for the coal industry what it cannot do for itself
Once a critical player in the energy future of the U.S., the coal industry is now little more than a self-interested party seeking a bailout.
Tom Sanzillo

Jan 19, 2016

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Obama says Paris climate talks bound to ‘fall short’
Obama hopes major countries will agree to “aggressive enough targets” tat climate talks in Paris, but it won’t be sufficient to meet 2C target.
Roberta Rampton

Sep 28, 2015

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Obama picks sides with the consumer on rooftop solar
The US president seems to realise that the real solar fight is on the ground, and he’s taking American utilities to task.
Samantha Page

Aug 26, 2015

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Obama just created a carbon cap-and-trade program
As the Obama Administration honed its historic new climate rules affecting power plants, it began thinking about electricity more broadly.
John Upton

Aug 6, 2015

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Three trends that make Obama’s clean power plan a good bet on the future
Obama’s Clean Energy Plan will take advantage of rapidly falling costs for renewables, vehicle electrification, and the explosion in big data and information technology.
Jules Kortenhorst

Aug 4, 2015

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Obama pushes hard for clean power as Abbott hits the brakes
Obama’s Clean Energy Plan will lift share of renewables to 28 per cent by 2030, and force closures of coal generators. But the fossil fuel lobby and conservatives are attacking the plan, labelling it an “energy tax”, even though electricity bills will fall. Sound familiar?
Giles Parkinson

Aug 4, 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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Obama to triple solar on low-income housing, Abbott urged to follow
US govt outlines plans to triple amount of rooftop solar installed on low-income housing in America, and to boost development of community solar projects.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 8, 2015

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