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Solar

Infinite Energy acquired by Sumitomo, promising shake-up of WA power market
Top Australian solar retailer snapped up by Japanese giant – offering major vote of confidence in solar market, and sign of new competition in W.A. retail electricity.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 24, 2019

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Renewables

WA names new energy minister, primes grid for 900MW renewables rush
WA opens up grid for nearly 1GW of new large-scale renewable projects. And it has appointed a new energy minister to shepherd the process.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 17, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

WA grid could reach 85% renewables – and cheaper than ‘clean coal’
Repowering WA’s South West Integrated System grid with renewables would not increase the wholesale electricity price, new modelling shows.
Ben Rose

Sep 8, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

WA bathes in sunshine, but poorest households lack solar panels
Solar panels are still a rarity in WA’s lower-income areas.
Rebecca Cassells Alan Duncan and Yashar Tarverdi

Aug 28, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

WA national park taken off-grid by local network
Horizon Power’s stand-alone power project taking Fitzgerald River National Park off-grid with solar, battery storage and back-up diesel.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 21, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

Boom in rooftop PV shifting peaks, and taking market operator by surprise
AEMO report shows rooftop solar reducing and shifting peaks, and likely to gather pace as costs fall and grid prices rise.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 16, 2017

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Coal

WA to close Muja coal units, in first signs of major shift to renewables
As WA’s new Labor government announces closure of Muja AB coal-fired power station the state will have no choice but to turn to wind and solar.
Sophie Vorrath

May 5, 2017

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Renewables

WA grid could be 100% renewable by 2030, say Greens
Greens say WA’s SWIS grid could shift to 100% renewables by 2030 for cheaper than business as usual.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 6, 2017

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Solar

Sun Brilliance gets approval for WA’s biggest solar plant
Australia’s first “merchant” solar plant set to go ahead, after the 100MW WA project won local development approval.
Jonathan Gifford

Dec 12, 2016

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Solar

Undersea link to export WA solar to Indonesia deemed “viable”
Proposal for 2000km sub-sea cable to export solar power from Pilbara and Kimberley to Indonesia described as financially viable, possible within decade.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 5, 2016

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