The states could ‘top up’ renewable funding to encourage development. Labor and the Coalition government have now agreed to cut the federal renewable energy target (RET) from 41,000 gigawatt hours…
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Image: Greenpeace/Murphy The world is shifting away from fossil energy, including countries that are key importers of Australia’s coal and gas. Australia’s economic and energy policies…
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Amid the fanfare over the launch of the Powerwall, has Tesla’s Elon Musk struck a decisive blow for renewable energy? While wind and solar power…
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By Giles Parkinson on 5 May 2015 Vector to deploy Tesla battery storage. But while Australian utilities weigh their options, Transgrid says competitive battery storage still up to decade away.…
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Compared with eye-catching renewable power technologies like wind turbines and solar panels, energy efficiency is nearly invisible. But advocates say doing more with less power may be an even…
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By Giles Parkinson on 25 November 2014 Citigroup says the impact of the China-US climate deal signed earlier this month could total $US3.9 trillion ($A4.5 trillion) – that’s the…
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By Giles Parkinson 14 November 2014 The head of one of the world’s leading solar PV manufacturers and developers, SunPower’s Tom Werner, predicts that solar will be a $US5 trillion industry within…
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By Giles Parkinson on 3 September 2014 ACT Energy Minister Simon Corbell intends to rally state governments to implement their own renewable energy policies should the Abbott government adopt the…
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by Kerrie Sinclair The Courier Mail 2nd September, 2014 In July GE’s vice chairman, John Rice said the company’s $3.5 billion pipeline of investment in green energy in Australia was…
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World’s largest private bank predicts large-scale power stations will soon make way for electric cars and new solar technologies.. by John Vidal Solar village in Freiburg, Germany Big power stations…
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