by TRISTAN EDIS 28 MAY, 3:36 PM SA Power Networks recent pricing proposal appears to suggest that the so-called push for “cost reflective tariff reform” is going down a path I…
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By Sophie Vorrath on 27 May 2015 The efficacy of the Abbott government’s ‘spearhead’ climate policy, its Direct Action Emissions Reduction Fund, is coming under increasing scrutiny, with a new…
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By Giles Parkinson on 27 May 2015 SA Power Networks, the monopoly network operator in South Australia, has caused a furore in the solar industry by proposing a $100 a…
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By Sophie Vorrath on 26 May 2015 Federal Labor’s climate change spokesman, Mark Butler, has accused the Abbott government of brazen deceptiveness over the results of its first carbon abatement…
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The recent announcement by Tesla of Powerwall, its new lithium-ion (Li-ion) based residential battery storage system, has caused quite a stir. It even raises the possibility of going off-the-grid, relying…
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NEW YORK — Elon Musk, the star CEO of the electric car company Tesla Motors and the rocket company SpaceX, staged an elaborate event last month to unveil a new…
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By Sophie Vorrath on 25 May 2015 Just as coal-fired energy generation appears to be losing its social licence to operate in parts of Australia, a new survey has found…
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By Giles Parkinson on 25 May 2015 Oh dear. Here we go again. The solar industry is clearly winning the battle to turn the global electricity industry upside down and…
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As China realises the unpriced costs of coal power, such as air pollution, coal production is starting to fall. Prospects for global energy markets have been reshaped by two recent…
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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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