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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The ALP considers the gap between its negotiating position on the RET and that of the Coalition to be too big to overcome. Attempts to strike a bipartisan deal on…
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ABC NEWS The South Australian Government says it will increase its Renewable Energy Target (RET) and aim for 50 per cent of the state's power to be generated by renewables by…
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The renewable energy scheme has helped encourage more than one million Australian households to install solar panels on their roofs. Photograph: Alice Solar City/AAP Image by Oliver Millman The…
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Hazelwood coal mine is a major employer in Morwell, but also a source of pollution. Photo: Joe Armao What is coal? Formed from fossilised plant matter over millions of years,…
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by Anthony Vassallo The recent review of the Australian Renewable Energy Target has once again raised the issue of the “unreliability” of some renewable power sources such as wind…
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