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Sophie Vorrath - Renew Economy : Renew Economy
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News and analysis for the clean energy economy. Governments & Companies. Graph of the Day. Articles by Sophie Vorrath. Electric vehicle owners to get discounted power, solar FiT boost in new retail offer. On 1 September 2016. Online energy retailer Click Energy has launched an electricity plan targeting electric vehicle owners, offering lower electricity rates or higher solar feed-in tariff. Bull; Smart Transport. Eight energy companies win ACT battery storage auction. On 1 September 2016. AGL sees virtu...
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An Alaskan island goes 100% renewable : Renew Economy
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News and analysis for the clean energy economy. Governments & Companies. Graph of the Day. An Alaskan island goes 100% renewable. On 21 May 2015. As most Alaskans can attest, energy in The Last Frontier is expensive. The average residential electricity rate of more than 18 cents per kWh. UPGRADED HYDRO FOR GRID STABILITY. A second modeling study was performed with real data from the first phase, and a second phase of three more wind turbines was proposed. But before installing the second phase of win...
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Abbott proposes 'Dirty Energy Finance Corp' for northern infrastructure : Renew Economy
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News and analysis for the clean energy economy. Governments & Companies. Graph of the Day. Abbott proposes ‘Dirty Energy Finance Corp’ for northern infrastructure. On 13 May 2015. In this year’s budget the federal government has allocated funding for what could possibly become a ‘Dirty Energy Finance Corporation’ for Northern Australia. The government acknowledges that loans will be available to support projects that the private sector ‘would not be able to finance without government assistance’. The con...
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UBS: Utilities face “perfect storm” from renewables, storage : Renew Economy
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News and analysis for the clean energy economy. Governments & Companies. Graph of the Day. UBS: Utilities face perfect storm from renewables, storage. On 18 December 2013. A new report from leading utilities analysts at investment bank UBS suggests that energy utilities in Europe, north America and Australia are facing a perfect storm from the falling costs of renewables, energy efficiency and falling demand, and may not be able to sustain their business models. We expect the renewables onslaught to cont...
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China sets 13GW solar target for 2014, focus on distributed generation : Renew Economy
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News and analysis for the clean energy economy. Governments & Companies. Graph of the Day. China sets 13GW solar target for 2014, focus on distributed generation. On 6 August 2014. China has flagged a new solar installation target of 13GW or more for 2014, according to an announcement on the National Energy Bureau’s website published on Tuesday. Says policies could be announced as soon as this month. The article also indicated that China would encourage local governments to offer extra subsidies for dist...
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Abbott government says war on renewables not over yet : Renew Economy
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News and analysis for the clean energy economy. Governments & Companies. Graph of the Day. Abbott government says war on renewables not over yet. On 26 February 2015. The Abbott government has made clear that its war on renewable energy in Australia is far from over, and it still intends to scrap the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation, as well as chop the head (and shoulders) off the renewable energy target. But they are not going down without a fight. This comes on top of the government’s dete...
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Graph of the Day: Why "experts" get it wrong on wind and solar : Renew Economy
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News and analysis for the clean energy economy. Governments & Companies. Graph of the Day. Graph of the Day: Why “experts” get it wrong on wind and solar. On 11 August 2014. We’ve mentioned this before, but one of the striking patterns of behaviour in the energy industry over the last decade has been the ability of the “established” energy experts to completely underestimate the growth of renewable energy – and to overplay the credentials of fossil fuels. So who is best at getting the forecasts right?
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Solar - Renew Economy : Renew Economy
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News and analysis for the clean energy economy. Governments & Companies. Graph of the Day. Alinta looks to combine solar and geothermal for new housing estates. On 1 September 2016. Alinta Energy says distributed geothermal could provide heating and cooling needs for new housing estates, and combined with solar need not be connected to grid. Bull; News and Commentary. Why battery storage doesn’t pay without rooftop solar. On 1 September 2016. Bull; News and Commentary. On 1 September 2016. ACT Energy Min...
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Community Power - Renew Economy : Renew Economy
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News and analysis for the clean energy economy. Governments & Companies. Graph of the Day. Sydney community solar investment round raises $17,500 in 9 minutes. On 23 August 2016. Community solar investor round in Sydney’s inner-west raised more than $17k in 9 minutes to put solar on the roof of a craft brewery in Newtown. Bull; Other Good Stuff. Locals invited to invest in Sydney community solar project, to help make solar beer. On 18 August 2016. Bull; News and Commentary. On 1 August 2016. On 16 June 2...
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Insight - Renew Economy : Renew Economy
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News and analysis for the clean energy economy. Governments & Companies. Graph of the Day. Watch out for virtual utilities, virtual power plants. On 28 July 2016. Startups are figuring out ways to beat incumbents in their own game. Virtual power plants may be the answer. Do Australian wind turbines all blow at the same time? On 26 July 2016. How correlated is the wind output from the various states? And how much will we rely on some form of storage? Bull; Other Good Stuff. On 20 May 2016. On 13 June 2014.
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