Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton explains the reason behind the new level of rigor which is being applied to the council’s Approved Solar Retailer program.
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EVs head for grid impact
As petrol becomes a thing of the past the grid will need to be ready for the rapid rise of electric vehicles.
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Horizon picks German battery-maker Senec for Onslow microgrid
Subsidised residential storage will be centrally controlled as part of a microgrid that includes utility-scale gas and solar generation.
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Energy Locals-Enosi partership offers solar-trading, whether you own a PV system or not
Retailer Energy Locals has teamed up with technology startup Enosi to offer an energy-sharing scheme where excess solar generation can be traded between customers at prices set by the individual members.
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You don’t have to be rich to ‘get’ the value of solar
Research shows solar PV uptake is more common in middle-to-lower socio-economic households ... and their cheap exports are pushing down everyone's bills.
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Clean future, gritty dilemmas: UNSW summit panel on solar’s rapid rise and how to manage it
The transition to an all-renewable energy system involves a truckload of homework – a perfect task for a panel of experts at the UNSW-Times Higher Education summit.
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Major parties in NSW hear clean energy message as election nears
Substantive clean energy announcements from both the NSW Government and the Opposition show that both major parties have recognised the importance of the issue to voters ahead of the state election next month, the CEC said.
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Business twigs to PPAs as managers hedge energy risk with cheap solar
Business is plugging directly into wind and solar with power purchase agreements to cut costs, but can the clean energy sector keep up?
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Commercial and industrial solar installs through the roof as business wakes up to the sun
Business owners are quickly catching on to the benefits of putting electricity plants up on the roof ... and solar installation companies are pedalling hard to keep up.
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Demand response to the rescue as states simmer
The Australia Institute’s Dan Cass explains why demand response is proving so popular with energy market operators, Australian consumers and some of our country’s biggest businesses.
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