South Australia shows how good public policy can enable dramatic emissions reduction, even in a privately owned electricity system.
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EcoGeneration turns 20 … with a long way to go
Despite incohesive national policy leadership, Australian industry has delivered more clean energy and energy efficiency upgrades over the past 20 years than projected. EcoGeneration founding editor Jessica Lynch looks back at the progress achieved in almost a generation.
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Brighter than ever: SunWiz looks back at 2019
For solar systems up to 100kW, 2.13GW of capacity was added in 2019 ... more than twice the volume of 2017 and three times the 2016 result.
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Are clouds gathering over large-scale solar?
Painful marginal loss factors, asset write-downs, negative pricing, forced curtailment – the forces have been stacked against large-scale solar this year. Is it time for a turnaround in fortunes … or time to pull up stakes?
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Investors put the brakes on as policy uncertainty and regulatory challenges pile up
New investment in renewable energy projects has plunged, risking power price rises and future energy reliability, the Clean Energy Council says.
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RET reached ahead of 2020 target
The CER has approved enough capacity to guarantee the 33,000GWh Large-scale Renewable Energy Target will be met in 2020.
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We need a national renewables approach, or some states – like NSW – will miss out
While the states have worked admirably to advance renewable energy there is a clear cost to pursuing many fragmented policies instead of a unified vision.
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Targets, hurdles and the ‘confusopoly’: ACES Leading the Transition panel
A panel at the Australian Clean Energy Summit covered all the rocky ground that lies ahead as renewables inevitably crowd out coal.
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Why renewables are the solution for Australia: IEEFA
Renewables are the lowest cost sustainable solution for Australia’s energy policy crisis and potentially one of Australia’s largest export industries, writes IEEFA's Tim Buckley.
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Wind Industry Forum panel on connection headaches, investor jitters, PPAs and policy
A panel discussion at the Clean Energy Council Wind Industry Forum in March covered all bases.
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