A record share of Australia’s electricity came from renewable energy in 2016, according to a report by the Clean Energy Council.
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Solar car park puts students in the shade
A university car park in south-east Queensland is making itself twice as useful to the academic community after its conversion to a 1.1MW solar plant.
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We want our grid back … the case to renationalise the NEM
Privatisation of swathes of the electricity grid have caused the market to distort and buckle to breaking point, a new paper finds. For prices to fall to acceptable levels and renewable energy generation to gain traction, the NEM needs to be renationalised. Jeremy Chunn reports.
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Connecting Australia with its renewable future
As the clean energy transition gets underway the nation’s grid operators are preparing for high penetration renewables in a secure, affordable electricity system, writes Energy Networks Australia CEO John Bradley.
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AGL starts construction at Silverton wind farm
AGL Energy has commenced construction on the 200MW Silverton Wind Farm in north-west NSW.
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Australian solar’s mega month in four charts: SERA
Nothing shows the building momentum in the Australian utility solar sector better than the avalanche of announcements in late April and early May, Sustainable Energy Resources Analytics reports.
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CEFC’s Large-Scale Solar Program tops 10 projects and more than 400MW
The CEFC has announced finance for its 10th project through its Large-Scale Solar Program, bringing its total program investment commitments to more than $370 million.
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Will the abolition of 457 visas throw a spanner in $7.4bn of clean energy projects?
The clean energy projects pipeline is enormous ... and the federal government is in a mood to mess with visas for skilled workers. Is trouble brewing for EPCs?
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Another $2bn makes 2017 an ‘unprecedented year’ for new power generation: CEC
More than $2 billion of renewable energy projects attracted financial commitment in the last three months, adding up to an unprecedented $7.4 billion in investment in 2017, the CEC said.
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Australia’s breakthrough year for storage
After years of talk about its potential 2017 feels like the year that grid-scale energy storage will take off in Australia, says CEC chief executive Kane Thornton.
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