The Victorian government has announced a $1.24 billion funding package to install solar on 650,000 Victorian homes over the next decade. The deal has been labelled a game-changer and a breath of fresh
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Sanjeev Gupta to build 280MW solar farm in South Australia
Details of a 280MW solar farm have been unveiled in South Australia as the first part of Sanjeev Gupta’s global GFG Alliance US$1 billion, one‐gigawatt dispatchable renewable energy program.
“We
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Turnbull dumps emissions legislation to stop rebels crossing the floor
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has done a backflip on his proposal to put the emission reduction target into legislation, in the face of rebel backbenchers threatening to cross the floor.
The new plan
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Australia’s golden opportunity
Australia is in a strong position to take advantage of the growing hydrogen export market, according to a new report released ARENA.
The report, prepared for ARENA by ACIL Allen Consulting, identifies
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Wind farms receiving weather guidance in Tassie
Woolnorth Wind Farm Holding has recently announced it is receiving weather guidance and lightning detection services from MetraWeather Australia.
Woolnorth owns and operates three wind farms leveraging
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Solar cooks in remote QLD communities
A Queensland-based startup is combining recycled laptop batteries and waste products including old cooking oil tins to create solar-powered kits that provide off-grid electricity access in remote communities.
Powerwells,
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Creating liquid gold
ARENA has announced funding for a pioneering project aiming to turn biosolids from sewage into crude oil.
According to ARENA they are providing up to $4 million in funding to Southern Oil Refining for
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Labor States keep the National Energy Guarantee in play but withhold agreement
The Labor States have kept the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) alive but withheld the in-principle support the federal government had originally hoped to extract from Friday’s meeting of the COAG Energy
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Victoria may not come to the NEG party
The Victoria will only support the proposed National Energy Guarantee (NEG) if specific conditions are met that keep energy prices low and support local jobs says the Victorian government.
The conditions
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Hydrogen on the horizon
Australia is a step closer to a new hydrogen production and export industry following the CSIRO’s successful refuelling of two fuel cell vehicles.
CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall was one of the
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