Fujitsu has become the tenth Japanese company to join the RE100, an initiative encouraging the world’s most influential firms to commit to 100% renewable power. It’s a particularly significant announcement given the state of energy in Japan. [Read more…]

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One of Tasmania’s largest commercial solar power projects has been completed and is ready to put a major dent in locally-owned freight company SRT Logistics’ power bills. [Read more…]

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Installing solar panels could have saved Shire of Collie and its ratepayers a bucket of cash, but Council has voted against the idea. Why? Because Collie is a coal town. [Read more…]

A tender process has commenced for the Queensland Government’s $97 million Advancing Clean Energy Schools (ACES) program, which will see solar power systems installed on the rooftops of hundreds of schools. [Read more…]

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A new report has again confirmed that Victoria’s Australia Day long weekend blackouts had nothing to do with renewables or a lack of energy supply, and has made recommendations to avoid a re-occurrence. [Read more…]

Facebook’s data center in Prineville, Oregon will be supported by 100 percent renewables from new solar energy developments announced early today.  [Read more…]

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Stating Western Australia to be a ‘one-stop shop’ for battery materials, the McGowan Government has stumped up more funds to back a bid seeking to establish the Future Batteries Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FBI CRC) in Perth. [Read more…]

Solar panel manufacturer JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. has announced the completion of its merger with JASO Acquisition Limited and has ceased to be a publicly traded company. [Read more…]

While some are seeing an important AEMO report as a big win for coal – it’s anything but. However, what it envisions still leaves us with coal power capacity hanging around for a long time; albeit continually dwindling. [Read more…]

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South Australia’s Environment Protection Authority has reportedly fined Flinders Power just $2,200 for a dust and coal fly-ash event that impacted Port Augusta residents last year. [Read more…]