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Progress On Tasmania’s First Large Scale Solar Farm Projects

Solar farms in Tasmania

Development applications for two proposed solar farms in Tasmania representing up to 17.5MW capacity combined have completed their public exhibition period.

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Renewed Push For Coal Power In Australia – “Monash Manifesto” Unveiled

Hazelwood 2.0?

A bunch of Liberal/National party MPs have reportedly gotten together to form a little club called the Monash Forum, a major aim of which is to push for more coal-fired power generation in Australia.

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Deakin University Solar Powered Microgrid Project Moving Along

Deakin University microgrid project

Deakin University has called for contractors and suppliers to register their interest in working on the construction of its microgrid project.

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Craig Kelly Is Wrong: Electric Cars Are Better For The Environment Than Petrol Ones

Toyota Prius Beats Nissan Leaf And Tesla S On CO2 Emissions In Australia It has become clear to me there is some confusion over whether electric cars offer an environmental benefit in this country.  Craig Kelly, who is an extremely honorable Member of Parliament, has told the nation they result in more greenhouse emissions than […]

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Daqo Inks Major Solar Polysilicon Supply Deal With Longi

Daqo polysilicon

China’s Daqo New Energy Corp. has announced the signing of an agreement with Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd that will see Daqo supplying  39,600 tonnes of ultra-high-quality, monocrystalline-grade polysilicon to the company.

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Big Banks Continuing To Fund Climate Crisis

Banking on Climate Change

A report released last week reveals the world’s big banks increased “extreme” fossil fuel financing last year, but there was a glimmer of silver lining on the coal black clouds hanging over Australian banks.

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First Fully Thai-Made Redflow Batteries Roll Off Production Line

Redflow battery manufacturing in Thailand

Australian energy storage company Redflow says it is on schedule to start commercial production of complete ZBM2 zinc-bromine flow batteries in Thailand by June.

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Rise Of Renewables Pushing Down UK Energy Sector Emissions

Renewable energy in the UK

The UK is continuing to break renewable energy records and making headway on carbon emissions reduction, while coal power is laying bleeding in the gutter.

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Does Virtual Powerline Technology Make SA-NSW Inconnector Obsolete Before It’s Built?

The cornerstone of the new South Australian Liberal government’s energy policy, a new $740 million electricity interconnector with NSW, may be rendered obsolete before construction has even begun thanks to a new blockchain based ‘virtual powerline’ being built between the two states.  The technology was developed by the US company BiTchain and has already avoided the […]

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100 Schools Join Victoria’s Greener Government School Buildings Pilot

Solar energy in Victorian schools

The one hundred schools participating in a Victorian Government program seeking to drive down school carbon emissions and energy costs have been named.

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