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.
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Solar Energy To Power Facebook Data Center
Facebook’s data center in Prineville, Oregon will be supported by 100 percent renewables from new solar energy developments announced early today.
[Continue reading…]WA Government Boosts Backing For Battery Industry Research Centre Bid
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.
[Continue reading…]JA Solar Completes Merger, Exits NASDAQ
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.
[Continue reading…]AEMO Releases Integrated System Plan For National Electricity Market
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.
[Continue reading…]The ACCC Wants To Lower Electricity Prices Even If It Kills You
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, or ACCC, published a report last Wednesday titled Restoring electricity affordability and Australia’s competitive advantage. Michael alerted people about it here and wrote more here. The opening lines of the report don’t pull any punches and begins with:
[Continue reading…]Flinders Power Fined A Pittance Over Port Augusta Dust Event
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.
[Continue reading…]Tasmania’s “Battery Of The Nation” Info Sessions Start Next Week
Hydro Tasmania will be hosting community information sessions around the state regarding its pumped hydro storage plans over the coming weeks.
[Continue reading…]Green Light For Queensland’s Rodds Bay Solar Farm
Gladstone Regional Council has approved the development application for Rodds Bay Solar Farm, a 300MW PV-based facility to be built near the township of Bororen; approximately 50km south of Gladstone.
[Continue reading…]SA Water “Project Zero” Solar Companies Shortlisted
Four solar companies have been shortlisted to tender for the installation of 500,000 solar panels on key SA Water infrastructure.
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