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Hanwha Energy Seeking Australian Electricity Retailer Status

Hanwha Energy Retail Australia - Electricity Retailer Authorisation

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) announced yesterday it has accepted an electricity retailer authorisation application from Hanwha Energy Retail Australia (Hanwha ERA). [Read more…]

Pumped Hydro Storage: An Underwriting New Generation Standout

Pumped hydro energy storage

Goat Hill Project | Image: Altura Group

Pumped hydro storage projects made up half of the projects shortlisted under the Morrison Government’s Underwriting New Generation Investments program. [Read more…]

Australia’s Pumped Hydro Prospects “Destroy” Wind And Solar Arguments

Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH)

Research out of ANU indicates pumped hydro storage projects already on the board are “more than enough to back up the grid”. [Read more…]

NEM Emissions Intensity Plummets As Renewables Capacity Increases

National Energy Emissions Audit

The Australia Institute’s (TAI’s) latest National Energy Emissions Audit for the electricity sector covering January 2019 has been released. There’s good news – thanks to renewables. [Read more…]

ScoMo’s Climate Solutions Package Panned

Prime Minister Scott Morrison - Climate Solutions Package

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison | via Facebook

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday announced the climate policy he’ll be going into the next election with. If the aim was to elicit negative reactions, then it was a rip-roaring success. [Read more…]

SolarQuotes Vodcast Episode #5

Last Friday Ronald and I sat down in SQHQ to discuss the previous 7 days on the blog. Here are the posts we discussed, along with links to the relevant place in the video. [Read more…]

JinkoSolar Ruled The Roost For Solar Panel Shipments In 2018

2018 Solar Panel Shipment Rankings

China’s JinkoSolar led the pack again in 2018 for solar panel shipments states a new report from data and analytics company GlobalData. [Read more…]

TAS On-Farm Energy Audit And Capital Grant Cash Brought Forward

Cash for solar for Tasmanian farmers

Farmers in Tasmania considering going solar may want to take advantage of the state’s On-Farm Energy Audit and Capital Grant program.

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More Solar Energy For Toll Group In Australia

Solar panels on Toll Express Parcels Bungarribee depot

Transport and logistics giant Toll Group has announced completion of a large rooftop solar array atop the Toll Express Parcels Bungarribee depot in northwest Sydney. [Read more…]

Australian Power Project Pushing For HELE Coal

A new report ranking power prices in the National Electricity Market makes some curious claims about so-called high-efficiency, low emissions (HELE) coal fired power generation. [Read more…]

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