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Renewable Energy: Sharing The Benefits With Workers

Employment in Australia's renewable energy sector

While creating an employment bonanza, Australia’s renewable energy sector has created too many insecure jobs says the Australian Council of Trade Unions.

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Barnaby Said Stuff Again

Barnaby Joyce - Fossil fuels and renewable energy

Barnaby Joyce isn’t happy about the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Bill passing through New South Wales Parliament’s upper house – and a bunch of other energy related stuff.

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TRY’s VPP A VIC Premier’s Sustainability Awards Finalist

Totally Renewable Yackandandah

Totally Renewable Yackandandah’s Virtual Power Plant project was recently named a finalist in Victoria’s Premier’s Sustainability Awards 2020 – community category.

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Lithgow City Council’s Solar + Tesla Powerwall Installation

Tesla Powerwall - Lithgow City Council

New South Wales’ Lithgow City Council’s Administration Building roof now boasts a bunch of solar panels – and below it is a battery of Tesla Powerwalls. This installation has special significance.

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Solar Analytics’ Nigel Morris Talks Sungrow, Distributed Control & Interoperability

Nigel Morris - Solar Analytics - Sungrow

When I asked Solar Analytics’ head of business development Nigel Morris for a chat about the company’s partnership with Sungrow, I didn’t expect to end up in a conversation about system interoperability and standardisation.

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Outrage At Green Light For Narrabri Coal Seam Gas Project

Coal seam gas wells

The Morrison Government has granted final approval required for the controversial Santos Narrabri gasfield project in New South Wales. But many locals and their supporters are still determined to see it never goes ahead.

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Victoria’s Budget: Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy And EVs 

Victoria Budget 2020/21 - Renewable Energy

$1.6 billion has been earmarked in Victoria’s Budget 2020/21 for supporting renewables, related infrastructure, electric vehicles and energy efficiency initiatives.

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AAA Revs Up On Electric Vehicle Tax Support

Electric Car Tax - AAA

The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) is again calling on the Federal Government to implement a nationally consistent road user charge for electric vehicles.

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City Of Newcastle Climate Action Plan 2025

City of Newcastle - solar power

City of Newcastle is readying to take further steps to reduce emissions across its operations and the community – including installing more solar panels and megawatt-scale battery storage.

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Click Energy: Best Feed-in Tariffs But Not Always Best Deal 

Click Energy solar feed in tariff review

If you: want a high solar feed-in tariff. have a solar inverter 5 kilowatts or less. have low grid electricity consumption  …then Click Energy may be the best choice of electricity retailer to minimize your electricity bills (or maximize credit received).

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