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OECD Calls Out Australia On Emissions And Energy

Australia Environmental Performance - OECD

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says Australia it is one of the most resource/carbon-intensive OECD countries, and basically the Government needs to pull its finger out.

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ClearVue’s Solar Glass Approaches Prime Time

ClearVue - solar energy glass

ClearVue has installed its solar PV glass at a shopping centre in Western Australia, converting an atrium’s windows into clean power generators.

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Robertstown Solar Plans Publicly Released

Robertstown Solar

Plans have been publicly released for another proposed large-scale solar + energy storage facility near Robertstown in South Australia, the second major project for the area.

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Solar River Project Update

Solar energy project near Robertstown

South Australia’s huge Solar River Project, in the Robertstown region in the state’s Mid-North, is gearing up to get under way.

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New Record Set For Corporate Clean Energy PPAs In 2018

Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreements

BloombergNEF (BNEF) reports corporations across the world entered into agreements covering 13.4GW of renewable energy capacity in 2018, more than double 2017’s figure of 6.1GW.

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75-Year-Old Corn Vendor Gets Solar – Internet Goes Nuts

Selvamma - solar powered corn vendor

Here’s another great example of the good that solar power can do in making struggling people’s lives a little bit easier.

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JinkoSolar Announces Record Conversion Efficiency For Mono Solar Cell

JinkoSolar cell efficiency record

Solar manufacturer JinkoSolar says it has set a new efficiency record for a large-area N-type TOPCon monocrystalline silicon PV cell.

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Solar PPA For Colocated Facebook Data Center

A Facebook data center landlord in the USA says it has signed a solar power purchase agreement on behalf of the social network giant.

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Labor’s Hydrogen Plan Is A Lead Zeppelin

As Michael reported this week, Labor has announced in a media release that, if elected, they will spend $3 million building a “National Hydrogen Innovation Hub” in Gladstone and make over $1 billion available in loans for to develop hydrogen production.  Labor also say they will remove regulatory barriers and make research into hydrogen production, […]

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SA Home Battery Scheme Grant Update

SA Home Battery Scheme

South Australian Minister for Energy and Mining Dan van Holst Pellekaan has revealed some numbers on uptake of the state’s home solar battery grants scheme.

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