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

April 3, 2018 2024-07-05T13:29:42 by Ronald Brakels 40 Comments

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

April 3, 2018 2018-04-03T08:25:19 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

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

April 3, 2018 2018-04-03T06:41:22 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

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

April 2, 2018 2018-04-02T08:14:08 by Michael Bloch 1 Comment

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

April 2, 2018 2018-04-02T06:45:27 by Michael Bloch 2 Comments

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?

April 1, 2018 2018-04-01T09:29:03 by Ronald Brakels 8 Comments

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

March 30, 2018 2018-03-30T08:22:56 by Michael Bloch Leave a Comment

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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STP Knob Turned The Right Way For Small-Scale Solar Power

March 30, 2018 2018-03-30T06:48:13 by Michael Bloch 2 Comments

STP - Small-scale Technology Percentage and solar power

Tony Abbott and Craig Kelly may be gearing up for more bluster after news knob-fiddling that relates to Australia’s solar subsidy has gone the right way.

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The Six Biggest Myths About Battery Storage

March 29, 2018 2018-03-29T13:17:26 by Finn Peacock 161 Comments

I’ve been publishing thoughts on the solar industry since 2009. And since Tesla announced their Powerwall battery to great media hype in May 2015, a lot of those thoughts have concerned batteries. Unfortunately, a lot of the facts I’ve published about batteries, their economics and their environmental impacts have not gone down well with some […]

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