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California issues first tender for long-duration storage to support wind and solar
California municipalities issue first tender for long duration storage - from eight to 16 hours - to back up growing share of wind and solar.
Australian Federal Government
Gas
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United States Government
Wind
Texas has a big lesson for Australia: renewables are where the money is flowing
Texas and Australia have much in common. They have similar sized populations and economies and are hugely invested in resources extraction. But in Texas, renewables are winning.
Battery
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New Mexico utility to replace coal plant with four solar and battery projects
Another major US utility unveils plans to replace an ageing coal power plant with solar and storage, via four projects totalling nearly 1GW of new renewable capacity.
Climate
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United States Government
Who turned off the lights in California?
Preliminary data shows culprits from last month's load shedding were not variable renewables, but the sudden loss of a big fossil fuel generator, and human error.
Battery storage
Energy Markets
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Sticky
United States Government
How energy storage is rewiring the electricity industry
Whatever shape the shift to renewables takes, energy storage will be the Swiss Army knife for electricity grids – a tool for any task.
Elon Musk
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People
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United States Government
Legal lessons for Australia from Uber’s self-driving car fatality
There are calls for strong action, including criminal prosecution, following a fatal accident involving an Uber self-driving car
Climate
Donald Trump
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United States Government
Trump’s new economics director is climate denier who thinks animals can ‘snuggle’ under pipelines
President Donald Trump names CNBC host Larry Kudlow as new director of the National Economic Council, adding yet another climate science denier to the White House.
Climate
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United States Government
Trump’s new Secretary of State has received most money from Koch Industries
Mike Pompeo is ex Tea Party, a climate science denier, opponent of Paris climate deal, and biggest recipient of Koch Industries dollars.
Donald Trump
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SunPower
United States Government
Major U.S. solar company blames job cuts on Trump’s solar import tariff
SunPower has already begun a series of layoffs.
Northern Territory Government
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Renewables
United States Government
Greensmith Energy’s Texas Waves Energy Storage project now operational
Greensmith Energy, a part of the technology group Wärtsilä, has successfully completed two grid-scale energy storage systems in partnership with E.ON Climate & Renewables in Texas.
