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United States Government
Ramping and duck curves
Grid reliability and flexibility in the NEM would be much of an issue for the next few years except for the fact that the coal generation fleet is getting...
Energy Markets
News & Commentary
Renewables
Energy Efficiency market report – the big rally continues
Price jump in the VEEC market across the last 5 months has been massive, with speculation and then confirmation scheme administrator will reduce the attractiveness of some commercial lighting...
China
Climate
Community Power
Governments
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Renewables
Solar
Developing nations are driving record growth in solar power
Emerging markets now account for the majority of growth in solar power, according to new data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance .
Governments
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Renewables
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South Australian Government
Busting more myths about South Australia’s wind and solar
The recent performance of wind and solar in South Australia - 63 per cent of consumption - dispels a few myths around renewables and makes a nonsense of the...
Coal
Energy Markets
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Renewables
Solar
Utilities
Know your NEM: Why AEMC needs a fresh view of policy mess
AEMC chief John Pierce has had a long run, perhaps long enough. And why sale of Loy Yang B is good for competition.
Australian Federal Government
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Coal
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Solar
National Energy Guarantee’s bizarre approach to reliability
The more we look at the NEG, the more bizarre it gets. And it seems disrespectful, or even arrogant, of the ESB to think an overnight thought bubble is...
China
Coal
Governments
India
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Renewables
China contractors and finance may help Adani’s mega coal mine
The potential involvement of China state-owned contractors and financiers may help Adani in its push for the mega coal mine in Queensland.
Australian Federal Government
Governments
Malcolm Turnbull
People
Press Releases
Renewables
West-east gas pipeline pre-feasibility study
The Turnbull Government is pleased to announce that ACIL Allen, in conjunction with GHD, is the successful tenderer to conduct a pre-feasibility study on the West-East Gas Pipeline.
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Australian Federal Government
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Tony Abbott
Investor confidence could be smashed without additional detail
This plan to provide a plan is almost the worst outcome possible for investment certainty. If more detail doesn't emerge soon, it could be as bad for renewables as...
Energy Markets
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Smart Energy
Utilities
Know your NEM: Laws of physics grind slowly, but surely
With energy policy set to remain a political battleground in Australia, physics, in the form of global warming, will continue to gradually push decarbonization to the top of the...