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9 Renewable Energy Stories From REneweconomy.com.au

• 20 June 17 
  Batteries vs pumped storage hydropower – a place for both?

  Two very different storage technologies – one old, one new; one that takes years to build, one that can be built ‘within 100 days (or it’s free)’. How else do they differ, and is there a place for both?

  VisitDonald Vaughan & Nick West, 23h ago
• Finkel: Investors prefer wind, solar because they cheaper than coal

  Finkel says it clear investors prefer wind and solar because they are cheaper to build than traditional generation such as hydro and coal.

  VisitGiles Parkinson, 1d ago
• Turnbull and Trump both demonising renewables for no reason

  Turnbull’s pursuit of “baseload dispatchable” power has all the hallmarks of the Trump administration’s campaign against renewables. But data shows that countries with lots of wind and solar have better energy security.

  VisitGiles Parkinson, 1d ago
• Australian company Vivid Technology enters MoU with Honeywell to become its preferred partner for IoT industrial-scale smart LED lighting in Australia

  Major strategic partnership opens the possibility of integrating Vivid Technology and Honeywell products to create complete smart buildings solutions.

  VisitSix Degrees Investor Relations, 1d ago
• Investing trillions in electricity’s sunny future

  NNEF has just published its fourth annual New Energy Outlook with electricity’s future looking sunny — and windy, too — to the tune of trillions of dollars of new investment.

  VisitNathaniel Bullard, 1d ago
• AGL says only renewables will provide new “baseload”, not coal
  AGL ridicules Coalition push for new “baseload” coal plants, saying that the only new “baseload” would be renewables, with gas or storage. “There’s a lot of misinformation out there,” says CEO Andy Vesey.

  VisitSophie Vorrath, 1d ago
• WA national park taken off-grid by local network

  Horizon Power’s stand-alone power project taking Fitzgerald River National Park off-grid with solar, battery storage and back-up diesel.

  VisitSophie Vorrath, 1d ago
• Queensland rejects battery swap, but restricts use of storage with premium tariffs

  Queensland decides against proposed voluntary “buy out” of premium solar feed in tariffs in exchange for battery storage, but announces new rules to stop premium tariffs being rorted by batteries.

  VisitGiles Parkinson, 1d ago
• Rooftop solar’s new boom – when installing PV becomes a no-brainer

  Falling technology costs and yet another hike in electricity prices are combining to make rooftop solar an economic no-brainer for most Australian households and businesses. Just ask Cory Bernardi.

  VisitSophie Vorrath, 1d ago

June 21, 2017 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, energy