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on January 17, 2020 at 11:29 am

BNEF: Solar rush in America and Spain helps bolster 2019's declining global solar finance figures. […]

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by Bridie Schmidt on January 17, 2020 at 5:06 am

New plan to encourage NSW drivers to adopt electric vehicles to be released soon by the NSW Liberal government, while federal Coalition ignores EVs in new auto industry report. The post NSW flags imminent release of EV strategy, as feds ignore electric in auto transition report appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Alison Potter on January 17, 2020 at 5:01 am

Solar monitoring company Solar Analytics has found that rooftop PV systems in Sydney and Canberra saw PV output plummet by 15 – 45% on heavy smoke haze days. The post How much does smoke haze affect rooftop solar production? appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Adam Clarke on January 17, 2020 at 4:52 am

Just four days into the New Year, the City of Newcastle reaped the benefits from the resilience created by its 100 per cent renewable energy plan. The post Newcastle builds local energy resilience with its 100 per cent renewable plan appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Giles Parkinson on January 17, 2020 at 4:28 am

AEMO convenes meeting with wind and solar project developers frustrated by constraints and connection delays in western Victoria and NSW. The post AEMO to meet wind and solar industry over NSW, Victoria grid blockages appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Michael Mazengarb on January 17, 2020 at 3:03 am

Microsoft pledges to go 'carbon negative', investing $1 billion to research tech to remove company's historical greenhouse gas emissions from atmosphere. The post Microsoft pledges to go ‘climate negative’, and remove 45-years of company emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Peter Farley on January 17, 2020 at 2:59 am

The first half of summer suggests that the Victorian grid is already much more resilient that most commentators claim or foresaw. The post Victoria’s power system is proving more resilient than people thought appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Giles Parkinson on January 17, 2020 at 2:38 am

Investment in large scale renewables in Australia slumped 60% in 2019 as Coalition turned a blind eye to needs of the clean energy transition. The post Australia wind and solar investment plunges as Coalition turns blind eye to transition appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Michael Mazengarb on January 17, 2020 at 1:10 am

ACT Government to end mandatory roll-out of gas infrastructure to new houses, as households begin dramatic shift away from the fossil fuel. The post Canberra households reject gas as ACT moves to end mandatory connections appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by Michael Mazengarb on January 16, 2020 at 11:37 pm

Remote coastal community of Denham may become host to one of Australia's first hydrogen storage projects, as Horizon Power overhauls its electricity system. The post Horizon Power looks to renewable hydrogen to power remote WA town of Denham appeared first on RenewEconomy. […]

by info@greentechmedia.com on January 16, 2020 at 9:53 pm

Canadian startup e-Zn has raised money to store clean energy far longer than currently available batteries allow, using cheap and abundant zinc. On Wednesday, the company received CAD $2 million ($1.5 million) in non-dilutive grant funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada, a federally funded body charged with vetting and funding cleantech hardware innovation. E-Zn used an earlier CAD $700,000 SDTC grant to build a demonstration that paired the zinc storage with a solar array. […]

by Christopher Doering on January 16, 2020 at 4:28 pm

The maker of its namesake soda, Gatorade and Doritos plans to reach the target later this year. America accounts for nearly half of its total global electricity consumption. […]

on January 16, 2020 at 3:16 pm

World's largest asset manager will fully pull out of thermal coal investments by mid-2020. […]

by Iulia Gheorghiu on January 16, 2020 at 2:48 pm

"In 2020, there’s sort of a 'come on in, the water's warm' element of excitement and momentum" around renewable energy procurement, one analyst said. […]