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Wannon Water goes with the wind – turbine construction set to begin
Sophie Vorrath23 Aug 20180 comments

Victorian utility set to build 800kW wind turbine that will power all of its energy intensive Portland water and sewage treatment facilities.

Battery/Storage, Other Renewables, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Community retailer Enova to pilot Bryon Bay microgrid
Sophie Vorrath22 Aug 20180 comments

Enova Energy reveals plans to develop a microgrid in its home town, to encourage the roll-out of locally generated, stored and distributed power.

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Victoria announces microgrid grant, to power Latrobe Valley shift from coal
Sophie Vorrath22 Aug 20180 comments

Victoria Labor government launches $3m grant program to support the development of a renewables based microgrid project in the Latrobe Valley.

Other Renewables, Solar, Tariffs
Community retailer Enova eyes expansion with new crowd-funding campaign
Sophie Vorrath16 Aug 20180 comments

Community energy retailer aims to raise at least $3m to finance its extension across NSW, including Sydney CBD, followed by south-east Queensland, Victoria and SA.

Other Renewables, Solar
A shining example for microgrids, or a cautionary tale?
Elisa Wood9 Aug 20180 comments

A community microgrid development in the works for nearly two years in southern California faces a battle against the local city council, which is urging a vote to reject the project.

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Apple, Etsy, Swiss Re partner to develop 290MW of wind, solar
Joshua S Hill9 Aug 20180 comments

Each company has committed to sourcing 100% of their electricity needs for their global operations from renewable energy.

Battery/Storage, Energy Efficiency, Other Renewables, Software/Gadgets, Solar
Victorian town plans "smart energy precinct" to halve industry power costs
Sophie Vorrath1 Aug 20180 comments

Local business and community in coastal town of Port Fairy begin work on developing multi-million dollar, renewables-based smart energy precinct.

Other Renewables
UK coal freight giant signs deal to source 100% renewable electricity
Sophie Vorrath19 Jul 20180 comments

While DB Cargo UK freights coal and petroleum, a new deal will see all its rail sites and offices powered by 100% renewable electricity.

Policy, Other Renewables, Solar
Apple launches new $300m clean energy fund in China

Joshua S Hill18 Jul 20180 comments

Apple creates “first-of-its-kind” investment fund, tapping greater purchasing power to expand the clean energy options available to its smaller Chinese suppliers.

Other Renewables
Monash University signs off-take deal with Victorian wind farm
Sophie Vorrath5 Jul 20180 comments

Monash commits to wind offtake deal that brings the university into powerful consortium of corporate buyers, and closer to target of 100% renewables.

Other Renewables, Solar
The sneaky war against renewables in the bush
Matthew Wright and Paul Szuster29 Jun 20180 comments

If you live in a remote area of Victoria the government will subsidise your off-grid fuel needs ... and not if you power your off-grid home with solar.

Other Renewables
Packaging giant taps "baseload green power" in Victoria wind PPA
Sophie Vorrath19 Jun 20180 comments

ASX-listed packaging giant Orora will soon source 80% of its power from renewables, after signing second renewable PPA in a matter of months, this time for electricity generated by the 228MW Lal Lal wind farm, being built in Victoria.

Other Renewables
"IceGrid" proposes stored wind power for remote Canada provinces
Andrew Burger13 Jun 20180 comments

Proposal to replace diesel plants with grid-connected, wind powered, battery energy storage microgrids throughout the northwestern Canadian provinces wins CanInfra prize.

Battery/Storage, Other Renewables, Solar
Birdsville bids farewell to geothermal, opts for solar and battery storage instead
Sophie Vorrath7 Jun 20180 comments

Plans to replace Australia’s only utility-owned geothermal power station in remote Queensland town of Birdsville dumped in favour of distributed solar and storage.

Other Renewables, Solar
Unilever to run all Australian factories on 100% renewables by 2020
Sophie Vorrath7 Jun 20180 comments

Global consumer goods manufacturer Unilever says it has "started its journey" in Australia to sourcing all grid purchased electricity from renewables by 2020.

Other Renewables, Solar, Tariffs
Making the case for 10-year renewable electricity tariffs
Tosh Szatow6 Jun 20180 comments

For a fair, efficient, low-cost pathway to 100% renewables, we need to put front-of-meter renewables on a level footing with rooftop renewables and enable customers to sign 10-year front-of-meter PPAs.

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