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A Big Week for Clean Energy in Michigan
Last week was a big one for clean energy in Michigan.
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Massive big battery and solar farm proposed for NSW coal country
Australian renewables developer Maoneng has unveiled new plans for a massive 400MW, four-hour battery, which the company hopes to build alongside a 550MW solar farm in the New South Wales Upper Hunter region, a centre for coal…
Maoneng reveals plans for 950MW solar-battery project
Australian energy developer Maoneng has unveiled ambitious plans to build an almost 1GW solar PV farm and battery energy storage facility in regional New South Wales. May 2, 2022 David CarrollSydney-based renewables developer Maoneng said…
Duke Energy offers new cost-effective way for Florida customers to use solar
Duke Energy, one of America's largest energy holding companies, is inviting residential, small/medium business and income-qualified customers in Florida to register to subscribe to the company's new community solar program—Clean Energy…
Tesla’s Giant Solar & Energy Facility Near Las Vegas Has 528,084 Solar Panels
Tesla’s giant solar and energy facility near Las Vegas will power 60,000 homes with its 528,084 solar panels and 90 MW/360 MWh Tesla Megapack. The new facility, Arevon Townsite Solar and Storage, is in Boulder City, Nevada, and will…
Weekend read: a trojan horse for decarbonisation
It was a Saturday morning when Sydney-based billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, partnering with Canadian investment giant Brookfield Asset Management, put in a shock bid to buy Australia’s biggest power company AGL. The massive “gentailer,”…
Sun shines on the richest: New study explores how to make solar PV viable for all
More government support with greater flexibility is needed to make solar panels a viable option for elderly homeowners, student renters and the disabled, new research from the University of Sussex Business School warns.
The research calls…
It’s Time for Charles Koch to Testify About His Climate Change Disinformation Campaign
The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to…
Can the future grid be fair to all? Alice Springs could be test bench for Australia
Glenn Platt, a world-recognised former clean energy program leader at the CSIRO, remembers coming across two low-income housing tenants throwing a power cord over the back fence to share some excess solar.“OK, you can switch on now,” Platt…
Queensland company promises to turn noxious weeds into ‘green coal’
Queensland company Green Day Energy has begun trialling its proposition to convert the invasive weeds species, prickly acacia, to biomass for the purpose of generating electricity, biochar and hydrogen. April 4, 2022 Bella PeacockGreen Day…