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Solar costs tipped to halve and beat wind in 5 years, RenewEconomy sets new readership milestones, Happy birthday Carbon Tax, Big 4 banks asked to boycott Qld coal expansion, Should RET be redesigned to encourage energy storage, Disruptive technologies are, well, disruptive, Clean energy access market valued at $12bn, Indonesia, losing primary forest at unprecedented levels, Germany’s Renewable Energy Act, and meet the new all-electric BMW i3.

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The Parkinson Report

Solar costs tipped to halve and beat wind in 5 years Giles Parkinson

Would the prospect of more solar and less wind mollify the Coalition’s antipathy to the renewable energy target? First Solar says utility scale solar costs can match that of wind within five years, but only if such plants are deployed at scale.

RenewEconomy sets new readership milestones Sophie Vorrath

A big thanks to readers, as RenewEconomy passes the 5 million mark of total page views and heads for 4 million in a single year.

Happy birthday Carbon Tax… been good to know you Sophie Vorrath

As Australia’s carbon laws turn two, a new report shows how successful they have been, even despite the Abbott government’s plans to axe them come July.

Big Four banks asked to boycott Queensland coal expansion Sophie Vorrath

Internet campaign calls on Australia’s Big 4 banks to withhold funding from Qld coal part expansion project which threatens Great Barrier Reef.

Should RET be redesigned to encourage energy storage? Giles Parkinson

Spanish renewables group suggests adjustment to RET to encourage energy storage, to help mitigate network costs.

Disruptive technologies are, well, disruptive Fereidoon Sioshansi

As customers produce more of what they consume, they buy less from the incumbents, forcing the rates to rise even further for the remaining customers.

Off-grid, clean energy access market valued at $12bn Vrinda Manglik

Fastest, cheapest, and most effective means of ending energy poverty is CES4all – and it’s going to create a $12 billion annual industry by 2030.

Indonesia losing primary forest at unprecedented rates Ariana Alisjabana

New study shows Indonesia has the highest rate of loss in tropical primary forests in the world, overtaking Brazil.

Germany hands destiny of renewable back to big utilities Craig Morris

Germany’s Bundestag has put an end to its Energiewende as a citizen movement and handed power back to the big utilities.

Efficiency and performance meet in BMW’s 13 Greg Rucks

BMW’s all-electric i3 has been rated the most