Daily update: Abbott government’s 10 biggest renewable energy whoppers

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Daily update: Abbott government’s 10 biggest renewable energy whoppers

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Abbott’s 10 biggest renewable whoppers; Coal going ‘bust’; Abbott doesn’t believe in climate change; NSW now Australia’s biggest solar market; NSW Labor wants mandatory solar tariffs; Are solar homes getting paid properly for their solar exports?; Shell’s climate smack-down; The greening of China’s black electric power system; SolarCity to finance microgrids; Elon Musk to end range anxiety for EVs; Cities could be ideal place for utility scale solar plants; Global emissions trading scheme should be based on UN carbon budget; and 40% cut in UK oil imports from EVs?
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Despite protests that it is a supporter of renewables, the Abbott government has made an art of repeating utter nonsense about Australia’s renewable energy industry on radio, TV and at press conferences. Here are 10 of the worst of them. And more.
US report calls end to global coal power boom, with two coal plants shelved or cancelled for every new plant built since 2010. In India, the ratio is 6:1.
Tony Abbott’s exact position on climate change has been the source of some conjecture ever since his infamous “climate science is crap” comments.
NSW overtakes Queensland as biggest solar market, as the overhang in small scale solar certificates looks about to disappear, meaning installer may finally get $40 for their STCs.
NSW Labor wants mandatory tariffs for solar exports, opportunity for households to trade electricity, and a focus on decentralized generation.
Tasmanian renewables groups warns solar households will quit grid if they keep getting shortchanged by problems like the TasNetwork meter glitch.
Former top UK climate envoy delivers scathing assessment of fossil fuel industry’s global warming strategy as “narcissistic, paranoid, and psychopathic”.
China’s electric power system is greening– with powerful implications for the future of the country’s energy profile.
The company has already built a microgrid “at an undisclosed island location.”
Tesla Motors is about to end range anxiety via an over-the-air (OTA) software update, according to founder and chairman Elon Musk.
What if solar power plants could be built in developed areas between or atop buildings and homes without having to impact the desert?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) carbon budget could provide the scientific basis for a global cap on emissions.
New study says that if the U.K invests in electric vehicle infrastructure and supports its electric vehicle market, oil imports could be cut by 40% by 2030.

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