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Daily update: Abbott’s RET curse – how the PM can cripple renewables by doing nothing
RenewEconomy editor@reneweconomy.com.au via mail18.atl111.rsgsv.net
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Whatever happens with the RET, Abbott’s removal of the carbon price could inflict a killer blow. Plus: Milne’s take on what’s really killing renewables; 70% wind, solar and storage for Lord Howe Island; Recurrent Energy’s big predictions for Oz big solar; IKEA’s record solar rooftop; will Australia’s PV market go the way of solar hot water?; UNSW students smash EV world record; CEC’s new rooftop solar buyers’ guide; what utilities really think of microgrids; wind power set to double; and how glass can boost solar efficiency.
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If Tony Abbott wants to cripple the Australian renewable energy industry – as many suspect – he can do that without doing anything at all. That’s because the removal of the carbon price could make long term financing unfeasible, even if the renewables target was unchanged.
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Greens leader says conservative forces behind Abbott determined to kill renewable industry, and “appeasement” will not save the sector, but ambition might.
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Lord Howe Island aims to displace 70% of diesel generation with 1MW hybrid renewables system combining solar, wind and storage, and introduces solar leasing plan.
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US developer Recurrent Energy has Australian pipeline of 1,500MW of utility scale solar PV. An 80MW plant in Queensland could be first.
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Construction begins on largest single-rooftop solar PV system in Australia, with installation of 990kWp array at the IKEA in Tempe, NSW.
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Solar industry warns that PV market could experience as catastrophic a slump as the solar hot water market if policies are changed.
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Students from UNSW’s Sunswift team break the electric car world record for speed over a distance of 500km/h.
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Clean Energy Council launches free consumer guide to installing rooftop solar, to help customers avoid pitfalls and get system best suited to needs.
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If utilities could fully or partially own microgrids, they might be more interested in seeing the market succeed.
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Wind power now supplies about 3% of the world’s electricity, and the signs are good for the next several years.
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Self-cooling, longer lasting and more efficient solar cells are within reach simply by adding a thin layer of glass.
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