Daily update: Is it time for Queensland to ditch reliance on gold-plated grid?
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Time for Qld to ditch gold-plated grid?; Plans launched for community-owned energy retailer; India to become renewables superpower; Ergon says solar is game changer for energy business models; SunEdison claims world’s cheapest solar; Newman refuses briefing with top scientists; Network gold plating to be investigated; NY’s bold new plan to expand solar; Redefining future of the grid; and Why you might actually enjoy life in a degrowth economy.
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New report underlines massive subsidy paid to deliver coal-fired electricity through poles and wires to regional Queensland. Everyone might be better off if they embraced renewable-based mini grids.
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A new consortium hopes to become Australia’s first community owned retailer, with plans to build, generate and sell renewable energy in northern rivers region of NSW.
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India’s new energy minister says Modi government to smash previous 20GW by 2020 solar target and spend $100bn on renewables in five years.
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Queensland utility says average household demand down 20% in past decade, 21% of houses have solar, plans first commercial battery storage rollout.
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SunEdison says polysilicon breakthrough will slash costs of module production, and enable solar power to become the lowest cost energy solution.
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Maurice Newman, Abbott’s top business advisor, refuses to meet climate scientists to defend his “flat earth” nonsense, and attacks on weather bureau.
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So what’s it like riding an electric motorcycle that does 0-100 in 3.3 seconds, in the rain? Fascinating, scary and, ultimately, a total pleasure.
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Federal Senate votes for independent inquiry into allegations electricity networks have misled the energy regulator and deliberately pushed up power prices.
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NY-Sun awards announced for large solar electric projects that will increase the solar capacity in New York State by 68 percent, or more than 214 megawatts.
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We stand at rare moment in history, where current knowledge and resolve can deliver abundant energy services reliably, cleanly, and affordably to all.
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Like a snake eating its own tail, our growth-orientated civilisation suffers from the delusion that there are no environmental limits to growth.
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