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Daily update: Can Clive Palmer be trusted to protect renewable energy target?

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Renew Economy editor@reneweconomy.com.au via mail200.atl21.rsgsv.net 
3:08 PM (31 minutes ago)
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Can Palmer be trusted to protect the RET; Sunshine Coast Council closes in on 15MW solar farm; 115MW of utility-scale solar plants planned for Dubbo; Energy storage – the next big thing in solar; Even coal-loving banks won’t touch Abbot Point; ARENA funds AGL study into storage for wind farms; Wind turbine art beauty; 50 things you’ll never get to do with an electric motorbike; New Jersey has a cool new Energy Resilience Bank; GE says US wind can compete with fossil fuels without subsidy; US solar now 59% cheaper than analysts predicted back in 2010; Hydropower may be huge source of methane emissions; and Why uncontrolled climate change may be an ultimate limit to growth.
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The Parkinson Report
Clive Palmer. who has helped Abbott government dump the carbon price and has now reversed his opposition to Direct Action, may now allow changed to the RET. He also says Australian coal is good for emissions reductions.
Updated development application brings Sunshine Coast Council one step closer to becoming first local government to build a utility-scale solar farm.
French renewable energy developer Neoen plans to build 5 utility scale solar PV plants near key demand centres in western NSW.
A rush of new energy storage deals and product launches reminds us that energy storage is the next big thing – not least of all for solar.
Even coal-loving banks won’t touch Abbot Point Ben Collins, Yann Youvel & Julien Vincent
The proposed expansion of the Abbot Point coal export terminal is running out of friends in the banking world.
ARENA to fund AGL Energy study into grid-connected energy storage for its wind farms in South Australia.
Two Australian campaigns are hoping to help people see the beauty in wind turbines – and in all renewable energy.
A list of all the jobs I had done that are pretty typical of an overhaul that I will never have to do on an electric motorcycle.
Republican-led New Jersey has new Energy Resilience Bank – a green bank with a climate adaptation focus + a big opportunity for green securitisation.
The wind industry is reaching point where it no longer needs production tax credits to survive, says GE, the biggest energy supply company.
What if reservoirs that store water and produce electricity were among some of the world’s largest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions?
The surprise fall in solar costs means that the Obama administration’s ambitious “Sunshot” targets – to make solar cheaper than fossil fuels – are well within reach.
Sustainability is possible over the next century, but only if we control climate change.

Neville

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