Daily update: Germany looks to fast-track exit from coal, as well as nuclear
Renew Economy editor@reneweconomy.com.au via mail19.atl111.rsgsv.net
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Germany looks to fast-track exit from coal, as well as nuclear; Martin Green says solar costs to halve by 2025; SunPower to build 160MW solar panel factory in South Africa; NEM mapping tool to boost renewables deployment; The word Abbott government dare no speak; Germany to reach more than 30% renewables power by 2015; 6 potential US grid-scale energy storage projects; Australia on way to carbon pariah; Implications of mid-term election for climate change policy; and Solar power costs hit new lows in Brazil.
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Germany is looking to achieve exactly what Australia says is not possible – and wean one of the world’s largest manufacturing economies off coal – as well as shutting down nuclear.
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World leading researcher Martin Green says cost of solar technology will halve again in next decade, meaning solar – not coal – will become dominant energy source.
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As power blackouts rock South Africa, SunPower reveals plans to build a solar panel factory in Cape Town capable of producing 160MW of PV modules a year.
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‘Network opportunity maps’ to highlight areas where demand management and renewables can address electricity constraint, rather than more poles and wires.
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Australia has a new ambassador to direct negotiations on a climate treaty in Paris. But the words climate change have been dropped from his job title.
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For the Australian Government, the IPCC report could not have come at a more inopportune time — or at least, that’s what you would have assumed.
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Germany is headed for 31-32% renewable share of gross domestic electricity demand in 2015, a doubling of non-hydro renewables since 2010.
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It’s true more homeowners are getting solar panels, but large, cheap home energy systems don’t exist yet. It does appear that they will be coming, however.
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The US mid-term elections will be crucial for climate policy at a national level, and for solar and wind in some key states.
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Brazil’s solar auction attracts some of the lowest ever prices recorded for solar energy, with investors’ returns likely to be squeezed to single-digits.
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