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Renewable Energy News
Biggest solar project falls as Australia reviews policy
The project in Mildura was scrapped because of the review into the target along with lower wholesale power prices according to a statement from Solar Systems, a unit of New South Wales-based Silex, and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Funding ...
Government News
Intense speculation over the Abbott government's real intentions surrounding the potential scrapping of the Renewable Energy Target (RET) have sent shock waves through the local government sector. Councils now fear they will struggle badly to manage ...
Slashing RET 'devastating'
RENEWABLE energy companies, fossil-fuel generators and investor groups have warned the federal government that abolishing the Renewable Energy Target (RET) will damage Australia's reputation as an investment destination. The renewable companies ...
Clive Palmer vows to block RET changes as industry fears worst
“The Abbott government has done everything possible to set up the demise of the [RET] because their mates in the big end of town, in the coal industry in particular, can't cope with the competition from renewable energy,” Senator Milne said.
Hydrogen Fuel News
Australia's largest solar energy project is beginning to take shape after years of planning and development. The project has received funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and has begun receiving shipments of photovoltaic systems from First ...
Unlikely Bedfellows: Mines That Run On Solar Or Wind Power
Mining companies are often seen as dinosaurs when it comes to making changes that will benefit the environment, but that perception may be shifting as some companies turn to renewable energy to cut costs and lighten their carbon footprint. At first blush ...
Silex says axed north-west solar project won't impact Bridgewater plans
It says it made the decision because of uncertainty around the future of the Renewable Energy Target, which the Federal Government is reviewing. However, Silex's chief executive Michael Goldsworthy says the company remains committed to other projects, ...
Germans Happily Pay More For Renewable Energy, But Would Others?
In the first half of 2014, Germany drew 28 percent of its power generation from renewable energy sources. Wind and solar capacity were hugely boosted, now combining to generate 45 terawatt hours (TWh), or 17 percent of national demand, with another 11 ...
PPL major power line proposal opposed by New Jersey Sierra Club
One of the biggest new electric transmission line proposals in decades is turning into a debate over fracking, renewable energy and the future of an aging energy grid. The $4 billion to $6 billion PPL Corp. project is designed to take electricity generated near ...
Business in 90 Seconds
TO FINANCE, AND REPORTS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SET TO SCRAP OR CUT THE RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGET HAS UNSETTLED THE CLEAN ENERGY INDUSTRY. RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANIES SAY CHANGING THE ...
Sun sets on solar
A combination of low wholesale electricity prices, and uncertainty over the future of Australia's Renewable Energy Target (RET) have been attributed as the reasons behind Silex Systems shelving plans to further develop its solar power plant near Mildura.
Boulder, Xcel in negotiations over Solar Rewards, other incentive programs
Boulder officials have called the request "bullying" and said Xcel was retaliating against Boulder for striking out on its own. The city later offered to transfer renewable energy credits from pre-existing solar contracts to Xcel Energy and assume the utility's solar ...
Team tests new technology to harness renewable energy at only centre of its ...
Like windmills in the water, new technology being tested in Manitoba aims to use the power of rushing rivers without building dams. “It's going to make a huge difference for small communities and medium sized communities,” said Eric Biebau, alternative ...
