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Renewable Energy News
Huge utility line upgrade faces opposition
PITTSBURGH – 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 ...
Editorial: Expand alternative energy with caution
Lawmakers are considering a package of bills that would expand the state's renewable energy program in several ways, including making it easier for consumers to be compensated for creating their own solar and other forms of alternative power.
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battery, sodium, electrode, storage Sun, wind and other renewable energy sources could make up a larger portion of the electricity America consumes if better batteries could be built to store the intermittent energy for cloudy, windless days. Now a new ...
MRIGLobal: An institute on the edge
For years, the federal government injected gushers of cash into the non-profit institute for national security projects and renewable energy research. Money from the economic stimulus package after the 2008 recession drove the institute's revenues to record ...
Palmer: Abbott will need to convince Greens to abolish RET
Clive Palmer has reiterated his support for the Renewable Energy Target, saying the government will need to negotiate with the Greens if it wants to change the mandated 41,000 gigawatt hours target by 2020. “We won't be voting for it, so I suppose they'll ...
Mega Aussie solar project falls on global warming doubts
Miles George, a managing director at renewable energy project developer Infigen Energy, said the moves would amount to "economic vandalism, pandering to the climate sceptic minority," and that the prime minister is misreading the views of voters on the ...
Liberal state calls for RET to remain
"The Tasmanian Liberal Government remains unequivocal in our support for the Renewable Energy Target, which recognises and rewards Tasmania's generation of clean renewable energy ... we have advocated strongly on behalf of Tasmania's interests in ...
Reading Dick Warburton's mind
It is worth noting that the scheme has already reached a level of renewable energy production that is around twice the size of the original target set by the Howard Government. Meanwhile, expected growth in electricity consumption has plummeted to be 15 ...
Changes to RET threatens investment in Australia
A number of high profile industry groups have issued statements warning the federal government that Australia will damage its reputation as an investment destination if the Renewable Energy Target (RET) is scaled back or abolished. Clean Energy Council ...
GE expresses RET concern; Origin wary of RET closure
Financial services firm GE Australia has reportedly said scrapping the Renewable Energy Target would go against the Coalition Government's claim that Australia is open for business. The Australian Financial Review said the company had made the claim as ...
New Battery Tech Promises Huge Advance in Renewable Energy Storage
A new battery electrode that combines liquid-state sodium and cesium to significantly improve the safety, efficiency and life span of sodium-beta batteries has been developed by researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, ...
Negotiate with Greens on RET: Palmer
Clive Palmer has reiterated his support for the Renewable Energy Target, saying the government will need to negotiate with the Greens if it wants to change the mandated 41,000 gigawatt hours target by 2020, Fairfax reports. “We won't be voting for it, so I ...
GE expresses RET concern; Origin urges reduced target
Financial services firm GE Australia has reportedly said scrapping the Renewable Energy Target would go against the Coalition Government's claim that Australia is open for business. The Australian Financial Review said the company had made the claim as ...
