By train or by ship, transporting coal causes trouble
Derailment of 30 coal wagons is just latest in long list of coal transport accidents which highlight risks from shipping fossil fuels long distances to markets.
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Ashurst advises General Electric on Australia’s largest wind farm at Coopers Gap
Ashurst has advised GE in its negotiations with the PARF to supply, install and operate 123 wind turbines at Coopers Gap Wind Farm.
Genex solar + pumped hydro project clears another hurdle
Genex signs agreement to connect its Kidston Renewable Energy Hub to the grid, taking the project one step closer to completion.
Researchers one step closer to efficient, colorful solar panels
PV Magazine By stamping dense arrays of crystalline silicon nanocylinders onto solar modules, researchers in the Netherlands have managed to give green energy a green color. A new study published this week in Applied Physics Letters demonstrates photovoltaic modules with a bright green color, based on silicon heterojunction solar cells integrated with arrays of […]
Higher wind output in SA correlates with lower wholesale price
Unlike yesterday's chart on gas, today's graph shows wind has the opposite effect – more output takes power prices lower.
Graph of the Day: Higher SA wind output, lower wholesale power prices
Unlike yesterday's chart on gas, today's graph shows wind has the opposite effect – more output takes power prices lower.
Pic of the Day: Old meets new at solar-powered antique shop
We love this winter-time image of the solar powered Smythesdale Antique shop – and the message that it sends.
Windlab’s 1200MW Kennedy Energy Park set for construction, after IPO windfall
CSIRO spin-off raises $50m in IPO, finalising finance for world-leading wind, solar, battery storage project in north Queensland.
Australian wind delivers more record low prices, as private sector piles in
AGL Energy secures PPA of below $60/MWh for 453MW Coopers Gap Wind Farm, to be built in Queensland by 2019 after reaching financial close Thursday. AGL chief says deal signals private sector's readiness to invest in Australian renewables – but warns policy certainty still vital.
Redflow chooses Thailand for battery factory
Australian battery company Redflow Limited has today announced it has established a company in Thailand to manage production of its zinc-bromine flow batteries in South East Asia.