Australia
Australian wind power now cheaper than coal and gas
Tuesday, 12 February 2013 Robin WhitlockNew research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has found that unsubsidised renewable energy is now cheaper in Australia than electricity from coal and gas
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Australia could be self-sufficient in renewable energy within 10 years
Thursday, 17 January 2013 Robin WhitlockA new report published by the Energy Research Institute of the University of Melbourne finds that existing renewable energy could wean the country off fossil fuels
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Australia’s first large-scale solar farm switched on
Friday, 12 October 2012 REMVerve Energy, GE Energy and First Solar have officially opened the 10-megawatt Greenough River Solar Farm near Geraldton, Western Australia
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Siemens receives 270-MW wind order from down under
Monday, 06 August 2012 Toby Price Siemens has received an order for a total of 90 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 270 megawatts (MW) for the Snowtown II Wind Farm in Australia. The customer is TrustPower, one of New Zealand`...
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Defence company contributes to ocean energy
Wednesday, 18 July 2012 REM An Australian defence industry manufacturer, ATSA, has made major contributions to the development of commercialised tidal power generation by supporting the SeaUrchin project, which was awarded top h...
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Microalgae “bulging with biofuel potential”
Friday, 13 July 2012 Toby Price Researchers from the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) have isolated and evaluated a “super strain” of a native microalgae species that could form the basis of a local bi...
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Lockheed Martin to ride the waves down under
Friday, 13 July 2012 REM Household name, Lockheed Martin has entered into a teaming agreement with Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a leading wave energy technology company, with the goal of developing a 19 megawatt wave-energ...
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“World’s first” combined wind and wave platform in pipeline
Monday, 28 May 2012 Toby Price Wood Group Kenny has been awarded a three-year contract by Marine Power Technologies Pty Ltd (MPT) to provide project management and engineering support services for the development of MPT's Energy Is...
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Biofuel tree project discovers indigenous partners
Thursday, 10 May 2012 REM University of Queensland researchers have planted five hectares of Pongamia trees at Hope Vale, north Queensland (Australia) in a bid to create a “commercially-viable plantation for sustainable regi...
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OWC wave energy device close to commercialisation
Wednesday, 18 April 2012 Toby Price After a decade and a half developing its wave energy technology, the Sydney-based company, Oceanlinx, is on the brink of launching its patent oscillating water column technology onto the global market...
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