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| UpdatedAdelaide Hills resident Keith Bladon is working toward taking his property off the electricity grid and is keen to frame his final power bill.
Topics: alternative-energy, solar-energy, environment, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedCoober Pedy's new electricity system will cost almost double what it should, according to an independent report, prompting the South Australian Opposition to ask for an investigation by the auditor-general.
Topics: alternative-energy, regional-development, solar-energy, wind-energy, coober-pedy-5723
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| UpdatedThe power company that provides a third of Queensland's electricity using some of Australia's most advanced coal-fired generators says new technology is not game-changing and clean coal is too expensive to operate.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, alternative-energy, callide-4715, australia
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull is particularly critical of the SA Government for what he describes as its renewable energy scheme, but it's the Commonwealth's scheme, says energy expert Danny Price.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, business-economics-and-finance, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, australia
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| UpdatedThe "patchwork" of different renewable energy targets from the states and territories will "create widespread power system security problems", according to Danny Price, a respected expert who helped design Australia's national energy market rules.
Topics: government-and-politics, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, federal-government, business-economics-and-finance, emissions-trading, australia
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| UpdatedThe terms clean coal and high-efficiency, low-emissions power stations are high on political agenda. But can they help reduce emissions?
Topics: mining-rural, mining-industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, energy, alternative-energy, coal, perth-6000
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| UpdatedEnergy experts say the West Australian Labor party must undertake a detailed feasibility study before backing a wave power farm in the Great Southern.
Topics: alternative-energy, tidal-energy, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, albany-6330, wa
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Topics: wind-energy, solar-energy, energy, alternative-energy, environment, australia
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| UpdatedThe first national audit of batteries that store solar power shows almost 7,000 were installed in Australian homes last year — and that's predicted to triple this year.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, alternative-energy, environment, energy, science-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedOne of the country's largest operators of coal-fired power stations warns big bills are on the way after recent extreme weather and says renewables are the key to driving down prices.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, australia
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| UpdatedSouth Australia's Liberal Opposition promises to scrap the state's target to source half its energy from renewable sources in bid to "restore affordable, reliable power".
Topics: alternative-energy, states-and-territories, coal, government-and-politics, sa
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| UpdatedSadly, much of the debate about our future power generation has become mired in political point-scoring and simplistic arguments designed to inflame and outrage; where ignorance dominates academic research, writes Ian Verrender.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, alternative-energy, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedSouth Australia could reduce its reliance on the National Electricity Market through major infrastructure investment, according to a policy expert, as it looks to overcome a privatised market that has proved unreliable.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, environment, states-and-territories, energy, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull has made a stunning turnaround from urging zero-emissions energy to spruiking "clean coal" — seemingly in the face of climate science, Stephen Long writes.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, coal, turnbull-malcolm, australia
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| UpdatedThe SA Government has suggested "complete nationalisation" of the electricity system and a new gas-fired power station as two options to secure power supply.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, environment, states-and-territories, energy, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe Queanbeyan-Palerang Council opposes a planned wind farm near Tarago, south of Goulburn, because of perceived impact on residents.
Topics: wind-energy, alternative-energy, environment, rural, regional-development, tarago-2580, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, act, canberra-2600, australia, goulburn-2580
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| UpdatedSouth Australians enduring a severe heatwave have been warned they could face power cuts as the state struggles to meet power supply demands. We take a look at the process of load shedding and why it takes place.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, alternative-energy, environment, wind-energy, solar-energy, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, sa, australia
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The Prime Minister wants to further investigate pumped hydro as a way of boosting energy stability in Australia. But what is it and could it help South Australia in particular?
Topics: hydro-energy, alternative-energy, sa, adelaide-5000
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There have been massive efforts to attain the holy grail of "clean coal", but the current reality is that it remains a dirty way to produce energy.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, federal-government, climate-change, alternative-energy, australia
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| UpdatedScott Morrison says the Government could use Clean Energy Finance Corporation cash to build a new generation of coal-fired power stations, despite warnings from experts who say the technology could be twice as expensive as wind power.
Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, solar-energy, wind-energy, hydro-energy, environment, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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Jenny Spinks, Peter Bertuleit, and Richard Newcombe discuss their pioneering eco-neighbourhood in the rural town of Bega.
Topics: sustainable-living, alternative-energy
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The principles of permaculture driving a neighbourhood in Bega is still going strong, a decade on.
Topics: sustainable-living, regional, regional-development, alternative-energy, bega-2550
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| UpdatedA 100-megawatt solar power facility will be established at Tailem Bend in South Australia to serve customers of the fourth-biggest retailer in the national electricity market.
Topics: company-news, solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, business-economics-and-finance, tailem-bend-5260, adelaide-5000, sa
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West Australians are installing solar panels at a record rate, with the renewable energy's popularity driven by rising power prices and the falling cost of the technology.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, climate-change, environment, perth-6000
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will meet with Port Lincoln business leaders to discuss energy security in the wake of the September blackout, and attend the annual Tunarama festival fish toss.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, alternative-energy, federal-government, rural, port-lincoln-5606, sa