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Papua New Guinea's electricity provider hopes it can provide uninterrupted power to blackout-plagued Port Moresby with a hydro project being constructed by a Chinese company.
Topics: hydro-energy, environmentally-sustainable-business, papua-new-guinea, pacific, asia
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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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| UpdatedThe Greens' Nick McKim says Federal Government support for new generation coal-fired power will hit renewables investment in Tasmania.
Topics: energy, hydro-energy, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, tas
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| UpdatedOn the Highlands Power Trail, road signs guide drivers through Tasmania's Central Highlands, explaining the history of the state's hydro power construction and communities along the way.
Topics: hydro-energy, tas
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Hydro Tasmania has badged the track to historical Waddamana as the Highlands Power Trail
Topics: community-and-society, hydro-energy, tas
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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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| UpdatedHydro Tasmania will fire up the main generator at its controversial gas-powered Tamar Valley Power Station, to ease demand on its water storages.
Topics: hydro-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, tas
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| UpdatedThe State Government says it has already acted on recommendations made by a specialist taskforce on energy security, following the release of its interim report.
Topics: hydro-energy, wind-energy, government-and-politics, tas
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| UpdatedAustralia's energy regulator recommends a second undersea power cable between Tasmania and Victoria, but just who would pay the billion-dollar bill is already in dispute.
Topics: government-and-politics, energy, hydro-energy, alternative-energy, environment, tas
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| UpdatedTour one of our biggest power stations and wonder why ladybirds love it so much
Topics: science-and-technology, hydro-energy, energy, animal-science, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, contemporary-art, queenstown-7467
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| UpdatedHydro Tasmania confirms it set up a specialist committee to investigate options for the Basslink cable, as a dispute with the undersea cable owner continues.
Topics: state-parliament, electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, tas
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| UpdatedHydro Tasmania engages a consultant to look at a possible buyout or regulation of the Basslink power cable connecting the Tasmanian market to the national grid.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, states-and-territories, tas
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| UpdatedHydro Tasmania's chairman tells an inquiry 'hand on heart' the Tamar Valley Power Station is needed for energy security, putting him at odds with the Energy Minister.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, state-parliament, hobart-7000, bell-bay-7253, tas
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| UpdatedA dramatic shift to renewable energy is underway in China and India, a comprehensive report analysing the global energy market finds, prompting a warning that Australia is one of the countries most exposed to the changing dynamic.
Topics: industry, coal, business-economics-and-finance, energy, science-and-technology, wind-energy, tidal-energy, solar-energy, nuclear-energy, hydro-energy, geothermal-energy, alternative-energy, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, china, australia, india
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Tasmania's vital Basslink cable could be switched off if the company's finances do not improve, Opposition Leader Bryan Green says.
Topics: government-and-politics, hydro-energy, tas
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The Tasmanian Government says it is monitoring Basslink's finances after it was revealed the company was in financial trouble.
Topics: hydro-energy, government-and-politics, tas
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The massive Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme in far south-eastern New South Wales will be formally declared a National Heritage Place in Cooma today.
Topics: history, hydro-energy, environment, alternative-energy, community-and-society, jindabyne-2627, nsw, bega-2550, australia, canberra-2600, act
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Senior Liberal senator Eric Abetz says it is time to revisit the possibility of more nuclear power after South Australia's widespread blackout.
Topics: nuclear-energy, hydro-energy, solar-energy, wind-energy, federal---state-issues, tas
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| UpdatedHydro Tasmania's move to boost storage levels in the wake of the energy crisis could drive up power prices, the Greens say.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, states-and-territories, tas
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Energy Minister Matthew Groom will make the case for a second power cable to Victoria when he attends an emergency meeting with his interstate counterparts later this week.
Topics: hydro-energy, wind-energy, states-and-territories, tas
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| UpdatedHydro Tasmania claims the future is "robust and secure", despite a leaked plan warning of possible infrastructure maintenance struggles.
Topics: hydro-energy, environment, tas
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| UpdatedCosta Rica achieves 150 days of electricity production entirely through renewable energy sources this year, with the Central American country going carbon-free for 76 days straight.
Topics: hydro-energy, geothermal-energy, solar-energy, climate-change, costa-rica
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| UpdatedTasmania's Treasurer pushes the powerful committee examining the state's energy crisis to explain the leaking of confidential documents.
Topics: hydro-energy, states-and-territories, electricity-energy-and-utilities, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedWhat key players have told the parliamentary inquiry into what went wrong during Tasmania's energy crisis.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, hydro-energy, states-and-territories, tas