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Solar offers sustainability for Victorian farmer
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A Victorian farmer is the latest to invest in solar power for a financially sustainable future for his family.
Topics: solar-energy, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, poultry-and-egg-production, livestock, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, warracknabeal-3393
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Melbourne tram network to use solar energy by end of 2018
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A new solar energy plant to be built in regional Victoria will run Melbourne's entire tram network by the end of 2018, the State Government says.
Topics: state-parliament, solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, melbourne-3000, vic
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Engie seeks tenders for large-scale solar project
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While it is not known for its sunshine, some in Victoria's Latrobe Valley are calling for the development of a large-scale solar plant.
Topics: solar-energy, environment, alternative-energy, community-and-society, morwell-3840
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Solar farm proposed near Armidale to bring jobs to New England
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A solar farm proposed for northern New South Wales would generate 100 megawatts of power and cover 300 hectares.
Topics: solar-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, hillgrove-2350
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Bill Finney in White Cliffs image
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White Cliffs Solar Farm image
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Bill Finney and White Cliffs Solar Farm Video
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Australian National University chose White Cliffs for their Solar Project in 1979.
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Back Roads visits ground-breaking solar farm at White Cliffs
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A team from the Australian National University created a world-first in renewable energy back in 1979.
Topics: solar-energy, community-and-society, university-and-further-education, science-and-technology, history, television-broadcasting, white-cliffs-2836, australian-national-university-0200
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China's big push towards green power Video
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China will plough $493 billion into renewable power generation by 2020, as the world's largest energy market continues to push for cleaner fuels.
Topics: energy, wind-energy, solar-energy, china
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Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, brisbane-4000
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Sunny Brisbane well placed to capitalise on solar power
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A "stocktake" of Brisbane's solar potential reveals CBD rooftops could produce enough power to meet 11 per cent of the city's demand.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, coal, wind-energy, brisbane-4000
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China to spend $493 billion on green power push
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China will plough $493 billion into renewable power generation by 2020, the country's energy agency says, as the world's largest energy market continues to shift away from dirty coal power towards cleaner fuels.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, pollution, electricity-energy-and-utilities, china
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Record breaking solar investment by business
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More Australian businesses are investing in solar power than ever before.
Topics: viticulture, solar-energy, mount-gambier-5290
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Top End tradies to swallow tiny thermometers for heat stress experiments
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Tradies across the Top End sign up for experiments aimed at reducing the personal and economic toll of heat stress, and it's suspected a cold beer will turn out not to be the best way to beat the sweltering conditions.
Topics: solar-energy, environmental-technology, mens-health, broome-6725
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Household solar power producers counter lower feed-in tariffs
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Solar power supporter Bruce Malcolm has invested in state-of-the-art battery and software technology to control when he should release energy back into the grid as he grapples with the change to feed-in tariffs.
Topics: alternative-energy, solar-energy, anglesea-3230
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Community funds solar switch for massive Westfarmers company
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Mum and dad investors fund a half-a-million-dollar solar energy project at one of Australia's largest companies, saying the returns are almost double that offered by the banks.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, ethical-investment, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, canning-vale-6155, sydney-2000, university-of-technology-sydney-2007, nsw, wa
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Adelaide trials virtual power plant across hundreds of homes
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A $20 million electricity generation and storage trial is linking the solar panels and battery storage from hundreds of Adelaide homes, creating a virtual power station.
Topics: alternative-energy, solar-energy, environment, environmental-technology, electricity-energy-and-utilities, business-economics-and-finance, adelaide-5000, sa
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Solar panel owners turn to vanadium 'electrolyte fluid' battery
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A new use for the metal vanadium is emerging as energy savvy consumers look for a better way of storing solar power than lithium-ion batteries.
Topics: alternative-energy, solar-energy, busselton-6280, perth-6000
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Low-income students bring solar power to the people
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Low-income students in Sydney band together to see their apartment block become one of the first in Australia to install a shared solar and battery storage system.
Topics: environment, solar-energy, community-and-society, government-and-politics, housing, alternative-energy, climate-change, sydney-2000
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Tesla offers glimpse of the future on American Samoan island Audio
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For years the island of Ta'u in American Samoa has been spending upwards of $US8 million a year on unreliable diesel shipments to power its electricity generators.
Topics: science-and-technology, climate-change, solar-energy, pacific, american-samoa
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Topics: mining-rural, energy, science-and-technology, solar-energy, mining-industry
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Off-grid paradise complete with grapes in the bathroom
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The Judge family create their own off-grid paradise in Saltwater River, complete with fruit growing in the bathroom.
Topics: sustainable-living, house-and-home, people, solar-energy, human-interest, conservation, saltwater-river-7186, hobart-7000
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Uptake in rooftop solar in SA 'poses risk to energy system security'
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Rooftop solar emerges as the latest threat to South Australia's energy system security, with network operators and suppliers predicting it could soon supply the state's entire energy needs on some days.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, sa
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Topics: solar-energy, agricultural-crops, renmark-5341
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