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Transparent Solar Panels Will Turn Windows Into Green Energy Collectors
Researchers from Michigan State University developed completely transparent solar panels, which can have numerous applications in...
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- Nov 4, 2019
- 1 min
Totally Renewable Yackandandah (Vic) developing energy sovereignty
Totally Renewable Yackandandah is a 100% volunteer run community group, formed in 2014, with the lofty goal of powering this small...
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cleangrowthchoicesnews
- Nov 4, 2019
- 1 min
Energy efficient can make a real contribution to social equality
For some families high temperatures (or cold mornings) mean choosing between paying their electricity bills and being able to put food on...
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- Nov 4, 2019
- 1 min
Floating solar – one way to reduce use of quality ag land
Installing floating solar PV projects on the more than 24,000 man-made US reservoirs could generate approximately 10% of the national...
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- Aug 27, 2019
- 1 min
Australia’s first compressed air energy storage project gets federal funding
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced $6 million in funding to Hydrostor Australia for Australia’s first energy...
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cleangrowthchoicesnews
- Aug 27, 2019
- 1 min
Why Australian company directors have started caring about climate change
For the first time Australian company directors have nominated climate change as the number one issue they want the federal government to...
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cleangrowthchoicesnews
- Aug 27, 2019
- 1 min
Hydrogen-electric Vehicles
In late 2018 staff at Hobson’s Bay City Council will take part in a three month trial of 3 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles...
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cleangrowthchoicesnews
- May 3, 2019
- 1 min
7 Crucial Tools to accelerate energy efficiency
Meeting extraordinary climate challenges head-on requires an all-hands-on-deck effort to transform our energy future and lower our...
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cleangrowthchoicesnews
- May 3, 2019
- 1 min
'You can't keep arguing this is just a cycle':Farmers struggling to manage impacts of climate change
Peter Mailler is a third-generation farmer but if the effects of climate change continue on their current path, he doesn't expect anyone...
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cleangrowthchoicesnews
- May 3, 2019
- 1 min
Bundaberg Macadamia Nut and Sugar Cane Farm save energy
QFF Energy Savers program identified a tariff change which saves the Bundaberg farmer $11,000 annually. Additional savings included...
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cleangrowthchoicesnews
- Apr 2, 2019
- 1 min
Top Tips for irrigators
QFF Energy Savers program have helped farmers identify where they can make savings. Their top tips for irrigators are: Understand energy...
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cleangrowthchoicesnews
- Apr 2, 2019
- 1 min
Mareeba farmer reduce energy cost by downsizing pumps
A citrus and avocado farm in Mareeba reduced pumping costs by downgrading the pump size from 45kW to 18kW as friction was causing...
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cleangrowthchoicesnews
- Mar 28, 2019
- 1 min
Remote grazier goes offgrid
A renewable power ‘pod’ combines solar, battery storage and a generator is being installed on a farm in north-west Queensland. The aim is...
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cleangrowthchoicesnews
- Mar 20, 2019
- 2 min
The Resurgence of Solar Agriculture: Harvesting food and energy side by side
The French National Institute for Agricultural Research into Agrovoltaic in Montpellier in 2010 found that too much shade hurts the crops...
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- Mar 12, 2019
- 1 min
Solar makes good business sense at Dobinsons in Rockhampton
The benefits of installation solar at Dobinsons Springs and Suspension in Rockhampton include: 517 kWh solar system Power bill reduction...
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cleangrowthchoicesnews
- Feb 25, 2019
- 1 min
Victoria’s first grid-scale battery unveiled in Ballarat
The 30 Megawatt/30 Megawatt-hour large-scale lithium-ion battery, located in Warrenheip, Ballarat, is expected to both relieve congestion...
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- Feb 25, 2019
- 1 min
This is how a tropical city like Darwin can regain its cool
The concern in most Australian cities, and particularly in Darwin, should be with the public form of the city – with building frontage,...
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cleangrowthchoicesnews
- Feb 25, 2019
- 1 min
Remondis plans 50MW energy-from-waste plant in Queensland
Remondis, global waste, water and environmental management company, has announced plans to build a $400 million energy-from-waste (EfW)...
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