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Clean Energy Award winners light the way with innovation and leadership
It was a night with a twist in the 2017 Clean Energy Council Awards, as several projects tied for first place in the Innovation category at the NAB Gala Dinner at the Australian Clean Energy Summit in Sydney.
19 Jul, 2017
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Australian Clean Energy Summit shows business is booming but political agreement still elusive
It’s time for politicians to agree on a carefully-designed Clean Energy Target and put in place the framework to deliver continued new investment in the energy sector, the Clean Energy Council said while launching day one of the Australian Clean Energy Summit in Sydney today.
18 Jul, 2017
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Politicians agree it's time to get on with locking in national energy policy
Both state and federal politicians from across the political spectrum have called for Parliament to get on with reform of the energy market using the package of reforms proposed by Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel at the morning session of today’s Australian Clean Energy Summit in Sydney.
18 Jul, 2017
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Leaders' pledge to galvanise renewable energy leaders to champion gender diversity
Better gender diversity across the renewable energy industry requires leaders from both genders to step up and drive change, the Clean Energy Council said in launching its Women in Renewables Leaders’ Pledge tonight.
18 Jul, 2017
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All-Energy Australia to showcase breadth of innovation in renewable energy technologies
The All-Energy Australia Exhibition and Conference, taking place in Melbourne from 11-12 October, will showcase the breadth of innovation in renewable energy technologies driving Australia’s energy transformation.
14 Jul, 2017
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COAG Energy Council makes progress, but elephant remains in the room
At today’s COAG Energy Council meeting, state Ministers came together to reflect on the Finkel Review and discuss the path to implementing the Chief Scientist’s recommendations.
14 Jul, 2017
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Momentum on energy security welcome, but Clean Energy Target now crucial
The endorsement by state and federal Energy Ministers of all but one of the recommendations from the Chief Scientist’s review of Australia’s energy security is a big step forward in creating a modern energy system, the Clean Energy Council said today.
14 Jul, 2017
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Clean Energy Council Award finalists leading change in the energy sector
A community mini grid in Victoria which helped customers to halve their power bills over summer, an innovative approach to project finance and electricity billing based on mobile phone plans are some of the finalists announced today in the 2017 Clean Energy Council Awards.
13 Jul, 2017
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Empowered leadership on display at Women in Renewables breakfast
As part of the 2017 Australian Clean Energy Summit, the Clean Energy Council is holding a Women in Renewables breakfast titled “Empowered Leadership” on 19 July.
07 Jul, 2017
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South Australia showing the World what renewable energy has in store with new battery
The Clean Energy Council has congratulated its members Tesla and Neoen on signing an agreement with the South Australian Government to build the world’s largest lithium ion battery, which will be paired with the Hornsdale Wind Farm.
07 Jul, 2017
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Finkel review progress welcome but certainty is crucial for new investment
The Coalition party room’s approval yesterday of 49 recommendations from the Chief Scientist’s review of Australia’s energy security will ensure clean energy is better integrated into the power system, but bipartisan support for a Clean Energy Target remains essential to drive new investment in electricity generation, the clean energy industry’s peak body said.
21 Jun, 2017
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The energy policy circus is back in town
Australia is facing an energy crisis and both energy customers and investors have taken a front row seat to ensure the greatest balancing act in this country – enduring energy policy – finally gets landed. This is a one-time-only opportunity to get it right and, if we fall off the high wire this time, the consequences will be disastrous. The energy policy circus is back in town.
14 Jun, 2017
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Time for cool heads to fix energy crisis: Renewable energy industry
The release later today of the final report of the Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel into Australia’s energy security presents a unique opportunity for Australia to end the current energy crisis, the clean energy industry’s peak body said today.
09 Jun, 2017
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Political leaders must turn Finkel blueprint into energy roadmap
The clean energy industry has welcomed the release of the final report from the Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel into Australia’s energy security and is calling on political leadership to finally end the energy crisis, the industry’s peak body said today.
09 Jun, 2017
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Not settling for half (hour) measures on energy
It’s time the energy market transitioned to a five-minute settlement period that better supports transformation of our energy system by recognising the value of new technologies like renewable energy and energy storage.
08 Jun, 2017