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Tag Archives: distributed generation
Launch of Investment offer for Lismore Community Solarfarm
There are two solar projects being launched at the same time. Each community company (see below for more details) will release a private investment offer to raise funds to lend to Lismore City Council who in turn will build and … Continue reading
Denialist activism fomented by Koch brothers turns against them
An emerging champion against the Koch brothers is Debbie Dooley, a 56-year-old founding member of the Tea Party movement…Dooley has always been political, she says. But after the economic collapse and the Wall Street bail out she abandoned the Republican … Continue reading
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Tagged Debbie Dooley, distributed generation, Koch, renewables, Tea Party
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Plans launched for Australia’s first community-owned energy retailer
A good news story below – Yes, it can be done here – “Community owned retailers are common in Europe and the US, particularly in Germany where it is common for retailers and local network operators to be owned by … Continue reading
Description concentrated solar PV
Here’s a comprehensive explanation of a size of system which is between big CST(Concentrated Solar Thermal) and roof top solar PV. For CORE(Community Owned Renewable Energy) this option has plenty to offer. In Australia, Silex has installed similar systems, near … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, community energy, concentrated solar, distributed generation
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City-owned Texas utility already serves 40% renewable energy
We’ve heard of big banks with trigeneration power in the basement but what will it take before any local government takes ownership of generating electricity for the whole community? Also, In 2011, Boulder citizens voted to have their city take over the … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, distributed generation, Politics, reduce emissions
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What Australia could learn from a US energy uprising
Here’s what we need to do for electricity supply, cleaner and more reliable than what we currently get at the end of a skinny power line into a regional community. Needless to say, most difficult parts are legal, to be … Continue reading
Greens reveal plans for $100m community renewables fund
Say no more, how good is this news?….fill the gap in Australia’s renewable energy market of projects between 10kW and 50MW, and to extend the model of community ownership which has proven so successful in Europe and the US. >readmore> … Continue reading
Battery storage: The numbers don’t add up – yet
Link below leads to set of 3 articles with latest about battery storage, with residential rooftop PV or large CORE(Community Owned Renewable Energy). For those of us on Phillip Island, at the end of skinny power line, where voltage ducks … Continue reading
Utility Solar Is Dead; Long Live Distributed Generation
In Australia, there are just a few instances of CORE(Community Owned Renewable Energy) but the big transnational utilities appear to still have our politicians by their ‘druthers. In USA the big guys are starting to accept that their business model … Continue reading
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Tagged centralised utilities, distributed generation, grid connect
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