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17/04/2013
China's high-speed rail network
While we in Australia continue our perennial debate over high-speed rail between Melbourne and Sydney, China’s network continues to grow at approximately 8km every day – which feels almost as fast as
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22/12/2012
30 MW Solar farm near Kerang approved
Great news! Okay let's do a quick comparison. This project against another new power station - the Mortlake Gas-fired power station.
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Weekly Times report
02/12/2012
Dear mainstream media.
I have to admit. I've had a gutfull of your relentless "AWU scandal" investigating/exposing/reporting/repeating. Instead - I challenge you to have the same amount of passion for truth in the name of public interest to investigate, report, and expose
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18/11/2012
The rise and fall of big dumb 5kW household solar electricity systems in Vic, and where to from here
In 2010 & 2011 it was easy. Victorian households installing solar could get a contract that would not only pay at least 60c for every kWh sold to the grid, but the contract would be locked in till 2024.
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17/11/2012
Why stop at 100% renewable Australia?
A recent conversation I had in China with a very switched-on solar company representative turned up a very interesting question.
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08/10/2012
The coming fight over solar growth and solar rights
There are 1.5 MILLION solar powered homes in Australia now, out of 8 million in total. All have invested $thousands on their system, and most have based their purchase on the returns available through lowering their bills from energy saving and rebat
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12/09/2012
Solar purchase timing and paybacks
A solar question I often get is "So, am I better off buying now, or waiting a few years for the price of solar to come down & the price of power to go up?"
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11/09/2012
Sustainable House Day 2012 - Photos
Check out all the photos taken during this year's SHD
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 06/09/2012
Sustainable House Day 2012
Here's a promo for Portland's SHD 2012, which this year will be at Energised Homes' 8.1 Star house as 8 Aquarius Crt, Portland.
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