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Line fault sends prices spinning
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| Posted by Des Dugan |
On: 24-07-2008 |
Topic: National |
| THE importance of Victoria's brown coal Loy Yang power complex to Australia’s national grid was emphasised yesterday as a 500kv line feed was disrupted sending the spot price up to nudge the $10,000 barrier.The barrier was breeched at 6:00pm and again an hour later.Nemmco
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Tanaka slots in Aussie visit
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| Posted by Des Dugan |
On: 24-07-2008 |
Topic: General |
| THE executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) ~ Nobou Tanaka ~ has agreed to present the keynote address at the Clean Energy Council Conference & Exhibition in Queensland (Australia) later this year.Mr Tanaka became the IEA executive director last year a
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Three parts to emission controls
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| Posted by Des Dugan |
On: 22-07-2008 |
Topic: National |
| THREE complimentary carbon reduction policies are necessary to efficiently deliver a low carbon future at the lowest cost to the Australian economy.They are an emissions trading scheme; a renewable energy scheme and an energy efficiency scheme.This the view of NSW distribut
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Contact looks at North Is. wind farm
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| Posted by Des Dugan |
On: 21-07-2008 |
Topic: General |
| NEW ZEALAND’S Contact Energy is looking at a $500m wind farm in the remote Puketoi Range on the west coast of the country’s North Island.The proposed Waitahora wind farm would be up to 177MW in size and involve up to 65 individual turbines.″Contact has been developing
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$59bln carbon trade market grows
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| Posted by Des Dugan |
On: 20-07-2008 |
Topic: International |
| THE global carbon market has generated almost as much money in the first half of this year as it did throughout the whole of 2007, according to London’s Point Carbon.A total of 1.8 Gt CO2e was traded globally in the first half of this year, worth some $59bln (€38bn), compared t
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B&BP sells two more stations
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| Posted by Des Dugan |
On: 19-07-2008 |
Topic: General |
| BABCOCK&Brown Power has sold a second power asset in a month with the disposal of its 73% interest in the Ecogen power business.Ecogen controls the Newport and Jeeralang power stations (pictured) in Victoria. This is the second sale by the merchant bankers in a effort to ra
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Wave power plugs in
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| Posted by Des Dugan |
On: 18-07-2008 |
Topic: International |
| THE world’s first tidal generator has been plugged into a grid.The trial at Strangford Lough, in Northern Ireland, uses a device called SeaGen and generates power at 150kW.However, engineers have plans to increase power to 300kW by the end of the summer.When it is
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Loy Yang early approval of ETS
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| Posted by Des Dugan |
On: 17-07-2008 |
Topic: General |
| ″FROM our perspective, it appears the Federal Government has recognised the important role of base-load generators to the economy and the need for assistance and transitional arrangements,″ Loy Yang Power chief executive Ian Nethercote said.As reported yesterday, the Ca
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THE executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) ~ Nobou Tanaka ~ has agreed to present the keynote address at the Clean Energy Council Conference & Exhibition in Queensland (Australia) later this year.
