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Coal-fired power drops despite heatwave
2013-04-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: The share of coal in eastern Australia's electricity generation network has continued to recede, along with carbon emissions, despite a March heatwave that lifted power demand for the first time in 16 months. The widespread and prolonged heat over the country's south-east early last month prompted the biggest peak in demand for the entire summer. It was enough to trigger a 0.01 per cent annualised gain in electricity demand on the National Electricity Market for March, the first increase since...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical