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Can Alice Springs switch off fossil fuels in the middle of the day? Lyndon Frearson from Ekistica on the options and lessons for the NEM. Plus: Eraring and NVES.

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In my opinion there will not be enough new renewable supply built in NSW to fully replace Eraring by the end of 2025. The lights may stay on, but at a price.

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Corporations will be covered by a climate reporting regime under new laws but not yet, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers bends to pressure from the big end of town.

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Solar output records fall across the US, as California extends its run of reaching 100 pct renewables.

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Federal government waves through plans for what could be biggest solar farm in NSW, and biggest battery in the country.

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Green hydrogen hub rejected because the energy supply was not green enough to justify land use change.

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Transgrid releases amended route for the New South Wales side of the controversial VNI West transmission project.

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New research from three Australian universities shows forest regrowth projects show little improvement, many going backwards.

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Major new report maps out a path for Australia to deliver a 75% emissions cut below 2005 levels by 2030, and net zero by 2035.

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Queensland unveils roadmap to create 12 renewable energy zones to support 22 GW of new wind and solar and its 80 pct renewables target.

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Upstairs Downstairs - the growing gap between community and renewable energy developers.

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Low-cost Government loans for all Australian residences could help everyone electrify.

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California extends its run of reaching a peak of more than 100 per cent renewables to 17 out of the last 18 days.

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Gina Rinehart-backed gas company wants Australian government to stop reducing demand for gas and to include it in capacity investment scheme.

The post “Lights out:” Gina Rinehart-backed gas company warns of “death knell” without taxpayer funds appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australia's solar waste problem is arriving quicker than thought, with volumes of discarded panels expected to be equivalent to 1.2GW a year by 2030.

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Ark Energy to seek approval for second stage of giant wind project in Hunter Valley, just weeks after first stage approved by IPC.

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5B to deploy its pre-fab solar modules at massive new gold mine that is claiming a world first production of "green gold."

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To achieve net zero, we need an exit plan for everyone where no home is left behind on spiralling price rises and the unplanned decline of the fossil energy system. Here's what we propose.

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Alice Springs' complex isolated grid could provide roadmap on how to manage system and regulatory change as well as technology in the transition to renewables.

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Squadron Energy to set up a fund to allow members of the local community to invest in two wind farms in central New South Wales.

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