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The Climate Action 100+ intitiatives finds investor pressure helps change company approaches to climate change, but movement on lobby groups remains slow.

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Europe's largest CO2 emitter and brown coal generation giant RWE has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2040.

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Transgrid highlights absurdity of "do no harm" rule that requires new wind and solar farms to install machinery that raises costs and may be making grid less stable.

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Melbourne Water adds new electric vehicles as part of drive to a zero emissions fleet within 10 years.

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Chinamay shutter nearly 8.7GW of coal-fired power by the end of the year in an effort to further curb smog and greenhouse gas emissions.

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An electronic petition calling for a climate emergency declaration by federal parliament sets a new record.

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China's new energy policy decisions will affect the whole world. Climate activists should really be marching on Beijing if the news flow this year is any guide.

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Sales of Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles in Australia likely to smash records, and mark a turning point for the local car market.

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Central Queensland’s Stanwell Power Station is in top notch order for summer after a multi-million dollar “grease and oil change” that has pumped $11 million into the local economy.

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EDL is in the running for the Award for Excellence – Power, in competition with power producers, as well as utilities, system operators and regional market entities from across the globe, including the United Kingdom, France, South Korea, United States of America and India.

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NSW storage proposals include 14 different big battery projects, a handful of virtual power plants, and a coal mine which wants to install pumped hydro.

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Solar Victoria confident solar rebate challenges resolved as fresh allocation of 4,000 rebates exhausted in 80 minutes.

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Rooftop solar installations continue strong growth in 2019, hitting a record-equalling 180MW in September.

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Three Australian start-ups have been listed amongst the Cleantech Group’s list of 50 early stage companies that could transform the energy system.

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Role of big batteries as "virtual transmission" links has been heavily promoted by the sector, and a new report by Transgrid highlights how close they are to being cheapest and smartest option.

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NSW prepares for life after Liddell and woos more than 30 projects with the prospect of funding that could plug any supply gap.

The post NSW reveals grants shortlist for nearly 3GW of renewables and storage capacity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

One of first Tesla Model 3s in Australia springs Sydney car thief breaking into car next door while in Sentry Mode.

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Hornsdale 3 wind farm begins supply to ACT, taking national capital to its target of 100% renewable electricity, cutting emissions and delivering a major economic boost.

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Update: Tesla chair Robyn Denholm has been helping to hand over Model 3 electric sedans in Sydney as the company ramps up deliveries before the end of the quarter.

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Solar installations on Australia Zoo’s Crocoseum, an award-winning design home and a major airport are among the finalists in the 2019 Clean Energy Council Solar Design and Installation Awards.

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